What Is a Dry Lab?
Dry labs are increasingly important tools in laboratory sciences, especially for early-stage research. But the term doesn’t mean that only teetotalers can work with them. Dry labs are designed in contrast to wet labs and there are no benches in sight. In fact, dry lab scientists may never pick up a pipette. Dry labs focus on applied or computational mathematical analyses instead of physical experiments, using computer-generated models and simulations in place of samples and reagents. More importantly, they are a key component of lab 4.0.
