title: Laboratory skills.
abstract: Many of us have entered a laboratory and not known where to begin. Many of us have also had to venture into trying new techniques we have never done before to accomplish our research goals. Others are trying to run their laboratories as efficiently as possible without losing integrity and accuracy. This issue of 'Pancreatology and the Web' considers these aspects of basic laboratory skills, whether you direct your own laboratory, manage people and projects in a laboratory, or work in a laboratory, highlighting some websites that are useful resources for laboratory information.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Research Unit, Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. lomberk.gwen@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Gwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lomberk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009862:Online Systems; D010179:Pancreas; D000078329:Workforce