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How is COVID-19 Impacting BAL?
Brooks Applied Labs currently remains open and all regular business operations are proceeding as close to normal as possible. At this point, we do not anticipate any delays in deliverables. BAL takes the safety of our staff seriously and we are following guidance on preventative measures from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and from Public Health Seattle & King County with regard to COVID-19. This includes directing most of our client-facing and administrative staff to work from home and ensuring adequate social distancing for the lab staff that do not have that option. We have the technology in place to keep operations running smoothly with a high percentage of remote workers still connected via call forwarding and remote worker phones. So far, BAL is weathering being at the epicenter of this hurricane quite well and our clients can count on us to continue to be there to meet their needs for the foreseeable future.
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 BAL now offers tissue sample lyophilization! What's that? Lyophilization is another term for freeze drying, and it involves rapidly freezing the sample then subjecting it to high vacuum which removes ice by sublimation. Lyophilization can now be requested as an additional service for biological samples analyzed for trace metals at BAL. Including lyophilization in the sample preparation process has many potential advantages for data quality, including improved homogenization, which not only improves the precision of the results, but also allows for more accurate results on a limited quantity of mass. BAL has a long history of not just offering a service but becoming experts in how to best utilize a service to obtain the highest quality data possible. Keep an eye out for more information as we investigate the intricacies that occur when lyophilization meets metals speciation. If you're interested in discussing how adding lyophilization to your tissues/biota testing project could help improve your data quality, contact us today!
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Amy Goodall, New BAL Project Manager
 In February BAL welcomed Amy Goodall to our Project Management team. Amy has over 15 years of experience in metals analysis as both an ICP-MS analyst and as a project manager for projects that involved specialty trace metals analyses and speciation. Drawing on her extensive expertise and excellent customer service skills, Amy will collaborate with our customers to ensure that results for contracted analytical services are delivered on time and with the exceptional level of quality that our clients have come to expect. In her spare time, Amy enjoys spending time with friends, watching movies, reading, and traveling to new places. We are excited to have Amy join the BAL family!
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