Every time I went to visit some other laboratory, either at a University, Institute or in the Industry, I realized that the tools to manage their research workflows were different to those I was using. I asked myself, is there actually a list somewhere with different tools...
There is a lot of buzz about crowdfunding scientific projects, but how successful are these campaigns? This is not an easy question, since scientists have numerous different crowdfunding platforms to choose from.
We are all familiar with phrases "How does the time fly!" or "A day should be 48 hours long!". But on which tasks do scientists actually spend too much time?
Once upon a time there was a code. This was not a normal code, this was a very special code visible for only the select few, who had the permission to play (or tinker) with it. It was what we call today proprietary software.
"Open science is the idea that scientific knowledge of all kinds should be openly shared as early as is practical in the discovery process."
The fields of biotechnology, chemistry, medicine and pharmaceutics have been undergoing an enormous process of digitalization for the past 10-20 years. Many programming languages and frameworks have emerged, each trying its best to attract as many followers as possible.
According to, by now quite a few years old, paper version of Random house Webster's Unabridged dictionary, Second edition, entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
As a researcher I was very lucky to have great mentors and co-workers that were always happy to help me. They showed me new laboratory techniques and taught me I have to be very diligent with recording my scientific data.
Many scientific data analysis tasks, such as classification or pattern search cannot be solved easily and with high precision by computer algorithms.
What is DIY biology and how it can help you build your own lab?