What instrumentation belongs in an early-stage lab
The characterisation you need in the first eighteen months, the order to buy it in, and what to send out instead.
Who it is for. Founders and technical leads planning the first capital purchases.
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- The characterisation you cannot outsource, and the characterisation you should
- A buying order for the first eighteen months
- What a service provider does better than an in-house instrument
- Total cost: consumables, service contracts, calibration and the person who runs it
- When a shared or university facility is the right answer
- A checklist for the first capital request
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