Essential Laboratory Skills: Laboratory Behaviour and Techniques

This two-day course equips GLP laboratory staff with essential skills to work safely, effectively, and accurately while maintaining high-quality standards. Participants receive instruction in operating key laboratory equipment (fridges, freezers, pipettes, pH meters, microscopes, centrifuges) and practice hands-on activities such as solution preparation, serial dilutions, and standard curve generation using a spectrophotometer.

Learning objectives:

• Appreciate regulatory requirements in GLP biomanufacturing laboratories.
• Understand health and safety standards, including SOPs for sample handling, cold storage, hazardous materials, waste, and equipment care.
• Correctly manage samples, measure accurately, and understand intra- and inter-process variation.
• Master pipetting skills, choosing appropriate pipettes and tips for different volumes and media.
• Calculate and prepare solutions, including a dilution series to prepare a standard curve.
• Operate standard instruments such as microscopes and pH meters.
• Perform manual and automated cell counting while applying aseptic principles.

Who should attend:

Ideal for newcomers to biotherapeutics or advanced therapies labs, and current staff seeking to strengthen GLP skills. Suitable for equipment and materials operatives in cleanrooms/isolators, maintenance technicians, QA/QC staff, and R&D personnel.