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Live from SLAS Europe 2025 in Hamburg, host Emily Yamasaki, PhD, speaks with Lukas Gaats, MBA, MSc, CEO of mo:re (Modern Research) who is a winner of the SLAS Europe 2025 New Product Award. Based in Hamburg, mo:re is revolutionizing 3D cell culture automation with a modular, biology-first platform designed for organoids, spheroids, and tumor models.
Lukas shares his journey from academia (studying regenerative medicine and bioprinting in Australia) to founding mo:re after identifying the need for standardized, reproducible 3D cell cultures. Frustrated by the variability in manual techniques, the company developed a modular robotic system that integrates hardware, software and wetware (biology protocols).
The MO:BOT is a user-friendly robotic and software platform that sets a new benchmark for medical research studies. It utilizes automation and AI to enhance cell survival and consistency, even in long-term studies, resulting in improved traceability and reproducibility for research and regulatory purposes.
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Key Highlights:
- SLAS Innovation AveNEW Roots: mo:re’s 2023 debut as a prototype evolved into a commercialized platform, now backed by seed funding.
- FDA’s Animal Testing Phase-Out: Lukas discusses how this regulatory shift boosts demand for human-relevant 3D models.
- Hamburg’s Biotech Scene: An emerging hub with talent from EMBL and Fraunhofer, though still nascent for startups.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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New Matter host Emily Yamasaki, PhD, speaks with Vasumitra “Vasu” Rao, MS, PhD candidate–recipient of the 2025 SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant–about his innovative research at the Jensen Lab (University of Michigan).
Vasu’s work focuses on AI-driven characterization of non-model oral bacteria (e.g., Streptococcus mutans), aiming to predict microbial growth dynamics and biofilm formation using neural ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and automated high-throughput experiments. His research bridges gaps in microbiology by studying under-explored organisms beyond traditional models, such as E. coli. Potential applications include understanding cavity formation, drug discovery, and pharmacodynamics modeling.
He shares his unconventional path into AI/microbiology (inspired by chess and reinforcement learning), and discusses how the SLAS grant supports his exploratory research.
About the SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant:
This SLAS grant facilitates educational opportunities for outstanding students pursuing graduate degrees related to life sciences R&D. This program helps to realize a fundamental tenet of SLAS’s mission: to advance the fields of laboratory science and technology by nurturing the next generation of professional scientists.
SLAS will award one grant (up to $50,000) per year, for a maximum of two years, to qualified educational institutions on behalf of deserving students enrolled in a graduate program at that institution.
2026 application submissions are now being accepted!Learn More
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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In this episode, we look at a forward-thinking programthat brought undergraduate and graduate students from Mexican universities to the SLAS2025 International Conference & Exhibition in San Diego. Host Emily Yamasaki, PhD is joined by:
- Cris Herrera Ramirez, a biotech engineer and U.S. Air Force veteran, who spearheaded the program to bridge the gap between Mexican academia and global research.
- Isabella Alvarez Kennedy, an undergraduate student in pharmaceutical chemistry from Mexico, shares her transformative experience at the conference.
Key Learning Points:
- Breaking Barriers: Cris highlights the lack of resources and international exposure for Mexican STEM students, despite their top-tier education. His initiative with SLAS aims to provide mentorship, networking and career clarity.
- Eye-Opening Experience: Isabella describes how attending SLAS expanded her view of scientific careers, from witnessing cutting-edge lab automation to understanding the collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of biotech.
- Global Collaboration: Both guests emphasize the value of cross-border networking in solving complex research challenges and fostering innovation.
- Early-Career Impact: The episode highlights why undergraduate students benefit significantly from conferences—discovering their passions, building connections and gaining direction before committing to a career path.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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Emily Yamasaki speaks with Expert Intelligence's Lalin Theverapperuma, Ph.D. (CEO), and Andreas "Andi" Krupke, Ph.D. (Science Officer), on the SLAS2025 exhibition floor. The duo shares the company's inspiring journey from being an Innovation AveNEW participant in 2023 to now, highlighting their innovative AI technology designed to automate analytical data interpretation in the biotech and pharma industries. The conversation covers their unique Limited Sample Model™ (LSM) technology and the challenges of transitioning from tech to biotech.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
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Emily Yamasaki, Ph.D., is joined by 2025 Innovation AveNEWparticipants, React4Life's co-founders Silvia Scaglione, Ph.D., (CSO) and Maurizio Aiello, Ph.D. (CEO), on the SLAS2025 exhibition floor. They discuss their company's innovative organ-on-a-chip technology, the MIVO® system, and its applications in cancer research, nutraceuticals and dermocosmetics. The conversation highlights the unique features of their platform, its potential to reduce animal testing and future directions, including scalability and AI-driven data analysis.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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New Matter is excited to announce that the SLAS Journal podcasts–SLAS Discovery Author Insights and SLAS Technology Authors Talk Tech–are merging with New Matter! All episodes will gradually be republished to the New Matter feed and referred to as a "Special Episode" in the title.
To kick off this merge is the first episode of SLAS Discovery Author Insights featuring host Robert Howes, Ph.D., who speaks with SLAS Discovery Editor-in-Chief Bob Campbell, Ph.D. Recorded in 2020, they discuss Bob's work with the journal and a bit of history about SLAS and the journal's origins. Also, Bob encourages authors and readers to publish their work in SLAS Discovery.
For more information about the journal, visit the SLAS Discovery website or contact Dr. Campbell directly at editorcampbell@slas.org.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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Live from SLAS2025, Emily Yamasaki, Ph.D., speaks with David Jennions, Ph.D., Senior Director of Platforms and Systems Development at Grail and SLAS board member. Jennions discusses his role at Grail, which involves overseeing the development and deployment of large-scale automation systems for clinical diagnostics, ensuring they are fit for purpose and operationally efficient. Later, the two discuss themes of integration, communication and collaboration in lab automation, particularly in the context of the Nexus Xp Pavilion at the conference. He also shares insights into the challenges of automating complex diagnostic assays, the role of AI and machine learning in data analysis, and his excitement about the innovations showcased at SLAS.
Key Learning Points
- Integration and Communication in Automation: The effectiveness of integration and communication between instruments, robots and data systems for improving operational efficiency.
- Sample Integrity and System Reliability: How clinical diagnostics and drug discovery compare in handling errors.
- AI and Machine Learning in Diagnostics: Why being cautionary when implementing AI and machine learning helps avoid bias and ensure verifiable outputs.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
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In this episode, Emily Yamasaki, Ph.D., speaks with Lab Donkey Director Safwan Hak at SLAS2025 in San Diego. Safwan shares his extensive background in software development and how his newfound passion for lab automation led to the creation of Lab Donkey, a software platform designed to streamline lab automation processes. Originating from the British term "donkey work," Lab Donkey's mission is to streamline tedious manual lab tasks with its automation software. Safwan highlights the platform's focus on quick integration, ease of use, and collaboration with industry experts.
Key Learning points
- Lab Automation Challenges: How Lab automation software can reduce repetitive, time-consuming tasks.
- Collaboration and Expertise: The importance of industry collaboration in leveraging different experiences to create effective solutions.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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In this episode, SLAS Scientific Director Lesley Mathews, Ph.D., speaks with returning guest Opentrons CEO Jon Brennan-Badal to discuss their mission to democratize laboratory robotics. The conversation delves into the integration of AI to enhance automation efficiency, explores vendor equipment compatibility via the Opentrons Automation Marketplace, and highlights the platform’s open-source adaptability for diverse scientific applications.
Key Learning Points:
- Methods of providing accessibility in laboratory robotics
- How AI is enhancing automation to make advanced automation tools easier to use
- The importance of offering education and training in lab automation
Like this episode?Listen to our first episode with Jon Brennan-Badal for more open-source discussion.
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Guided by a commitment to innovation and quality, we design solutions that not only address today’s challenges but also pave the way for tomorrow’s possibilities. At United Robotics Group, we’re not just building robots—we’re building partnerships that transform industries and improve lives.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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Are you someone who wants to hit the ground running with your first job in a laboratory? Or a company seeking to enhance the skills of your liquid handling specialists?
In this episode, we discuss everything you need to know about the SLAS Applied Liquid Handling Boot Camp—a first of its kind course—that will take place April 8-9, 2025.
- What is this course?
- Who is it intended for?
- What does it provide participants?
All questions are answered, and more!
Want to learn more?
Visit the course page to read the full description and to enroll to learn from industry-focused instructors about operating liquid handling automation equipment, the drug discovery processes and developments. Take advantage of this ONE-TIME opportunity to participate in this limited-enrollment beta test of the program for only $150!
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Guided by a commitment to innovation and quality, we design solutions that not only address today’s challenges but also pave the way for tomorrow’s possibilities. At United Robotics Group, we’re not just building robots—we’re building partnerships that transform industries and improve lives.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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The SLAS2025 Short Course Program consists of 20+ courses that will provide in-depth instruction on topics, issues and techniques related to the laboratory science and technology community. Short Courses run from January 25-26, 2025.
This episode features several instructors who give a preview of their respective courses such as lesson highlights, takeaways and why you should attend their course.
Attending SLAS2025? Browse the full course program and signup for a course here: SLAS2025 Short Course Program
See the timestamps for each course discussion below:
00:00 — Exploring Targeted Protein Degradation: Concepts and Applications- Sponsored by Promega09:26— Introduction to Python Programming for the Laboratoryand Streamlining Your Laboratory with Python21:06— Practical Introduction to Data Science Methods, Using AI and Generative AI
33:55 — NexusXp – Plan Your Future LabStay connected with SLAS:
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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In this special episode, Sapio Sciences Vice President Product and Pre-Sales Rob Brown, M.Sc., Ph.D., speaks with SLAS Scientific Director Lesley Mathews, Ph.D., to discuss how AI, large language models and a unified data platform revolutionize scientific informatics. Rob explains the benefits of a single data object and unified platform that streamlines data analysis and integrates seamlessly with lab equipment.
Sapio's virtual assistant, ELaiN®, leverages natural language for more efficient lab workflows, allowing scientists to focus on complex tasks. The conversation highlights Sapio's mission to improve patient outcomes by enhancing scientists' productivity through innovative software solutions.
Key Learning Points:
- The benefits of using a single data object as a source of truth for sample data
- How Sapio's platform incorporates large language models (LLMs) to automate tasks and facilitate natural language interactions
- Ways to boost efficiency and productivity by integrating AI, data science and equipment handling compared to using separate solutions
About Sapio Sciences:
Sapio Sciences' mission is to improve lives by accelerating discovery, and because science is complex, Sapio makes technology simple. Sapio is a global business offering an all-in-one science-aware (TM) lab informatics platform combining cloud-based LIMS, ELN, and Jarvis data solutions.
Visit sapiosciences.com to learn more.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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SLAS Scientific Director Lesley Mathews, Ph. D., speaks with several winners of our Tony B. Travel Award who presented at the SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition.
Congratulations to our winners!
(Listed in interview order) Shitanshu Devrani, Ph.D. (University of Gothenburg)
An Automated High-Throughput Platform for AI-Guided Development of Nanopore Membrane Biosensors and Real-time Edge Processing, Demonstrated with Wilson's Disease Sample Verification Leticia Manen, Ph.D. (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute)Harnessing Drug Metabolites In Precision Medicine: Deeping into antineoplastic’s major metabolites polypharmacology Joel Sanchez Barea, Ph.D. Candidate (Incheon National University)
Multiplexed detection of single-point mutations in human serum by integrating Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering with Polymerase Chain Reaction.
What is the Tony B. Travel Award?
This annual travel grant program provides funding for the SLAS International Conference and Exhibition and the SLAS Europe Conference and Exhibition for students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates, and junior faculty with less than four years in their first academic appointments.
Visit our Student Resources to learn more about these awards.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit slas.org
SLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition
- February 7-11, 2026
- Boston, MA
SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition
- 19-21 May 2026
- Vienna, Austria
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Colin Cox, Ph.D., Senior Director of Automation at Hexagon Bio, joins us for this episode. Colin participated in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) panel as a panelist at this year's SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition. We continue the conversation panel discussion by taking a closer look at supporting DEI initiatives in the workplace, along with examples.
Key Learning Points:
- What DEI is and its importance
- What it means to be an ally
- How to get involved in DEI initiatives
- How to have DEI conversations with team members
- How intersectionality factors into DEI
About Our Guest:
Colin is a seasoned Lab Automation Engineer and Molecular Biologist with extensive experience in integrating and operating liquid handlers and workcells in both R&D and data factory environments.
Beyond that, he is dedicated to education and skill development, teaching 3D printing to foster innovation and hands-on learning. and is passionate about DEI initiatives.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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In this special episode, Inventia Life Science Director Sales and Operations, US,Dwayne Dexter, Ph.D., and Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Development Professor Of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering April Kloxin, Ph.D., join Hannah for a discussion on the current state of 3D cell model challenges and how Inventia's RASTRUM™ Platform is providing solutions.
Key Learning Points:
- The challenges researchers are facing while using 3D models for drug discovery
- What differentiates 3D printed models from other 3D generative methods
- The solutions Intenvia's RASTRUM™ Platform is providing in this area
- The future outlook on 3D printed biological models
About Inventia Life Science:
We’re Inventia Life Science. We develop solutions to create advanced cell models and help forward-thinking pioneers in the fields of drug discovery and biomedical research to create human tissue for research and therapy.
Our machines create advanced cell models which most closely and predictably imitate real human tissue structure and behaviour across a range of disease states. This physiological complexity offers an environment in which world-class research and discovery can occur, right in your own lab.
Visit inventia.life to learn more.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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This episode highlights SLAS2024 New Product Award Winner Cytotronics.
Director of Biology at CytoTronics, Shalaka Chitale, Ph.D., joins us to provide an in-depth look into the award-winning product the Pixel System.
Chitale shares insights into the development and functionalities of the Pixel system, a revolutionary technology that combines cutting-edge electrical imaging with microplate-based assays. This system is set to transform cell analysis, enabling high-throughput, label-free monitoring and manipulating cells at a single-cell level and offering unprecedented insights into cell morphology, function and behavior.
Learn more about the Pixel System by visiting:
cytotronics.com/products
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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In this episode, we delve into AI adoption in early drug discovery with Raminderpal Singh, Ph.D., founder of HitchhikersAI. Raminderpal shares insights into HitchhikersAI's mission, which focuses on providing a collaborative platform for leveraging AI in drug discovery, emphasizing simple and effective solutions over complexity.
They discuss the distinction between popularization and democratization of AI tools. He highlights the importance of making solutions widely accessible while addressing specific needs in the open-source community.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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Recorded straight from the SLAS2024 exhibit hall floor – New Matter host, Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., speaks with winners of the Student Poster Award, Tony B. Award and the SLAS-NOBCChE Scholarship!
Congratulations to our winners!
(Listed in interview order)
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Student Poster Award
Marissa E. Davies (National Institutes of Health)
High-Throughput Characterization of Isozyme-Specific Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (ALDH) Inhibitors
Kui You (National University of Singapore)
Address Infections by Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria with Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Combination TherapiesTony B. Travel Award
Arun Kumar (National University of Singapore)
High Aspect Ratio Nanostraws for High-Throughput Primary Immune Cell TransfectionSLAS-NOBCChE Scholarship
Marygrace Pelekamoyo (J. Frank Dobie High School) Nathaniel Gauthier (Carver High School of Engineering and Science)
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Introducing our exciting new series - Peers Review! Get ready to explore fascinating topics in life sciences you may have heard of, but never fully understood.
This week is all about Spheroids and Organoids!
Hannah Rosen, Ph.D. is joined by SLAS Scientific Director Lesley Matthews, Ph.D., to discuss the differences between spheroids and organoids. Listen as they explore the advantages and trade-offs of using spheroids compared to organoids in research, touching on high-throughput, complexity and physiological relevance issues. Lesley highlights emerging technology that is making organoid research more scalable and predicts a future where organoids could be used for higher throughput studies. Overall, the conversation sheds light on the evolving landscape of 3D cell culture models and their importance in biomedical research.
Key Learning Points:
- Speroids vs Organoids – Definition and Composition
- What the primary differences are
- How they factor into emerging technologies
- The future outlook on spheroids and organoids
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At Roche Sequencing, we are building on Roche’s legacy of innovation to transform next-generation sequencing and its application. By simplifying workflows and expanding assay menus, we are broadening access to genomic data and lowering barriers to routine use. Our growing suite of products spans the genomics workflow, from sample acquisition and preparation through data analysis and final result, helping you answer important questions in genetics, cancer and beyond.
We’re not just committed to providing you with our broad portfolio of industry-leading sequencing solutions; we’re also dedicated to making sure that you have the scientific support, technical expertise, and guidance that you can depend on. So no matter what your sequencing destination, you can be sure we’re with you every step of the way.
To learn more, visit: sequencing.roche.com
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researche
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SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
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SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
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- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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This installment of our Accessibility in the Lab series features Brandon Miller, Client Solutions Executive and Diversity Services Lead at Clarkston Consulting. The discussion centers around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues in the lab and the life sciences industry.
The conversation emphasizes how understanding diverse communities leads to better product development and marketing strategies. Brandon explains how DEI practices, such as hiring diverse talent and fostering inclusive workplace cultures, directly impact the quality and success of life science products, from drug development to marketing campaigns.
Host Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., and Miller further discuss the importance of DEI in clinical trials, highlighting historical inequities and recent efforts by regulatory bodies like the FDA to promote diversity.
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At Roche Sequencing, we are building on Roche’s legacy of innovation to transform next-generation sequencing and its application. By simplifying workflows and expanding assay menus, we are broadening access to genomic data and lowering barriers to routine use. Our growing suite of products spans the genomics workflow, from sample acquisition and preparation through data analysis and final result, helping you answer important questions in genetics, cancer and beyond.
We’re not just committed to providing you with our broad portfolio of industry-leading sequencing solutions; we’re also dedicated to making sure that you have the scientific support, technical expertise, and guidance that you can depend on. So no matter what your sequencing destination, you can be sure we’re with you every step of the way.
To learn more, visit: sequencing.roche.com
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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In this episode, Hannah Rosen speaks with Glenwood Barbee, M.B.A., Product Marketer at Benchling. Glenwood discusses Benchling Connect – a platform designed to accelerate connectivity and automation in laboratory settings.
Glenwood highlights Benchling's mission to revolutionize biotechnology by bringing modern software to modern science.
The conversation delves into the challenges of data standardization in life sciences. Glenwood outlines customers' primary pain points:
- Disconnected instruments
- Inaccessible data due to proprietary formats
- Fragmented analytics leading to data lineage issues
Overall, the episode sheds light on the critical role of data standardization and automation in driving scientific progress, with Benchling at the forefront of innovation in the life sciences industry.
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Benchlingcreates the software that powers the biotechnology industry. More than 200,000 scientists at over 1,200 companies globally — from cutting-edge start-ups to 20+ of the 50 largest global biopharma — rely on the Benchling R&D Cloud as their central source of truth for scientific data, analysis, and collaboration. Benchling is on a mission to accelerate scientific progress through advanced software that's purpose-built for biology.
To learn more, visit: Benchling.com
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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Ramisa Fariha, Ph.D. student at Brown University, joins Hannah to discuss her experiences and perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues in the lab.
Ramisa shares her professional journey from Bangladesh to the United States and discusses how her various identities — including gender, race and religious background— have influenced her interactions and perceptions.
The conversation sheds light on the challenges individuals with intersecting identities face in navigating societal expectations and organizational structures, highlighting the importance of creating inclusive environments that accommodate diverse experiences and perspectives.
Additionally, she shares insights into her upcoming book, "What the Fari," which explores her journey from adversity to resilience and the importance of unapologetically being oneself.
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Benchlingcreates the software that powers the biotechnology industry. More than 200,000 scientists at over 1,200 companies globally — from cutting-edge start-ups to 20+ of the 50 largest global biopharma — rely on the Benchling R&D Cloud as their central source of truth for scientific data, analysis, and collaboration. Benchling is on a mission to accelerate scientific progress through advanced software that's purpose-built for biology.
To learn more, visit: Benchling.com
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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Salve Therapeutics Founder and CEO Stefan Lukianov, M.S., joins us to share his intriguing journey from childhood aspirations to his current role in the biotech startup scene!
The episode starts with a lighthearted exploration of Stefan's childhood dreams, from wanting to be an archaeologist to briefly considering a career as a disc jockey. However, science remained a consistent interest, sparked by a memorable G.I. Joe episode that introduced him to the world of DNA.
Stefan shares insights into the unique dynamics of managing people in a startup environment, highlighting the challenges of enforcing accountability and setting job roles. He reflects on the self-selection process within the team, where those aligned with the venture's vision naturally emerged as active contributors.
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Benchlingcreates the software that powers the biotechnology industry. More than 200,000 scientists at over 1,200 companies globally — from cutting-edge start-ups to 20+ of the 50 largest global biopharma — rely on the Benchling R&D Cloud as their central source of truth for scientific data, analysis, and collaboration. Benchling is on a mission to accelerate scientific progress through advanced software that's purpose-built for biology.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
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SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
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- Cambridge, MA, USA
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You may recognize him from the first episode in our "Lab of the Future" series: Rishi Mahajan, M.S., lead automation engineer at Regeneron, returns to the podcast to share his career story!
Rishi shares his unconventional journey, from childhood with no clear career aspirations to becoming a seasoned automation engineer. He highlights his college major selection and how he navigated education challenges in India before pursuing his master's in biotechnology in the United States.
He later entered the world of lab research during his master's program, emphasizing the importance of internships and networking. He discusses the hurdles he faced, the role of networking in securing his internship at Regeneron, and the subsequent transition to a full-time position.
Enjoy this advice-filled conversation addressing the power of networking, with Rishi providing practical tips for individuals, even introverts, to build meaningful connections. He emphasizes the casual nature of networking, the importance of genuine conversations and dispels the fear of making mistakes when reaching out to seasoned professionals.
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Benchlingcreates the software that powers the biotechnology industry. More than 200,000 scientists at over 1,200 companies globally — from cutting-edge start-ups to 20+ of the 50 largest global biopharma — rely on the Benchling R&D Cloud as their central source of truth for scientific data, analysis, and collaboration. Benchling is on a mission to accelerate scientific progress through advanced software that's purpose-built for biology.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technoloUpcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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Our guest for this Career Trajectories episode is Kalpesh Gupta, M.S., Associate Director of Research Automation at Moderna. Kalpesh shares his journey from a childhood shaped by traditional career expectations in India to becoming a key player in laboratory automation at one of the world's leading biotech companies.
Kalpesh recounts the early years of working at Moderna and the company's unprecedented growth. He also shares some of the challenges and rewards of being part of a company with a mission to impact global health, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kalpesh offers valuable advice to those considering a career in laboratory automation, emphasizing the importance of initiative and proactive learning. His thoughts on success, focusing on impact, continuous learning, and personal fulfillment, provide a thoughtful perspective on career achievements.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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In this special episode, the hosts of the popular podcast "This Podcast Will Kill You" and SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition Keynote Speakers Erin Welsh, Ph.D., and Erin Allmann Updyke, M.D., Ph.D., join host Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., for a riveting discussion!
The duo, both disease ecologists, delve into the intricacies of science communication, the challenges scientists face in admitting uncertainty and the importance of demystifying the scientific process for a broader audience.
We’re excited to bring SLAS2024: Innovation at Every Turn back to Boston!Join the global life sciences and technology community from February 3-7 for scientific sessions in nine tracks delivered by a diverse group of scientists, academic researchers and industry professionals from around the world.
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To learn more, visit: Benchling.com
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education,
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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Continuing our Career Trajectories series, we have Yulia Gerhardt Tazikova, Winclove Probiotics Senior Global Account and Business Development Manager, on New Matter, to share her story. She shares experiences from her academic pursuits, shedding light on the importance of adaptability and seizing opportunities.
Yulia highlights her multilingual abilities, acquired through deliberate efforts to bridge language gaps and discusses the impact of language skills on building professional relationships.
Throughout the conversation, Yulia emphasizes the significance of networking and personal connections in career development – debunking the notion that AI alone can replace human connections. The episode concludes with Yulia's personal definition of success, grounded in the fulfillment derived from contributing to the well-being of others in the life sciences industry.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
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SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
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Founding Director at Open Pharma Research Zahid Tharia, joins us for a conversation about the evolution of the lab of the future. Tharia discusses his story of launching Open Pharma Research which led to the inception of the Lab of the Future Congress.
Listen for the major highlights of the recent Lab of the Future Congress in Amsterdam and a preview of upcoming events in 2024, including the Lab of the Future Congress USA and the Lab of the Future Congress in Europe. Tharia encourages a broad audience, including R&D leaders, scientists, lab heads and technology professionals to attend these events, fostering collaboration and innovation in the life science sector.
Key Learning Points:
- The emergence of the term "lab of the future" and what it means
- What concepts and technologies are shaping the future of life science research
- The rapid advancement of virtual reality and the impact of digital transformation
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via ed
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SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
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- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
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- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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In this special episode, Scigilian Vice President, Product and Strategy Chatura Jayakody, M.B.A., and Merck Director, Discovery Sample Management Janet Diratsouian, M.S., join Hannah for a discussion on how Scigilian's compound management software has helped to improve sample management processes at Merck. Catch Scigilian and their software on display at the upcoming SLAS 2023 Americas Sample Management Symposium!
Key Learning Points:
- How large companies coordinate sample management at scale
- Ways to collaborate in a competitive market
- How artificial intelligence will influence sample management technology
- The future outlook on sample management
About Scigilian:
Scigilian is a leading life science solutions provider specializing in solutions that address the collaboration challenges of a distributed lab research environment. Scigilian enables life science organizations to accelerate their discovery efforts and optimize their lab operations by providing solutions that orchestrate and streamline their internal and external workflows. From managing sample inventory to performing sample logistics, scheduling assays to analyzing and viewing results, Scigilian's Discovery Platform’s powerful life science solutions are carefully designed to meet the software technology needs of pharmaceutical, biotech and scientific research organizations of today and tomorrow.
Visit https://scigilian.com/ to learn more.
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
- May 27-29, 2024
- Barcelona, Spain
SLAS 2024 Microscale Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- 11-12 September 2024
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS 2024 Sample Management Symposium
- 16-17 October 2024
- Toulouse, France
SLAS 2024 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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This episode of our "Lab of the Future" series focuses on the importance of collaborations in designing lab of the future products. Our guest is Biosero Chief Executive Officer Ryan Bernhardt, to share how Biosero collaborates with other companies and why more companies should get involved.
Key Learning Points:
- Examples of the lab of the future-focused collaborations
- The challenges and advantages of forming partnerships
- How to approach a new partnership opportunity
- What to look for in potential partnerships
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SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
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SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
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- Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Toulouse, France
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- November 12-13, 2024
- Cambridge, MA, USA
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The vagus nerve plays a crucial role in the autonomic nervous system as it is responsible for many vital functions like adjusting heart rate, breathing and digestion among many others. Current research on the vagus nerve is looking at how stimulating the nerve can treat auditory and motor impairments and diseases.
Our guest for this episode is University of Florida Associate Professor Tracy Centanni, M.S., Ph.D., to explain how vagus nerve stimulation intersects with screening and AI.
Key Learning Points:
- The inspiration for vagus nerve stimulation as an intervention for language intervention
- Other conditions vagus nerve stimulation could potentially treat
- Screening methods for auditory issues
- The challenges of training AI models for personalized medicine for conditions like dyslexia
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About Tracy Centanni, M.S., Ph.D.
Centanni is the Director of the Genetics of Auditory and visual Perception and Plasticity (GAPP) Lab in the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida. Her research program focuses on the genetic and neural correlates of reading acquisition, factors that drive reading disorders (e.g., dyslexia), and neural plasticity including using non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation to improve reading and language.
She received her Ph.D. in 2013 from the University of Texas at Dallas, using rat models to probe the influence of dyslexia-candidate genes on auditory perception. She then completed postdoctoral training at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and at MIT, with the goal of learning translational and clinically relevant research methods.
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SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition
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In this installment of our "Lab of the Future" series, we take a look at how data management is evolving as laboratory technology continues to advance. Our guest is Genedata Head of Strategic Operations Oliver Leven, Ph.D., and Business Development Manager – Automation Sascha Fischer, M.Sc., to share their perspectives on data management and what Genedata is contributing to the Lab of the Future.
Key Learning Points:
- Changes in data management technologies
- How "FAIR" applies to data management
- Important configurations in data processing workflows with AI
- The role of automation in increasing data quality
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 3-7, 2024
- Boston, MA, USA
Our guests for this episode are Readily3D Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Paul Delrot, M.Sc., Ph.D., and Sales Executive Leoni Stienne, M.Sc., to talk to us about the company's success at SLAS Europe 2023 by winning the New Product Award for the Tomolite Bioprinter!
Paul and Leoni share their experience attending their first SLAS Conference and how it felt to take home the prestigious award. Also, how researchers are using the Tomolite Bioprinter to break new grounds in research.
Key Learning Points:
- What volumetric printing is and its unique properties
- Bioprinting misconceptions
- The inspiration behind the device and its use cases
- The long-term goals to accomplish using bioprinters
Learn more about the Tomolite Bioprinter by visiting:
https://readily3d.com/bioprinter
Full transcript available on Buzzsprout.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 3-7, 2024
- Boston, MA, USA
We continue our series on Accessibility in the Lab – each episode explores the importance of accessibility in the lab, academia, the workforce and other applications.
Our guest for this episode is Marilee Lloyd, AIA, who is the National Leader for Laboratory Planning at HED, one of the oldest and largest architecture firms in the US. Lloyd has over 37 years of experience managing and designing multifaceted projects for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, vivaria, clinical laboratories and hospitals, science education facilities and product development laboratories, and is well-respected for her passion and strategic design skills.
Listen as we discuss best practices for laboratory designs and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) considerations in design.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Key Learning Points:
- The overall process of designing a new lab from conception to development
- Cleanliness, safety, sustainability, and DEI laboratory design in STEM fields
- How design cost influences the planning and development of a new lab space
- New developments in DEI initiatives across academia and industry
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- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit slas.org
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 3-7, 2024
- Boston, MA, USA
In this installment of our "Lab of the Future" series, we take a look at how open-source is changing the research landscape at a rapid pace. Our guest is Opentrons CEO Jon Brennan-Badal, who's here to share his perspectives on open-source technology in the life sciences and how Opentrons' latest product Opentrons Flex™ is designed to help researchers break new grounds in R&D.
Key Learning Points:
- The benefits of offering a product with open-source
- The future outlook of open-source-capable devices in biotech
- The advantages of using AI to generate protocols
- Trends in open-source technology within the life sciences industry
Full transcript available on Buzzsprout.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 3-7, 2024
- Boston, MA, USA
Our guest for this episode is Bionomous Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Frank Bonnet, M.S., Ph.D., to talk to us about the company's success at SLAS Europe 2023 by winning both the New Product Award for the EggSorter device AND winning the Ignite Award as an Innovation AveNEW company!
Bonnet walks us through what it was like to be named a double award winner and his team's SLAS Europe 2023 experience. He also shares the aquatic story that inspired the EggSorter and what makes it such an innovative product.
Key Learning Points:
- What makes the EggSorter new and innovative
- The inspiration behind the device and its use cases
- Why researchers are opting to use fish eggs model for research applications
- The future outlook of egg sorting market
Learn more about the EggSorter by visiting:
https://bionomous.ch/bioeggsorter/
Full transcript available on Buzzsprout.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 3-7, 2024
- Boston, MA, USA
Our guest for this episode is Byonoy Chief Sales Officer Colten Wimmer, to talk to us about the Absorbance 96 Automate device that won the New Product Award at SLAS2023!
Wimmer walks us through the design and applications for the product which is the world's first on-deck plate reader. Discover how Absorbance 96 Automate's small footprint and z-axis serviceability facilitates its easy integration, allowing servicing by a wide range of robotic systems, from traditional decks to state-of-the-art modular systems.
Key Learning Points:
- What makes the Absorbance 96 Automate new and innovative
- The inspiration behind the device and its use cases
- The difference between on-deck microplate readers and traditional microplate readers
- The advantages of using an on-deck microplate reader
Learn more about the Absorbance 96 Automate by visiting: https://byonoy.com/absorbance-automate/
Full transcript available on Buzzsprout.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 3-7, 2024
- Boston, MA, USA
The pace at which bioprinting technology is advancing shows that it is not just a passing trend, but rather a powerful force that's revolutionizing healthcare.
To better understand the current state of bioprinting and its clinical applications, we're joined by bioprinting expert Didarul Bhuiyan, Ph.D., Sr. Scientist, R&D - Bioprinting at West Pharmaceuticals Services. Didarul shares his expertise in the field, explaining the differences between bioprinting and traditional 3D printing, the challenges faced when using cells in the 3D bioprinting process and the materials used in bioinks for this technology.
Key Learning Points:
- What all is involved with bioprinting
- How bioprinting can revolutionize preclinical drug discovery
- The current challenges facing bioprinting technology
- The opportunities for automation within bioprinting workflows
- How hospitals could use bioprinting technology
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
SLAS2024 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 3-7, 2024
- Boston, MA, USA
Our guest for this episode is BLINK Product Developer Hartmut Bocker, Ph.D., to talk to us about the BLINK X device that won the New Product Award at SLAS2023!
Listen in to learn how BLINK X's lightning-fast cycling times and unique color-coded bead system are making cross-interference free multiplexing a reality. As we discuss the future of the BLINK X system, you'll learn about the development of a small device for consumer use and a high throughput platform for researchers.
Key Learning Points:
- What makes the BLINK X new and innovative
- The inspiration behind the BLINK X device and its use cases
- How and why BLINK uses hydrogel beads for the BLINK X
- The advantages of using the speed system over traditional microfluidic PCR
Learn more about the BLINK X by visiting: https://www.blink-dx.com/blinkx
Full transcript available on Buzzsprout.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
Recorded straight from the SLAS Europe 2023 exhibit hall floor – New Matter host, Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., and SLAS Scientific Director Lesley Mathews, Ph.D., speaks with winners of the Tony B. Award and the Student Poster Award!
Congratulations to our winners!
(Listed in interview order)
Tony B. Travel Award
Ádám Wolf, Ph.D. Student (Óbuda University)
Towards robotic laboratory automation Plug & Play: The “LAPP” framework
Marisa Parra López, Predoctoral Researcher (University of Granada)
A multidisciplinary approach for the identification of Tsg101 UEV ligands with potential as novel broad spectrum antivirals
Natalia Karczewska, Research Biologist (Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Evaluation of the bioactivity of compounds using Cell Painting assay and alternative High-Content assays
Student Poster Award
Morgan Dennis, Ph.D. Student (University of Nottingham )
How Can Membrane-based Assays Revolutionise Drug Discovery for G Protein-coupled Receptors?
Qian Wei, Ph.D. (Oslo University Hospital)
High-Throughput Screening of Small Molecules Targeting FoxP3 in Regulatory T Cells for Cancer TreatmentWhat is the Tony B. Travel Award?
This annual travel grant program provides funding for the SLAS International Conference and Exhibition and the SLAS Europe Conference and Exhibition for students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates, and junior faculty with less than four years in their first academic appointments. What is the Student Poster Award?
Student posters presented during the SLAS International Conference and Exhibition and SLAS Europe Conference and Exhibition are judged on quality and relevance. Student poster presenters are all eligible for the Student Poster Competition, in which the top three posters are recognized. Winners, up to three, receive a cash prize of $500.
Visit our Student Resources to learn more about these awards.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
We continue our series on the "Lab of the Future" by delving into the importance of end-to-end workflows with Agilent Director of Digital Lab Innovation, Informatics Division Robert Williams, Ph.D.
Williams discusses how Agilent views the lab of the future and why end-to-end workflows are so critical. He explains the benefits of these workflows and how they can streamline processes and save time.
Episode transcript available on Buzzsprout.
Key Learning Points:
- The challenges and benefits of implementing end-to-end workflows
- How to better utilize data to improve automation processes
- How to retrofit these workflows into an already existing lab
- How these workflows can inform front-end automation.
Our Sponsor for this Episode
Molecular Devices makes scientific breakthroughs possible for academia, biopharma and government customers. Dedicated to enabling life science labs of the future, where innovative technology and novel research meet, Molecular Devices empowers scientists to advance discovery, driving earlier diagnoses and safer therapeutics for patients. Spanning cell line development, 3D biology and drug screening, their automated, end-to-end solutions streamline and scale complex workflows while integrated machine learning-enabled analytics allow researchers to mine data easily for insights.
Molecular Devices is the innovation partner that empowers scientists with next-generation technology to advance discoveries, improving the quality of life everywhere.
Learn more about Molecular Devices by visiting:
https://www.moleculardevices.com/
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Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
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Welcome to another installment of our "Lab of the Future" series! This week is a very special episode as we learn about augmented reality and how one company uses Microsoft Hololens to provide the kind of technical support seen in movies.
We're joined by CBRE ILS Global Training Director Adam Prosho, and Head, XRS, Extended Reality Solutions Miquel Vidal, to talk about CBRE's Extended Reality Solututions.
Prosho and Vidal delve into how CBRE is utilizing its Extended Reality Solutions to provide tech support and equipment servicing for a wide range of laboratory equipment. They explain the benefits of using augmented reality in this process and how it improves service quality and reduces downtime.
Episode transcript available on Buzzsprout.
Key Learning Points:
- What is extended reality and how it's used in the laboratory setting
- How the Extended Reality Solutions can be used to enhance lab processes
- Challenges with using extended reality and its solutions
- The future outlook on this augmented reality technology
Our Sponsor for this Episode
Molecular Devices makes scientific breakthroughs possible for academia, biopharma and government customers. Dedicated to enabling life science labs of the future, where innovative technology and novel research meet, Molecular Devices empowers scientists to advance discovery, driving earlier diagnoses and safer therapeutics for patients. Spanning cell line development, 3D biology and drug screening, their automated, end-to-end solutions streamline and scale complex workflows while integrated machine learning-enabled analytics allow researchers to mine data easily for insights.
Molecular Devices is the innovation partner that empowers scientists with next-generation technology to advance discoveries, improving the quality of life everywhere.
Learn more about Molecular Devices by visiting:
https://www.moleculardevices.com/
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- YouTube
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
In this special episode, we're joined by Cytosurge CSO Tobias Beyer, Ph.D., and SEED Biosciences CEO and Co-Founder Georges Muller, Ph.D., for an overview of gene editing with Cytosurge's FluidFM® in combination with DispenCell™ dispensing technologies.
Tobias and Georges explain the FluidFM® technique and how it differs from traditional CRISPR methods along with the advantages the technology has over other methods of gene editing.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Our Sponsor for this Episode
Molecular Devices makes scientific breakthroughs possible for academia, biopharma and government customers. Dedicated to enabling life science labs of the future, where innovative technology and novel research meet, Molecular Devices empowers scientists to advance discovery, driving earlier diagnoses and safer therapeutics for patients. Spanning cell line development, 3D biology and drug screening, their automated, end-to-end solutions streamline and scale complex workflows while integrated machine learning-enabled analytics allow researchers to mine data easily for insights.
Molecular Devices is the innovation partner that empowers scientists with next-generation technology to advance discoveries, improving the quality of life everywhere.
Learn more about Molecular Devices by visiting:
https://www.moleculardevices.com/
Stay connected with SLAS
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
Continuing with our "Lab of the Future" series, we welcome Limmi CEO and Co-Founder Trevor Vieweg, M.S., to the podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are integrated into life sciences labs. Vieweg shares his perspective on the lab of the future and Limmi's approach to integrating AI and ML, and how AI/ML can revolutionize the life sciences industry.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Key Learning Points:
- How integrating AI/ML differs in life sciences labs differs from the tech industry
- Solutions to the biggest challenges researchers face with AI/ML
- The future outlook on laboratory hardware and software advancements
- What AI/ML integration looks like for small to large-scale companies
Our Sponsor for this Episode
Molecular Devices makes scientific breakthroughs possible for academia, biopharma and government customers. Dedicated to enabling life science labs of the future, where innovative technology and novel research meet, Molecular Devices empowers scientists to advance discovery, driving earlier diagnoses and safer therapeutics for patients. Spanning cell line development, 3D biology and drug screening, their automated, end-to-end solutions streamline and scale complex workflows while integrated machine learning-enabled analytics allow researchers to mine data easily for insights.
Molecular Devices is the innovation partner that empowers scientists with next-generation technology to advance discoveries, improving the quality of life everywhere.
Learn more about Molecular Devices by visiting:
https://www.moleculardevices.com/
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
We welcome the 2023 SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant recipient Samuel G. Berryman, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada), as our guest.
The SLAS grant will support Berryman’s research in developing and designing technologies for studying Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells, a cell type used for a novel form of cancer therapy.
Listen as Berryman shares his research goals and how he thought outside the box to fill the room for his SLAS2023 student presentation.
The SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant directly supports outstanding students pursuing graduate degrees related to life sciences R&D. This program helps realize a fundamental tenet of SLAS’s mission: to advance the fields of laboratory science and technology by nurturing the next generation of professional scientists. For more information on SLAS awards and grants, visit https://www.slas.org/careers/awards-and-grants/slas-graduate-education-fellowship-grant/.
Stay connected with SLAS
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
This week we're exploring a new analytical technique quantum electrochemical spectroscopy (QES) developed by Probius, an SLAS2023 Innovation AveNEW company. To explain how QES uses molecular vibrations to analyze biological specimens are Co-founder and CTO Chaitanya Gupta, Ph.D., and SVP of Marketing & BD Juan Cruz Cuevas, Ph.D.
Key Learning Points
- What is quantum electrochemical spectroscopy?
- The problems/issues this technology solves
- The level of throughput for QES
- What you need to know to use QES in your research
- The future advances for QES
Stay connected with SLAS
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- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
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Innovation AveNEW
Innovation AveNEW is a specially designated area of the annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition floor that provides an opportunity for emerging and start-up companies to actively engage with exhibition attendees and purchasing decision-makers from more than 40 countries, while SLAS covers the costs of exhibition fees, travel and lodging (for one representative).
About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
Recorded straight from the SLAS2023 exhibit hall floor -- New Matter host, Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., speaks with each winner of this year's Student Poster Awards.
SLAS2023 was a record-breaking year, and nearly 400 posters were displayed throughout the exhibit hall. Three students were awarded the Student Poster Award and received a $500 cash prize!
Congratulations to our winners (in order of interview)!
Samuel Little, Ph.D. Candidate (Concordia University)
An Automated Platform for Engineering Primary Human T-Cells with Digital Microfluidics
Zachary Sitte, Graduate Student (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
Supported Gel Slabs: A Promising Method for Generating Tumor-Like Structures and Screening Toxicants in a 3D Environment
Riley Whalen, Research Assistant (Oregon Health & Science University)
Ultra-High Content Analyses of Circulating and Solid Tumor Cells
What is the SLAS Student Poster Award?
Student posters presented during the SLAS International Conference and Exhibition and SLAS Europe Conference and Exhibition are judged on quality and relevance. Student poster presenters are all eligible for the Student Poster Competition, in which the top three posters are recognized. Winners, up to three, receive a cash prize of $500. Visit our Student Resources to learn more.
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
Joining us this week is the XIV Spanish Drug Discovery Network Meeting 2022 Poster Award Winner, Marisa Parra López,predoctoral researcher at the University of Granada (Spain), to discuss the research featured in her poster titled, "A multidisciplinary approach for the identification of Tsg101-UEV ligands with potential as novel broad-spectrum antivirals."
View Marisa's award-winning poster while you listen to the episode!
For winning the poster award, López also received the SLAS Tony B. Travel Award, which provides funding for the SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition, for students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates and junior faculty with less than four years in their first academic appointments.
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
We've invited Crown Point Technologies Co-Founder, Stephen Kahmann, M.S., and Ontologist, Knowledge Graph Engineer, Cameron Gibbs, Ph.D., to explain how ontologies and knowledge graphs are used in life sciences research.
Key Learning Points
- What ontology and knowledge graphs are
- How the data from ontologies and knowledge graphs are applied to life sciences
- Why these tools are becoming more popular in life science research
- How to use ontology and knowledge graphs in your own research
- The benefits of using these tools
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
We're joined by Lesley Mathews, Ph.D., who is the new SLAS Scientific Director! Mathews joins SLAS after serving as the associate director, cellular pharmacology for the Center for the Development of Therapeutics at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard (Cambridge, MA).
As the Society’s Scientific Director, she will provide strategic leadership for scientific content and delivery through the Society’s educational conferences, webinars and programming, and supporting its two peer-reviewed journals – SLAS DiscoveryandSLAS Technology.
While listeners can get to know Mathews in this episode, she and New Matter Host Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., highlight areas of interest at our upcoming SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition taking place in San Diego, CA, Feb. 25-Mar. 1.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Stay connected with SLAS
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS 2023 Microscales Innovation in Life Sciences Symposium
- September 14-15, 2023
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Sample Management Symposium
- October 12-13, 2023
- Washington, D.C., USA
SLAS 2023 Data Sciences and AI Symposium
- November 14-15, 2023
- Basel, Switzerland
Welcome to another installment of our series focused on the lab of the future! In our previous episodes, we laid out the foundation of what the lab of the future is and how this initiative can advance research. Now, we're setting our sights on identifying where we should be heading with the lab of the future to get closer to making the concept a reality.
Our guest is Olga Seltser, M.E., senior director of automation at Laronde & Harbinger Health, an experienced automation engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the biotechnology industry. Olga shares her perspective on the opportunities to advance laboratory automation to make progress toward the lab of the future.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Key Learning Points:
- How automation in the life sciences compares to other industries like the auto industry
- What needs to be done to elevate life sciences automation to the same level as other industries
- The role higher education plays in the lab of the future
- How to make automation more accessible to labs with limited funding
New from SLAS - the Lab of the Future Short Course on Demand!
SLAS recently launched Lab of the Future, a new short course on demand offering to educate new laboratory technologies and applications to make any laboratory more advanced!
To learn more about the Lab of the Future short course including availability, pricing and the instructors, visit:
https://www.slas.org/education/slas-short-courses/lab-of-the-future/
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
In continuing our Lab of the Future series, we're joined by Maaike Bras, scientist assay development (Pivot Park Screening Centre), for a detailed discussion on the applications of mass spectrometry methods in high-throughput screening.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Key Learning Points:
- How mass spectrometry can be used for high-throughput screening
- How deep learning and other data mining/analysis methods are improving mass spectrometry
- What mass spectrometry advancements are being made to enhance the lab of the future
- Mass spectrometry advantages for affinity-based assays compared to other assays methods
New from SLAS - the Lab of the Future Short Course on Demand!
SLAS has recently launched Lab of the Future, a new short course on demand offering to educate new laboratory technologies and applications to make any laboratory more advanced!
To learn more about the Lab of the Future short course including availability, pricing and the instructors, visit:
https://www.slas.org/education/slas-short-courses/lab-of-the-future/
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Welcome to the final part of our series on Accessibility in the Lab, where each episode explores the importance of accessibility in the lab, academia, the workforce and other applications.
From our previous episodes, we've learned how accessibility needs compare between academic and professional settings and different approaches to conversating with a colleague or a supervisor. For this episode, we're expanding our look into the conversations that can make all the difference for someone with accessibility needs.
Our guest for this episode is Yujia Ding, M.S., Ed.D., who after being diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) during her undergrad, was paired with her service dog, Griffey, to support her during POTS episodes. Listen as she shares her stories on overcoming accessibility issues and a forward-focused outlook on accessibility accommodations.
For more content, check out Yujia's FYI talk all about Accessibility Needs for Service Dogs in the Lab! Watch the video here.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Key Learning Points:
- How accessibility applies to service dogs, too
- How companies who provide accommodations receive a slew of benefits
- Ways you can support accessibility initiatives in your lab or work environment
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to f
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Welcome to the third part of our series on Accessibility in the Lab. Each episode explores the importance of accessibility in the lab, academia, the workforce and other applications.
In the previous accessibility episodes, we asked our guests for their input on how to talk to someone about accessibility – specifically in education and the workplace. For this episode, we're expanding our look into the conversations that can make all the difference for someone with accessibility needs. Our guest for this episode is Sara Siwiecki, a Biophysics Ph.D. candidate at Yale university, who actively volunteers for two Yale organizations serving graduate students: the Yale Disability Peer Mentorship Program and the Yale Graduate Student Disability Alliance.
Key Learning Points:
- Advice on how and where to begin with having these conversations
- How scientific events, conferences and other activities can be more accommodating
- Tips for how to speak with someone who is not receptive to accessibility needs
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
*For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Welcome to the second part of our series on Accessibility in the Lab. Each episode explores the importance of accessibility in the lab, academia, the workforce and other applications.
In our first episode, we discussed accessibility in education to get a perspective on the accommodations and resources available for students. For this episode, we're exploring what accessibility looks like outside of education – the workforce – to understand how accessibility affects working professionals. Our guest joining us to share his unique perspective is Logan Gin, Ph.D., who is the assistant director of STEM education, at the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning at Brown University.
Key Learning Points:
- What accessibility looks like for
- The best practices used in hiring to be more inclusive to all disabilities
- What is considered a "reasonable accommodation" per ADA compliance
- How accessibility in the workforce compares to education
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
*For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Welcome to the first part of our series on Accessibility in the Lab. This series will explore different areas of accessibility throughout education and the workforce, along with the necessary conversations about the topic.
In this episode, we begin by discussing the current state of accessibility in education with our guests Sara Rivera, Ph.D., lab manager at the University of Michigan, and Madelyn Cook, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan. Whether a student requires additional time to complete an exam or a physical accommodation in their research space, accessibility is not one-size-fits-all for students. Rivera and Cook provide insight into academia through their personal experiences with accessibility which makes for a valuable conversation to hear.
Key Learning Points:
- What accessibility looks like in academic research
- What kind of accommodations are available for students
- The responsibilities academic institutions have to provide accommodations
- How students can approach conversations about accessibility with their professors and faculty
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
*For a transcript of this episode, please visit this episode's page on Buzzsprout.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
In this episode, we're joined by Venomtech Founder and Chief Scientific OfficerSteve Trim, for a lesson on the use of venoms in drug discovery and other fields! He explains the many uses of animal venom including cosmetics and crop protection. Also, Trim shares the story of the Ventomtech exclusive hot sauce that simulated a venomous spider bite!
Key Learning Points:
- Why venom isn't widely used for drug development
- What the ethical implications of using venoms are
- What you need to know to use venom in your own research
About Steve Trim:
Trim is the Founder and CSO of Venomtech, where he leads the scientific efforts to produce automation-compatible biological libraries, targeted to drug discovery therapeutic areas to maximize hit potential and a wide range of biopesticides. He founded Venomtech to deliver value to drug discovery programs struggling to find novel lead material after 10 years as a pharmaceutical molecular biologist and safety delegate, followed by a research associate position in a comparative genomics lab.
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- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
*For a transcript of t
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
In this episode, we're joined by Broad Institute Senior Group Leader and Head of the Cimini Lab Imaging Platform Beth Cimini, Ph.D., for a lesson in high-content image analysis! Cimini is a subject matter expert who shares her knowledge to explain how high-content image analysis works and how it pertains to cell painting.
Key Learning Points:
- The types of research high-content imaging is ideal for
- The process of developing an assay for a high-content imaging approach
- What you need to know to use high-content imaging in your research
About Beth Cimini, Ph.D.
Cimini is a senior group leader, CZI imaging scientist and the head of the Cimini Lab in the Imaging Platform at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA. After completing her undergraduate research in visual neuroscience at Boston University, Cimini obtained a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California San Francisco, where she studied the difference between splicing variants of the telomere master scaffolding protein TIN2. She created and directs the Platform's Postdoctoral Training Program in Bioimage Analysis, and also leads the Broad efforts toward community engagement and driving biological projects for the Center for Open Bioimage Analysis.
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
*For a transcript of this e
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Our guest for this episode is ViQi Inc. AI Engineer and Data Scientist Rupert Dodkins, Ph.D., who shares his story on how a visit to the Jodrell Bank Observatory as a child inspired him to pursue a career in astrophysics before transitioning into the life sciences field. Also, Dodkins explains what it was like to achieve the Guinness world record for the most consecutive heelflips while he was still a Ph.D. student!
Key Learning Points:
- The criteria for selecting the best-fit institution for grad school
- The importance of setting a destination for your goals
- What goes into preparing for setting a new world record
About Rupert Dodkins, Ph.D.:While Dodkins was completing his Ph.D. at the University of Oxford, and his postdoc at the University of California, Dodkins applied machine learning to exoplanet imaging with single-photon cryogenic-detectors. At ViQi, Inc, he develops machine learning algorithms for high-content virology assays. A unique accomplishment of Dodkins' is that he jointly owns the Guinness World Record for Most Skateboard Heelflips in One Minute.
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
This week we're joined by Tecan Associate Director of Product Management Ashesh Saraiya, Ph.D., to discuss Tecan's achievement in winning the New Product Award at SLAS Europe 2022. for their MagicPrep™ NGS system!
Saraiya is the expert on the award-winning product as he played a vital role in getting the MagicPrep™ NGS system to market. Also, he shares a glimpse into what Tecan's plans are for the MagicPrep™ NGS system and how laboratories can use the award-winning device for better library preparation.
Key Learning Points:
- What makes the MagicPrep™ NGS system new and innovative
- The inspiration behind this NGS library preparation device
- How the MagicPrep™ NGS system compares to other NGS systems
Learn more about MagicPrep™ NGS system from Tecan by visiting: www.tecan.com/magic
Our Sponsor for this Episode
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Learn more about TheWell Bioscience by visiting:
www.thewellbio.com
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
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- YouTube
About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its jour
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS 2023 Building Biology in 3D Symposium
- 20-21 April 2023
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
This week we welcome the President of BioSignal2, Inc Roger Bossé, Ph.D., to discuss using technologies based on Lanthanides emission (TRF, TR-FRET, LOCI) to perform ultrasensitive assays. Bosse is a leading expert on a wide range of detection technologies and applications that work in conjunction with microplate readers.
Key Learning Points:
- What lanthanides are and how they can be used for assays
- The type of research lanthanide-based assays are ideal for
- What researchers need to know to use lanthanide-based assays for research
- The future advancement of lanthanide-based assays technology
Learn more about our BioSignal2 Inc. by visiting: http://www.biosignal2.com/
About Roger Bosse:
Bosse was the key individual that commercialized and developed the unique screening reagent platform “AlphaScreen” at PerkinElmer. He then expanded its breadth and scope to cover many applications in drug discovery and life sciences in general. Roger is highly skilled at assay design and development for early drug discovery efforts and has extensive cell signaling expertise.
Our Sponsor for this Episode
TheWell Bioscience – developer of VitroGel, a next-generation xeno-free 3D extracellular matrix (ECM), enables scientists to shift from 2D to 3D cell culture and help drive innovations for precision medicine, cell therapy and biomanufacturing by getting faster and more accurate data than animal-based systems.
Learn more about TheWell Bioscience by visiting:
www.thewellbio.com
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
In this episode focused on career mentorship, we're joined by Christina Minnick, senior scientist at Merck, who shares some of her personal stories and experiences in career mentorship. Minnick shares the success story of one of her SLAS Mentor Match mentees who was able to land a better role at a great company by following Minnick's advice.
Learn more about our Mentor Match program by visiting: https://www.slas.org/resources/mentor-match/
About Christina Minnick:
Christina Minnick received her B.S. in biology from Delaware Valley University in 2009. Later on, Minnick became a scientist at PPD and then NewAgeSys. Minnick is currently a scientist at Merck where she helps to run Merck’s infectious disease program and antiviral drug evaluation.
Our Sponsor for this Episode
TheWell Bioscience – developer of VitroGel, a next-generation xeno-free 3D extracellular matrix (ECM), enables scientists to shift from 2D to 3D cell culture and help drive innovations for precision medicine, cell therapy and biomanufacturing by getting faster and more accurate data than animal-based systems.
Learn more about TheWell Bioscience by visiting:
www.thewellbio.com
Stay connected with SLAS
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Welcome to the first episode of our new series: "Lab of the Future."
We begin this series by centering our discussion on the foundation of this evolutionary concept:
- What is the “Lab of the Future”?
- What does the Lab of the Future look like for academia vs industry?
- What barriers are preventing people from utilizing current technologies in unique ways?
- What role does academia have in training individuals for the Lab of the Future?
Our guests for this momentous episode are Rishi Mahajan, M.S., lead R&D engineer at Regeneron, and Mike Tarselli, Ph.D., chief scientific & knowledge officer at TetraScience. Listen as they exchange their viewpoints on the current state of the concept and share their predictions and prospective outlook for the Lab of the Future.
Our Sponsor for this Episode
TheWell Bioscience – developer of VitroGel, a next-generation xeno-free 3D extracellular matrix (ECM), enables scientists to shift from 2D to 3D cell culture and help drive innovations for precision medicine, cell therapy and biomanufacturing by getting faster and more accurate data than animal-based systems.
Learn more about TheWell Bioscience by visiting:
www.thewellbio.com
New from SLAS - the Lab of the Future Short Course on Demand!
SLAS has recently launched Lab of the Future, a new short course on demand offering to educate new laboratory technologies and applications to make any laboratory more advanced!
To learn more about the Lab of the Future short course including availability, pricing and the instructors, visit:
https://www.slas.org/education/slas-short-courses/lab-of-the-future/
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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS has recently launched Lab of the Future, a new short course on demand offering to educate new laboratory technologies and applications to make any laboratory more advanced! Lab of the Future content creators, Mario Richter, Ph.D. (AbbVie), and Joshua Kangas, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon University), join New Matter Host and SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., to share an overview of the new short course to cover:
- Who can benefit from this course
- What topics will be covered
- What new skills participants can learn
To learn more about the Lab of the Future short course including availability, pricing and the instructors, visit:
https://www.slas.org/education/slas-short-courses/lab-of-the-future/
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Have you ever wondered what it takes to put on a large event like the SLAS international conference an exhibition? If so, then you're in for a very special episode!
Joining New Matter Host and SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., is the SLAS Director, Global Events & Corporate Partnerships Amy Wilkinson, CMP, DES to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on to plan the SLAS conferences and events. Wilkinson shares insightful answers to questions like:
- What's the typical timeline look like for planning an SLAS conference?
- How does planning a conference differ from a symposium?
- How has COVID-19 affected SLAS events and the industry?
If you're feeling pumped up and ready to attend an exhibition after listening to this discussion, then we invite you to Sunny San Diego, CA for SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition February 25 - March 1, 2023!
To see a full list of upcoming SLAS conferences, events and more, visit: https://www.slas.org/events-calendar/
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., is joined by DropGenie CEO, Co-Founder, Alison Hirukawa, Ph.D., who shares her story of how she went from wanting to become a detective at a young age to leaving academia to become an entrepreneur. Hirukawa explains how she navigated through the academic terrain to pursue a Ph.D., and what helped her succeed along the way. Hirukawa shares her perspective on the growing opportunities in the automation and gene editing space, and advice and resources for early career scientists on launching a start-up company.
To learn more about DropGenie, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drop-genie/
About Alison Hirukawa, Ph.D.:Hirukawa, Ph.D., co-founded DropGenie in 2018, a startup that automates gene editing pipelines. She has over 10 years of R&D experience related to the genetic manipulation of a wide breadth of different disease models and cell types including human embryonic stem (ES) cells, primary human and mouse immune populations, patient derived xenographs and transgenic mouse models of breast cancer. Hirukawa obtained her M.S. from the University of British Columbia, and later her P.h.D. in Biochemistry from McGill University.
Stay connected with SLAS:
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
For Students:Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., is joined by Karius Chief Technology Officer Sivan Bercovici, Ph.D., to discuss Karius' involvement in making the monumental pig-to-human heart transplant possible. Bercovici shares his expertise to shed light on the importance of understanding infectious diseases, and how Karius is using advanced machine learning algorithms to combat these diseases with the Karius Test™ – a liquid biopsy that can non-invasively and rapidly detect over 1000 pathogens causing both deep-seated and bloodstream infections from a single blood sample.
To learn more about Karius, visit: https://kariusdx.com/
About Sivan Bercovici, Ph.D.:Sivan is an innovator in artificial intelligence, pioneering the development of complex computational and data platforms, as well as novel machine-learning models designed to address critical challenges in human disease. Recently, his team made news in the New England Journal of Medicine for the Karius Test™ used in the analytics of the pig heart transplant in a human.
Stay connected with SLAS:
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., is joined by Sapient Founder and CEO Mo Jain, M.D., Ph.D., for an insightful discussion on small molecule biomarkers. Did you know that methods of identifying biomarkers date all the way back to ancient Greece? You'll be surprised to hear how along with the many ways these biomarkers are shaping drug discovery and other applications. Jain also shares his background with small molecule biomarkers that led to him creating Sapient along with the company's own technology platform used for biomarker discovery.
To learn more about Sapient, visit: https://sapient.bio/
About Mo Jain, M.D., Ph.D.:Jain is a physician-scientist with nearly 20 years of expertise in physiology, biomedicine, engineering, computational biology and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. Prior to founding Sapient, he formed and was director of Jain Laboratory at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), which focused on developing next-generation rapid liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (rLC-MS) systems to probe the non-genetic landscape of disease across population-scale human studies.
Stay connected with SLAS:
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
In this special episode, we explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing automation including chemistry automation with Del Ray Jackson, Ph.D., and Rick Sidler, Ph.D., of Unchained Labs. Jackson and Sidler share how Unchained Labs is involved in making new advancements in the life sciences and automation spaces, along with the UNique naming convention of their products like Big Kahuna and Junior. Catch Unchained Labs and their products on display at the upcoming SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium!
About Unchained Labs:
Unchained Labs is all about helping biologics and gene therapy researchers break free from tools that just don’t cut it. Unleashing problem-tackling products that make a huge difference in the real science they do every day. Unchained Labs seeks to provide real solutions to challenging tasks like measuring concentration, screening for stability and aggregation and performing buffer exchange – key steps on the path to the best biologic. To learn more about Unchained Labs, visit: www.unchainedlabs.com
Stay connected with SLAS:
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium
- September 26-27, 2022
- Seattle, WA, USA
SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium
- 27-28 October 2022
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Daniel Levner, Ph.D., joins Hannah to discuss Organ-chip technology from Emulate. Levner explains the "origin story" of organ-on-chip technology, the research applications and how this evolving technology can emulate human biology. Also, Levner shares what the future holds for this technology and how it will allow researchers to develop new solutions.
To learn more about Emulate, visit: https://emulatebio.com/
About Daniel Levner, Ph.D.:Levner is the Chief Technology Officer at Emulate. He joined the Emulate founding team during his role as a Senior Staff Scientist with the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. There, he led the advanced engineering team responsible for developing the Emulate Organ-Chips platform and played a key leadership role formulating innovative approaches for bridging biologists, engineers and business stakeholders. Levner received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University as well as an MS in aeronautics and astronautics, also from Stanford. He has authored numerous publications and more than 70 issued and pending US patents.
Stay connected with SLAS:
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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium
Registration is now open for the 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium in Seattle, WA, September 26-27.
This two-day symposium will allow participants to explore how AI data pipelines are integrated into the life sciences. Attendees will learn about MLOPS, applications, techniques, and architectures of data and their uses in the life sciences.
The SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium will allow emerging bio entrepreneurs, start-up companies, academics and those considering bio-entrepreneurship to explore the start-up ecosystem.
Register by visiting: https://www.slas.org/events-calendar/slas-2022-bio-entrepreneurship-symposium/attend/register/
In this special episode, CEO Jean Marois, and Vice President, Product and Strategy Chatura Jayakody, of Scigilian join Hannah for a discussion on Scigilian's compound management products that are designed to help customers with tracking inventory globally (Store) and assist with requesting samples for studies (Request). We also get an inside look at Scigilian's other complimentary products: Analyze and Visualize. Catch Scigilian and their software on display at the upcoming SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium!
About Scigilian:
Scigilian is a leading life science solutions provider specializing in solutions that address the collaboration challenges of a distributed lab research environment. Scigilian enables life science organizations to accelerate their discovery efforts and optimize their lab operations by providing solutions that orchestrate and streamline their internal and external workflows. From managing sample inventory to performing sample logistics, scheduling assays to analyzing and viewing results, Scigilian's Discovery Platform’s powerful life science solutions are carefully designed to meet the software technology needs of pharmaceutical, biotech and scientific research organizations of today and tomorrow.
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium
- September 15-16, 2022
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium
- September 26-27, 2022
- Seattle, WA, USA
SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium
- 27-28 October 2022
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Andrew Ridley, Ph.D., joins Hannah to discuss Cellink's achievement in winning the New Product Award at SLAS Europe 2022. Ridley explains what 3D bioprinting is and how BIO CELLX, the innovative biodispenser from Cellink, is shaping the future of drug discovery and tissue engineering. Also, Ridley shares a glimpse into what Cellink has in store for future products and how Cellink can provide to anyone wanting to use their technology without any tissue engineering experience.
To learn more about Cellink, visit: https://www.cellink.com/
About Andrew Ridley, Ph.D.:
Ridley is an experienced Product Manager/Sales Director with a Ph.D. focused in Molecular and Cellular Biology and has a history of working in the biotechnology industry. Skilled in molecular/cell biology with a focus on cutting-edge technologies including microfluidics and 3D bioprinting.
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium
- September 15-16, 2022
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium
- September 26-27, 2022
- Seattle, WA, USA
SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium
- 27-28 October 2022
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
We're joined by Ferrologix Inc.'s Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Coleman Murray, Ph.D., to talk about the company's digital magnetic cell sorting technology (DMS). Murray provides background on DMS by comparing it to traditional magnetic cell sorting and the applications of DMS. Similar to the discovery of penicillin and the microwave, hear how an accidental discovery became Murray's thesis and eventually led to a start-up company.
Want to try out this innovative DMS technology from Ferrologix? Visit their website to learn about their beta testing program and schedule a demo!
About Coleman Murray, Ph.D.:Murray serves as the chief operating officer and co-founder of Ferrologix Inc. He has a background in lab automation and applying microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to healthcare products. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 under the mentorship of Professor Dino Di Carlo where he developed the ratcheting cytometry platform which formed Ferrologix's core technology. Aside from his role at Ferrologix, Murray is a current member of the SLAS board of directors where he assists with the planning and development of the society.
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium
- September 15-16, 2022
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium
- September 26-27, 2022
- Seattle, WA, USA
SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium
- 27-28 October 2022
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D., is the current vice president of product and marketing at Curiox, but did you know she also was a surgical neurophysiologist? You might be asking, "How is that possible?"
Banday is a lifelong believer in being able to pursue any career path as long as you're willing to learn. Banday shares her incredible story of leaving India to come to the United States to pursue a Ph.D. in molecular genetics, the nerves of being in the operating room for the first time to dealing with what she refers to as the "What Next?" disease. If you are hesitant about taking the first step in pursuing what you've always wanted to do, then this episode is for you!
About Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D.:
Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D., is an accomplished life sciences marketing leader with 10+ years of commercial experience. Banday first obtained a DVM from Kerala Veterinary University, KAU followed by an M.S. in microbiology, immunology, & pathology from Punjab Veterinary University and finally a Ph.D. in molecular genetics - genomics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Stay connected with SLAS:
- Online at www.slas.org
- Twitter @SLAS_Org
- Instagram @slas_org
- YouTube
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Upcoming SLAS Events:SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium
- September 15-16, 2022
- La Jolla, CA, USA
SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium
- September 26-27, 2022
- Seattle, WA, USA
SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium
- 27-28 October 2022
- Brussels, Belgium
SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition
- February 25 - March 1, 2023
- San Diego, CA, USA
SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition
- 23-26 May 2023
- Brussels, Belgium
Roland Terborg, Ph.D., Shinephi, joins Hannah to discuss Shinephi's achievement in winning the SLAS Ignite Award at SLAS Europe 2022. Terborg explains the early career path that led him to the research he conducts today at Shinephi in live-cell imaging. He also shares his experience at SLAS Europe 2022 and why the conference is an excellent opportunity for newer companies to participate in and attend. If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for research, then you'll benefit from the tips that Terborg shares for scientists who want to take their research beyond academia.
To learn more about Shinephi, visit: https://shinephi.tech/
About Roland Terborg, Ph.D.:
Roland A. Terborg, Ph.D., obtained his degree in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) studying photonics at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). Terborg's research areas include structured light beams, holography and biosensing. Dr. Terborg is a person driven by his motivation to bring solutions to society that will have a positive impact. He is currently working as an entrepreneur at the ICFO Launchpad, coordinating a scientific research team and carrying out the business development of a spin-off project in the Life-Science sector.
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
We're joined by Mass Spectrometry (Mass Spec) expert, Michelle Dubuke, Ph.D., to learn all about mass spec! From learning the practical applications of mass spec to how researchers are using the tool to discover new insight into biological aging and cancer development, Dubuke breaks it all down to showcase how expansive mass spec is.
About Michelle Dubuke:
Michelle Dubuke is currently the Manager, Field Application Scientist at Seer. Dubuke is a mass spectrometrist and protein biochemist focused on translational Precision Medicine workflows. Her previous experience was in varied areas of mass spectrometry, including small molecule LC-MS/MS, targeted and untargeted proteomics, DESI imaging, and intact protein analysis in an academic core facility. She has an established publication record in protein biochemistry, bottom-up proteomics, and targeted metabolomics.
About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
In this installment of Innovative New Technologies, we're joined by Kirstin Elgass, Ph.D., of ZEISS to learn about the ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7. Hannah and Kirstin take a deep dive into light sheet fluorescence microscopy, the applications of this technology, and everything you need to know to use the ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7 in your research.
To learn more about the vesicle trafficking images to results story referenced in the episode, click here.
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Previous SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant 2020 award winner, Ulri Lee, Ph.D., returns to the podcast after recently successfully defending her doctoral thesis. In a follow up discussion, Ulri provides Hannah insight on her research in air sampling, how the COVID-19 virus influenced her research, and how the SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant helped advance Ulri's air sampling device.
Join us as we learn more about air sampling and microdroplets, and what her post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology entails!
The SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant provides direct support to outstanding students pursuing graduate degrees related to life sciences R&D. This program helps to realize a fundamental tenet of SLAS’s mission: to advance the fields of laboratory science and technology by nurturing the next generation of professional scientists. For more information on SLAS awards and grants, visit https://www.slas.org/careers/awards-and-grants/slas-graduate-education-fellowship-grant/.
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
We've brought our SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant 2021 winner, David McIntyre, from Boston University, back to the New Matter Podcast for a follow-up discussion.
David provides an update on his research with automating the design of microfluidics through rapid prototyping and machine learning for use in screening synthetic biological systems. We learn what interested him in microfluidic research, the uses cases for his systems and why David wants to work for a start-up in biotech.
The SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant provides direct support to outstanding students pursuing graduate degrees related to life sciences R&D. This program helps to realize a fundamental tenet of SLAS’s mission: to advance the fields of laboratory science and technology by nurturing the next generation of professional scientists. For more information on SLAS awards and grants, visit https://www.slas.org/careers/awards-and-grants/slas-graduate-education-fellowship-grant/.
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
We're joined by SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant 2019 winner, Carine Nemr, Ph.D., to see what's new since her first appearance on the New Matter Podcast. Carine walks us through her research funded by the SLAS grant in developing miniaturized diagnostic tools for the rapid diagnosis of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. She also shares an experience during her research that stresses the importance of not to follow a "linear path," but to adapt your research to achieve scientific discovery.
The SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant provides direct support to outstanding students pursuing graduate degrees related to life sciences R&D. This program helps to realize a fundamental tenet of SLAS’s mission: to advance the fields of laboratory science and technology by nurturing the next generation of professional scientists. For more information on SLAS awards and grants, visit https://www.slas.org/careers/awards-and-grants/slas-graduate-education-fellowship-grant/.
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.
SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.
Santosh Paidi was the SLAS Fellowship Grant Winner in 2018. Now that he is a postdoctoral scholar at University of California, Berkeley, we brought him on to tell us what he been up to since he was working on his graduate degree on diagnostics tools. Thanks to Santosh, Hannah gets an in depth understanding of what Raman spectroscopy is and how it can be applied, his work on developing a holistic view of examining all the tissues in living organisms, and his work on developing optical imaging systems. Join us as we learn more about looking into micro-environments!
Check out Santosh's site to learn more about him and his work.
Have you ever noticed that music and maths often tie themselves together? Our guest this week is an excellent example of this, with his passionate start with the euphonium to his career in physics and engineering. In this continuation of our series on career trajectories, David Jennions walks us through the differences in education between the UK and US systems, his work in brining science and engineering together, and the importance of hands on apprenticeships in lab automation.
Mei Wu has had some amazing support in her road to getting a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This episode in our career trajectories series dives into the balancing act that Mei experiences while working full time while obtaining a Ph.D.. Listeners hear another opinion on how having a Ph.D. affects job prospects in the life sciences fields. Keep an ear out for Mei's advice on how to decide what level of education to pursue.
Aoi Senju, Co-Founder/CEO at Colabra, sits down with Hannah to talk about how he went from researching next-generation battery chemistries to collaborative lab software. In this first episode diving into career trajectories we get to hear how a degree in chemical and biological engineering transferred into software and product design. Listen in to find out what being a marathoner, a concert pianist, a scientist, and an entrepreneur have in common.
Want to take a peek at the blog Aoi mentioned? You can find it here.
SLAS2022 New Product Award Winner Kebotix joined Hannah to talk about their win for ReactionSage, an artificial intelligence-powered software solution for predicting novel and diverse sets of reaction pathways for forward and retro synthesis. Christoph Kreisbeck, Chief Commercial Officer at Kebotix shares the inspiration behind Reaction Sage, the uses for it, and how it's secret sauce in combining AI and lab automation can make life easier for chemists.
SLAS2022 Innovation AveNEW company A4Cell join us to us to talk about their new technology, the CytoCHECK SPAchip pH single-detection Kit . Antonio Quilez, High Content Screening Manager at A4Cell gives Hannah an inside look at how this new and innovative technology analyzes cells without affecting cell physiology, the optimal uses of SPAchip, and the ideal research situations in which to use it. Listen in to hear how this detector inside living cells improvs cell sensing.
Today we talk beer with Maciej Grajewski (SGPapertronics). Hannah learns about his lab in a box Beer-O-Meter, which streamlines the quality control process. Maciej shares how he identified the new and adaptable systems needed for testing, and the way in which the Beer-O-Meter fits in with a changing market. This new and innovative lab in a box is meant for practitioners who do not have a lot of lab experience, and is aimed at replacing wet chemical testing labs.
Today we hear about another cool new innovation as our SLAS2022 New Product Award Winner, SEED Biosciences discusses their new DISPENCELL ALL-in-ONE. Hanna and Georges Muller, SEED Bioscience CEO compare the DISPENCELL with other single cell isolation methods, the research it can be used for, and the future applications of SEED Biosciences technology. A fair warning to other technology providers listening, SEED's goal is to win the New Product Award every year. They are stepping up their game and brining out all the fun new tools!
In this first podcast of our series on new technologies, we welcomed back Iscaffpharma by chatting with Per Setterberg, CEO and Professor Göran Landberg, CMO. Göran talks to us about how pre-clinical testing in human tumor microenvironment and synthetic copies of the same adds value to drug screening of oncology drugs. The model creates a pre-clinical fingerprint that mimics the potential effect a drug will have in humans, as well as reduces the need for animal models. Dive in with us as we go in depth into the use of 3D printed scaffolds in cancer drug screening, the ethical considerations behind removing the use of animal models, and what future advances they see in using their technology.
Iscaffpharma is a Bio-Tech company focusing on developing better treatments of aggressive cancers. To learn more about their research and work, check out their publications here.
This fun podcast is a mix of recording from SLAS2022 on site excitement, and some follow up with some of the winners afterwards. Tune in to hear from the following award winners:
Student Poster Award Winners
- Antra Ganguly, PhD Student, University of Texas At Dallas for A novel, non-culture based electrochemical sensor for multiplexed biomarker quantification towards rapid Urinary Tract Infection management
- Jeong Hyun Lee, Post Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia for Laser micropatterned monolithic nanowell-in-microwell arrays
- Stephan H. Spangenberg, Graduate Student, The Scripps Research Institute for HSP90 Inhibition Enhances Cancer Immunotherapy by Modulating the Surface Expression of PD-L1 and Other Immune Checkpoint Proteins
New Product Award Winners
- Partillion Bioscience Corporation for Nanovials
- Kebotix for ReactionSage
- SEED Biosciences SA for DISPENCELL ALL-in-ONE
Tony B Travel Award Winners
- Emma Åkerlund, Postdoctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institutet
- Pilar Ayuda Durán, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oslo University
Also, make sure to read about what got people Hyped for Science at SLAS2022!
In this first episode with our new host, SLAS Scientific Manager, Hannah Rosen, we talk to Steven Graves, CEO and Founder at BennuBio, Inc about their new, high-throughput, multiple parallel stream system for flow cytometry. Steve shares their biggest challenges in developing this technology and their goal in getting it out into commercial world where it can do the most good. Listen in to find out how their new system, the Velocyt®, can change research in flow cytometry and what makes it a game changer.
BennuBio was awarded the Ignite Award at the SLAS2022 International Conference and Exhibition for the best start up company
Today Vicki sits in as host and talks with Mike Tarselli, Chief Scientific Officer and Bill Hobbib, Chief Marketing Officer from TetraScience on the importance of being pragmatic and continuing to advance science through in person collaboration. Nothing replaces the serendipity of meeting in person, and they discuss the importance of pushing out of our pandemic comfort levels and making new habits to live in an endemic environment, including meeting in person to share scientific advances.
We are excited to see TetraScience and all our other friends in the life sciences at the SLAS2022 International Conference and Exhibition, February 2022 in Boston!
David Weinkove, CEO of Magnitude Biosciences joins us to talk to us about their work with C. elegans- tiny worms used to test compounds for health. We learn about the difference between a lifespan and a healthspan and how using these tiny worms to study the effects of compounds on aging is helpful. David shares Magnitude's work as a CRO and how they translate their work into an industrial setting. Finally, find out a cool fact you might not have known about worms. Stay through to the very end for a thought exercise for our audience. That's right- he gave us homework!
Magnitude Biosciences is an Innovation AveNEW company at SLAS2022 who help industry and academia progress their research projects via a team of expert scientists, C. elegans services and unique automated imaging technology.
Why worms? Check out this awesome graph explaining why.
Are you interested in neuroscience? Have you ever thought about how the immune system talks to the brain? Want to learn about dissecting functions of brain circuitry? Today is your chance! We are joined by Dr. Randy Blakely from Florida Atlantic University Brain Institute who walks us through all the really cool work the Brain Institute focuses on, such as: the developing brain, brain behavior, health, and diseases. In addition, find out how Dr. Blakely started as a humanist, transitioned to medicine, and settled and grew an extraordinary career as a neuroscientist. Finally, we learn about how worms can be used as such important tools for studying brain circuitry.
Dr. Randy Blakely is the Executive Director, Florida Atlantic University Brain Institute, Professor of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. He spoke at our Building Biology in 3D Symposium this past fall on Autism Spectrum Disorder - From Molecule(s) to Drug Candidate - A 30 Year Journey Propelled by a 60-Year-Old Biomarker.
What does 30 years of providing innovative bioanalytical technology solutions look like? Oksana Sirenko,Ph.D., Senior Scientist at Molecular Devices, can tell you all about it. She shares the cool collaborations they have been involved with in biologics, high-content imaging, stem cell technologies, and automation.
Click below to learn more about the technologies, research, and discoveries discussed with Dr. Sirenko:
Organoids for Disease Modeling and In Vitro Drug Screening Poster
Molecular Devices Organoid Innovation Center
Today we get to hear about what experts in pharmaceutical technologies are doing in nanotechnology. We chat about the difference between lipophilic delivery and drug delivery. Victor Francis fromDIVERSA gives us a really solid breakdown of the differences and what DIVERSA does with different types of drugs and their work with companies in the early stages of drug discovery.
DIVERSA is going to be one of our Innovation AveNEW companies at SLAS2022 in Boston, MA, USA in February 2022 and we are excited to see this start up in person!
DIVERSA was born as a biotechnology spin-off from the Nano-Oncology and Translational Therapeutics Unit of the Santiago de Compostela Health Research Institute (IDIS) and the Galician Health Service (SERGAS).
Want to reach out to Victor and learn more about their kits? Contact him here.
Colleen Janczak from Scintillation Nanotechnologies talked with us today about the really neat work they are doing to make nano-material detectors for radio isotopes. Their vision is to bring previously unheard-of measurement capabilities to radioisotope detection, enabling researchers across the full range of scientific endeavors to ask and answer previously impossible research questions.
This episodes breaks down the cool uses of radioisotopes in our community. We learned the most exciting moment for Scintillation, where we might find radioisotopes in everyday life, and how powerful a tool low-energy radioisotopes can be. Listen in to find out why seeing is so important.
Scintillation Nanotechnologies is going to be one of our Innovation AveNEW companies at SLAS2022 in Boston, MA, USA.
Julio Martin, SLAS European Ambassador, joins us again to co-host as we talk to Winston Chiu. Winston is an amazing young scientists who is a PhD student at KU Keuven in Belgium. Winston walks us through his research into highly infectious diseases, his adventures in robotic programming (and the accidents that happened along the way), and his viewpoint on life and learning.
Winston was a poster presenter at SLAS Europe 2021, a SLAS Student Poster Award Winner, and is an Expert Operator who manages all the technical aspects and operations of the state-of-the-art Caps-It system. Under the direction of his supervisor, Pieter Leyssen, he setup Caps-It from scratch by teaching the robotic arms, writing pipetting scripts and developing image analysis protocols. Winston has a background in industrial engineering biochemistry and has worked in clinical research laboratories where he acquired extensive knowledge in assay optimisation and validation.
Check out his winning poster: Caps-It System Facilitates Screening of 1.5 Million Molecules Identifying 6500 Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Replication
Watch this cool video on the Caps-It and check out his labs twitter account!
Today we hear Lillie Bell, who is studying BSc Medical Biochemistry at the University of Leeds. Lillie in particular has been looking at target and protein degradation as she was recently she was a Undergraduate Industrial Placement Student in the highthrouput screening group at AstraZeneca. She is really excited that some of the work she did while AstraZeneca will be used for novel chemistry. Tune in for all the details!
Lillie was a poster presenter and Student Poster Award Winner at SLAS Europe 2021 Digital.
Today we are chatting with members of the AI Powered Drug Discovery Symposium planning committee; Fernanda Duarte and Kurt Anderson. We are really excited about this hybrid symposium coming up in early November in London. The event has a really amazing line up of speakers as we explore the latest research on data-driven discovery. In addition to the traditional topics surrounding AI Powered Drug Discovery, speakers will also dive into the ethical questions surrounding it. Listen in to hear why it is important to tune in to these sessions.
How do we combine physics and engineering with biomedical research to develop technological solutions for accelerating the human disease knowledge? What cool new technologies are there to discover these solutions to improve the quality of patient life? Well, Silvia Scaglione from React4Life joins us today to share their deeply innovative and highly reactive work. Dive in with us today to find out more!
Silvia Scaglione, President and Chief Scientific Officer from React4Life which is based in Genova, Italy. React4Life was an Innovation AveNEW company at SLAS Europe 2021 Digital.
Start By Listening. Sound advice from Amel Bendali of start-up Inorevia. She, and her fellow Co-founder, listened to what scientists in the field needed and decided to take the next step in lab automation by miniaturizing their processes. Hear how Inorevia is making things smaller, faster, and smarter as Amel Bendali talks with SLAS Program Manager Liz Frank, and co-host Julio Martin on the latest episode.
Amel Bendali is COO & co-Founder of Inorevia, an Innovation AveNEW company at SLAS Europe 2021 Digital
Julio Martin is an SLAS European Ambassador, independent consultant, and blogger. Check out his blog, Sciengement Lab.
Is it possible for the body's own immune system to fight of cancer? It could be. This is what Stephan Spangenberg and his colleagues at Scripps Research Institute are trying to figure out. Colin Cox from Seer sits in today as co-host with Liz as they chat with Stephan about the ins and outs of his research, his student poster award win, and his excitement over publishing his first research paper.
Stephan Spangenberg is Graduate Student at the Scripps Research Institute. He was a poster presenter at the SLAS Europe 2021 Digital Conference and a Student Poster Award winner
Check out Stephan's paper in Cell Chemical Biology and this companion paper aimed at researchers setting up flow cytometry based screens for the first time .
Working in 3D systems can be challenging, and the presentations at the upcoming Building Biology in 3D Symposium will provide researchers with a swiss army knife of tools to improve their work. Listen in as members of the program committee share their excitement around the sessions, keynotes, and collaborative potential.
A special thanks to Brinton Seashore-Ludlow, Sinead Knight, Herve Tiriac, Ross Lagoy, Glauco Souza, and Marc Bickle for sitting down and talking to us about this event.
TheBuilding Biology in 3D Symposium is taking place October 26-27, 2021 in San Diego, Ca.
Check out Ross's previous podcast, A Critical Platform and hear Brinton host Goals of Miniaturization.
Manuela Beil-Peter (Analytik Jena GmbH) and Clive Green (AstraZeneca) sit down with Liz to share how the program of the European Sample Management (ESM) Symposium will explore this mature discipline and the evolutions and advancements that have taken place in the last few years. Listen in to find out how we plan to energize the community and prove that the future is bright!
The European Sample Management Symposium will take place in Berlin, Germany October4-5, 2021 . This hybrid event will showcase the work of compound and sample management professionals.
A meta-roboticist, a theoretical physical inorganic chemist, and an automated science educator sit down for a podcast.... Join us today as guest host Mike Tarselli talks with Jason Hein, Joshua Schrier, and Josh Kangas about the AI automation explosion. Where have we come from and where are we now? Where are we going and what are we doing to placate our pending robot overlords? Let's find out together.
If you want to learn more about what Mike, Jason, Joshua, and Josh work on, check out their work below!
- Mike Tarselli, CSO at TetraScience
- Mike on Google Scholar
- Jason Hein, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry at The University of British Columbia
- Jason on Google Scholar
- Josh Kangas, Assistant Teaching Professor, Computational Biology Department at Carnegie Mellon University
- Josh on Google Scholar
- Joshua Schrier, Kim B. & Stephen E. Bepler Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry at Fordham University
- Joshua on Google Scholar
- CMU Masters in Automated Science Program
- Hein Lab Automation
- RSC Journal Digital Discovery
Interested in learning more about the field? Check these out:
- Data-science driven autonomous process optimization
- Autonomous experimentation systems for materials development: A community perspective
- Machine Learning the Ropes
- Introduction to Computational Physical Chemistry
How does cancer develop, grow, and how can we treat it? Where are we at in developing personalized cancer treatments? These the questions Pilar Ayuda-Durán has been trying to answer in her research into unraveling cancer biology and designing new treatments against the disease. Our guest host, Brinton Seashore-Ludlow gets a sneak peek into Pilar's current research and her excitement over the initial results. In addition to the serious stuff, the conversation took a fun spin into what IS the right way to pronounce SLAS?
Brinton Seashore-Ludlow is an Assistant Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Precision Cancer Medicine
Pilar Ayuda-Durán is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Oslo University Hospital, Norway. She was a presenter at the SLAS Europe 2021 Digital Conference and a Tony B. Academic Award winner.
Members of the Americas Sample Management Symposium Program Committee joined us today to talk about the importance of this small but strong community and their excitement over the symposium in just a few weeks. Listen in as the ladies share with us why it is so important this community gathers together this fall, what sessions they are most excited about, and what the icing on the cake at the symposium will be. And if the scientific content isn't enough, this is also a loving community for knitters. So, brush off your work clothes, bring your knitting needles, and join us to discuss the ins and outs of sample management.
The SLAS Americas Sample Management Symposium will take place in person and virtually September 9-10, 2021.
Don't forget! If you have registered for the Americas Sample Management Symposium, you get full access to the virtual version of the European Sample Management Symposium (and vice versa). Check them both out!
Thanks to Sue Crimmin, Ph.D. (Pharma Discovery Logistics & Technology Consulting), Rose Gonzales, Ph.D. (Pfizer), and Kristen Nailor (Genentech) for joining us today!
Why are 3D cell cultures so exciting? What IS the difference between a 2D and 3D cell culture? Experts from Corning; Audrey Bergeron, Claire (Linyu) Zhang, and Alejandro Montoya joined Marshall to explain the new applications of 3D cell cultures and what considerations need to be taken into account when working within these new models. If you are looking to transition to using 3D cell cultures, this episode outlines exactly what tools and training you will need to do so.
Corning is the sponsor for the SLAS Technology Special Collection: Emerging Trends in 3D Cell Culture: High-Throughput Screening, Disease Modeling and Translational Medicine
For additional resources from Corning:
2021 Virtual 3D Cell Culture Summit – Watch On Demand
3D Cell Culture Models e-Book Bundle Download
Corning Solutions for 3D Cell Culture
Steve Swioklo visits New Matter this week to share with us how Atelerix technology provides an innovative solution for storing and transporting cells and tissues at room temperature and in a balanced state. Steve also gives good advice on the transition between academia and a startup. Join us in learning more about this Innovation AveNEWcompany and where they want to go next.
Join Ross Lagoy and Marshall discussing CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, developing critical platform technologies that accelerate drug discovery and how to connect the bench to automation. Ross is a Senior Scientist at Intellia Therapeutics working to establishing new technologies and analysis pipelines to help identify potential cures for patients living with genetic disease.
On this episode we discuss the importance of bio convergence and how CELLINK Is looking at all the areas that lead to greater discovery in biology. Paul Berning shares with us their excitement at the development of an automation system designed to minimize labor-intensive processes and maximize efficiency within cell line development. As so many companies have, CELLINK had to pivot their work with the onset of the pandemic, and they are proud of how they developed successful solutions to build and strengthen products and relationships.
CELLINK is a SLAS2021 New Product Award winner for UP.SIGHT by Cytena.
Continuing on with the discussion on drug resistance in cancer treatment Ming Yao joins Marshall to share the tissue culture device that he helped to develop to better study drug response to tumor cells. With an engineering background, when Ming started his graduate degree he had to take a crash course in biology and cell culture, which caused him to fall in love with science. Future researchers, keep an eye out for Ming, one day he'll be running his own lab and will need research assistants!
Ming is a Tony B. Awardee and Innovation Award Finalist from SLAS2021 Digital.
Did you know that Montreal has the second largest population of PhDs in the world? No? Well this Montreal startup is inspired by the innovations brought forth in the city. CEO of Ananda Devices Margaret Magdesian's goal is to automate neuronal testing and accelerate the development of new compounds and to reduce use of animals by 90%.
Ananda Devices is a biotech company offering proprietary high throughput cellular and tissue nano-organization technology to accelerate R&D in pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic (PFC) industries and was a Innovation AveNEW company and SLAS Ignite Award finalist at SLAS2021 Digital
SLAS recently brought Raven Solomon (a global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion thought leader) in to talk to the professional team about unconscious bias. She made such a huge impact on us that we had to bring her in to talk again to our broader New Matter audience.
Raven talks to Marshall and returning guest host Karlton Moore about helping organizations get future ready by understanding generational and racial equity. They discuss the need to make spaces more equitable and more inclusive for everyone. What does it mean to find common ground? How do you rumble with unconscious bias? Listen in and learn what a "Led Language" is, strategies to have real conversations and to take a stand to enact change, and how to find common ground and navigate diversity, inclusion, and equity.
It isn't easy. It takes time. But, as Raven reminds us, Rome wasn't built in a day and she has so much that give her hope as we move toward a greater culture of inclusion and equity. So, how do we become more inclusive?
Just start.
Want to learn more about Raven? Check out:
- Raven's site
- Raven's podcast The Generational View
- Raven's book Leading Your Parents: 25 Rules to Effective Multigenerational Leadership for Millennials & Gen Z
- Center for Next Generation Leadership and Professional Development
Interested in learning more about your unconscious biases? Take these awesome Harvard implicit association tests.
Sebastien Mosser comes to us to tell us how Neurix SA is working to reduce animal and animal tissue use in scientific research. Neurix is creating organoids that simulate brain tissue for compound screening and neuroscience research. Sebastian describes how they adapted their techniques and their platform to help with COVID-19 related tests.
Neurix SA was a Innovation AveNEW company at SLAS2021 Digital.
Stefan Schneider is engaged in the development and application of novel organ-on-a-chip systems, a relatively novel and exciting research focus. He shares with Marshall the enabling advances that allowed him to accomplish this work. What is the most exciting application of organ on a chip? Listen and find out!
Stefan is a Tony B. Awardee and Innovation Award Finalist from SLAS2021 Digital.
What is the difference between ThermoFRET and BRET-Based techniques?
David Sykes (The University of Nottingham) provides us with a cheat sheet for which problems these techniques are best suited. Listen in as his passion for discovery and solving problems (and his stimulating work with Sir James Black) steers his career path forward.
David is an SLAS2021 Digital Tony B. Award and Student Poster Award Winner.
Why it is important to be curious for the sake of curiosity? Pouria Rafsanjani Nejad (University of Akron) tells us what he thinks. He talks to Marshall about the problems with cancer therapeutics, and how to cure patients without causing bigger problems along the way. Follow him along his path from building model cars to reframing the problem of biology for himself through the study of biomedical engineering. And as Marshall states so adamantly, SLAS lives for the nerds like Pouria; they are out past, present, and future leaders in science!
Pouria is an SLAS2021 Tony B. Award Winner.
Claudio Rolli visits today from FLUICS GmbH which is working on sustainable sample tracking for research labs. They have developed an online label maker and its correlating mobile app which turns your mobile device or tablet into a barcode scanner and label maker that are directly connected to an online inventory database. Claudio and his co-founders want to eliminate the traditional personal frustrations in labs, such as searching for samples, trying to maintain uncountable excel lists for inventory management, and hunting through lab notebooks to track back and reconstruct samples and reagents used in experiments.
FLUICS GmbH was a Innovation AveNEW company at SLAS2021 Digital.
Astha Lamichhane is a Tony B. Awardee from SLAS2021 Digital and is researching the underlying reasons for why some drugs work on cancer treatment some don't. What is it about a persons individual genomes that resist some treatments, and how can we solve that at the cellular level? Hear about Astha's most exciting professional accomplishment and where she wants to go once she has finished her degree.
Kilobaser GmbH has developed a microfluidics based and cartridge based DNA synthesizer. It is designed to let researchers synthesize DNA right in the lab. Think about it like being able to make your favourite espresso right in house instead of running to the barista down the street. So, what is so special about their synthesizer? Alexander Murer joins us to share exactly what. Listen in to find out!
Kilobaser GmbH was a Innovation AveNEW company at SLAS2021 Digital.
LabVoice connects the scientist to the lab through voice assistance. This is not just an Alexa for the lab, it is much more than that! Hear Dan DeAlmeida explain the secret sauce of how LabVoice integrates with your existing lab infrastructure and helps you execute your tasks.
LabVoice was a Innovation AveNEW company at SLAS2021 Digital.
Evan Hegarty started out in helping human disease in Alzheimer's and moved his way up to co-found Newormics. Newormics offers toxicology services using their advanced microfluidic devices for high-throughput and high-content screening of small animal models and 3D tissue organoids. Evan talks about their exciting new project in testing a full chemical library of known toxicities from the NIH. Their goal is to reduce animal testing by using their technology, which will be a huge accomplishment. Almost as big as playing a show for over 20 thousand people in Austin with his band. ;)
If you missed it, check out their webinar on their early uses of their technology.
Newormics is a SLAS2021 Ignite Award finalist and participated in Innovation AveNEW at SLAS2021 Digital.
Jens Schwamborn and his company OrganoTherapeutics is using their technology (human-specific mini-brains) to treat Parkinson's. He walks Marshall through how they grew their young company through the time of a global pandemic and the opportunities they made from it to use their technology to support research in therapies related to SARS COV 2.
OrganoTherapuetics is a SLAS2021 New Product Award winner and an participated in Innovation AveNEW at SLAS2021 Digital.
2021 SLAS Fellowship Winner David McIntyre, from the Densmore Lab at Boston University, is automating the design of microfluidics through rapid prototyping and machine learning for use in screening synthetic biological systems. Coming from Silicon Valley, David was exposed to science and tech from an early age, and spurred his desire to accelerate biological research. Listen in to hear about his most exciting accomplishments and the new and projects his lab has coming down the pike.
How do you enable labs to easily leverage equipment and people so they can automate their experiments? Artificial's Chief Product Officer Nikhita Singh joins New Matter today to tell us how Artificial's aLab Suite brings together scientists and automation engineers to do just that. She also shares about their recent win of the SLAS Ignite Award and participation in Innovation AveNEW.
The SLAS Ignite Award is sponsored by the Pistoia Alliance President's Startup Challenge and Artificial will attend their final challenge in October 2021.
Want to learn more about Artificial, Innovation AveNew, and what SLAS does for startups? Join our Ignite Showcase on March 2nd at 10am EST to learn more.
Solentim is a SLAS2021 New Product Award Winner for ICON and they loaned us Duncan Borthwick today to tell us how they are dedicated to listening to scientists to make better tools to improve science. Duncan shares how this quality assurance product company works on improving therapeutics by reducing variability.
At SLAS2021 Sisi Chen (Caltech) was awarded the SLAS Innovation Award, honoring research that proved to be exceedingly innovative. In this episode of New Matter, Sisi talks more about her research in defining the breadth and specificity of drug response in heterogeneous immune cell populations. Sisi shares more about her passions, her research, and her primordial early life bioengineering manifesto.
Julio Martin , a “playmaker scientist” with over 30 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry, shares his vision on better management of scientific organizations and labs. He emphasizes the need to create new patterns of order at the edge of chaos and relationships that are not top down. His blog, Sciengement Lab, is a great space for the exchange of ideas and scientific knowledge in management. Make sure to check it out!
Advising. Visiting. Troubleshooting. Those are the keywords that describe Constanza Curotto's (Corning) day to day work. She joins Marshall and guest hostMarc Bickle (Max Planck Dresden) to discuss her winding road from Chile all the way to Amsterdam. She decided early on that she wanted to shift from hands on science to the business side of things. Since the forced incubation period that has come out of the current pandemic, Costanza and her colleagues are teaching themselves to be tech superstars in order to get valuable face to face interaction.
Dhash Shrivathsa drills down into what they do at Radix Labs. In response to the SLAS challenge he came up with Operating systems for biology labs, we cook software drugs. He talks about how Radix started off with a joke that went too far and evolved into making software for not software people. Learn about their new approach to the tools you already have and the philosophy of software. His philosophy is that one of the best skills in life is thinking like a computer.
Check out Dhash's article about an operating system for the biology lab in Nature.
Marshall chats with Mike Tarselli about his birth on a planet far, far away to his rise as Chief Scientific Officer at TetraScience (a SLAS2021 Innovation AveNEW company). Mike discusses his winding journey starting as a pre-med major and eventually careening to his final path - a Ph.D. in Chemistry and the battle scars accumulated from the arduous path to completion. And then hitting the Great Recession!
Mike shares his thoughts on the challenge of “Big Data” in life science R&D, from data generation, management, all the way to visualization, and what organizations at the forefront of discovery seek to gain from implementing holistic approaches to data automation. TetraScience, and the Tetra R&D Data Cloud, covers the full lifecycle of R&D data: from acquisition to harmonization, engineering, and downstream analysis with native support for state-of-the-art data science tools.
In this second interview with new SLAS Scientific Director Marshall Brennan, he explores with guest host Karlton Moore (Artel) where he came from before he joined SLAS. Don't skip ahead to the end, but you'll get to hear who Marshall is fanboying over at SLAS.
Vicki welcomes Marshall Brennan, the new SLAS Scientific Director. Marshall will be the new host of New Matter, and we get some good insight into what he hopes to achieve at SLAS.
Manuela Beil-Peter (Analytik Jena AG) didn't choose her career, it kind of evolved from her first love; languages. Hear how this SLAS board member hopes to help the community connect more and emphasize the journey of science and technology moving forward together.
Mel Leveridge (GSK) shares her deep passion for biology and biochemistry with guest host Mario Richter (AbbVie). Listen to her extraordinary experience leading the establishment of a COVID19 testing center at Cambridge UK last year as part of the collaboration between GSK, AstraZeneca and the University of Cambridge, and her dedication to delivering science and technology to discover new medicines. Take a page from Mel's book and apply your love of science to something tangible and positive.
New SLAS Board Member Jan Lichtenberg join us this week to talk about the importance of communication and more to being successful in science. He walks us through the roller coaster ride that was developing his start up, InSphero, and one of their most exciting movements. What is it like rowing in the same boat as a bigger pharmaceutical company? Listen and find out!
Rising SLAS Board Member Jonathan O'Connell is passionate about the future of SLAS. He talks with guest host Karlton Moore (from Artel) about his career path and how certain choices shaped his future. Hear about his new company, Valo Health, which has just come out of stealth mode and is leveraging compute, AI and data to transform the drug discovery and development process; after all, the beauty of AI is that it can think multidimensional. Learn about how Jonathan created a career that combines his passion for science with his great interest in the power of technology, and what his dream car is.
Warning: Man City fans- he's a Man U supporter!
What are the best ways to apply 3D organoid models and get the answers to what you need in the simplest way possible? Hilary Sherman (Corning) can tell you! She and guest host Annika Jenmalm Jensen (Karolinska Institutet) dip into different fields of research and the advantages to always getting to learn something new. Hear how she moved from a career in marine biology to cellular biology and how trying new things can often lead to a career path you never thought of. And when Hilary's not diving deep into different fields of research for Corning, you can be sure to find her pursuing her passion of rock climbing wherever she can.
In this week's episode, guest host Andrew Napper, Vice President, Discovery Sciences at Evotec joins Zack Gurard-Levin Chief Scientific Officer at SAMDI Tech, Inc. Andrew and Zack discuss how high school chemistry sparked his interest in science and his work with SAMDI Tech helping companies solve challenging problems, and opening up avenues for networking and collaboration. Learn about what one of the best decisions of Zack’s life was and how to follow your passions and pursue what makes you happy in science.
Join special guest host Dr. Colin Cox (King of the Robots) and Dr. Lauren Shields as they discuss what is important to think about in terms of organic team building, how to persevere and focus in the field of science, and the pro-bono COVID projects Benchling is working on. Along the way learn about her start in science at a very young age and her amazing personal growth in the field since, as well how to have fun in the Bay area, especially when avoiding wildfires.
Check out the blog post from Benchling here!
Robots never tire, and neither do we. Learn from Biosero CTO David Dambman about how a passion for software, repeatability, and impact on world health problems - plus side paths in radar and guitar equipment - led him to construct the Green Button Go™ Automation Scheduling Software integration layer atop the company's lab automation. We touch on how to make use of tight lab space, where the Cloud actually lives, and what David would do with a magic box to solve diagnostic problems. Push to start!
If being scientifically "bilingual" is important for today's careers, Imran Haque is a master linguist - he speaks data science, immunology, chemistry, and relates it all with a smile and enthusiasm. Join Mike and Imran as they discuss COVID-19 cytokine storms, GIGO, "unshackling" scientists by teaching them scripting languages, and how a cartoon genetics book influenced his amazing career.
Professor Shaghayegh Harbi has been listening to lectures since she was in utero. She's been propelled forward by the need to shout from the rooftops about everything science: immune social networking, ethnically diverse transcriptomics, and her true central passion of teaching science to non-majors. Along the way, learn a bit about spotting trends, working in isolation, and being in the right places at correct times.
Have you ever worn a "personal fume hood" to do your lab work? If you're Lynn Rasmussen, and you're handling the worst viruses known to man, you would! Join Mike and Lynn as they discuss COVID, social distancing, the revelation of lab automation, and the biggest drug hunting organization you've never heard of - Southern Research (they've had 7 FDA-approved molecules!). Wear a mask and listen in.
Join Merck's MJ Wildey - a 26-year member of our community - as she and Mike wax historic and celebrate SLAS's 10th anniversary. If you like to think of screening as an enabling science to open the doors to multiple disease treatments and new tech, this one's for you!
What happens when a linguist and a biomedical engineer partner up to teach computers how to "solve" drug discovery? What role do humans play once computers are calling the shots? Can a biotech community grow up around Salt Lake City? Drs. Lina Nilsson and Katherine Matsumoto join Mike to answer these questions and encourage you to get involved with their (free!) data sets to do your own modeling at rxrx.ai.
A chance encounter with an ancient liquid handler in a dusty corner was all it took to propel Dr. Colin Cox into a life of robot wrangling. Join Colin and Mike as they discuss synthetic genes, reduction of "art" to "practice," being connected in the times of COVID-19, and why you should never binge-watch the Wizard of Oz. Millions of data points....without a team of 40. One man and a robot can rule the (biotech) world.
SLAS Board President Emilio Diez-Monedero is on his third act of an amazingly impactful career - as a molecular biologist in academia, as an automation leader in pharmaceuticals, and now as a consultant and investor in small-stage rare disease companies. Join Mike and Emilio as they discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the scientific enterprise, how all jobs are global jobs, and which moments of professional inspiration led Emilio to his current calling. And, of course, how SLAS and its precursor organizations have been present throughout the myriad changes in life sciences over the past 26 years.
Building robots and inspiring other students to follow suit are among the chief passions that propelled BadgerBOTS Team 1306 to win the Wisconsin Regional 2020 FIRST Robotics Chairman's award. Join Mike and Chair Kevin Chang, finance whiz Max Roquitte, and CAD engineer Cal Rossman as they explain the inner workings of their 'bot, how FIRST helps kids get into STEM fields, and how SLAS can help get automation motivation up!
Synthetic Biology has exploded - MIT professor Jim Collins outlines just a few of the opportunities in diagnostics among those in energy, materials, and sustainability. Along the way, learn about his shock at discovering that freeze-dried cell-free extracts could be brought "back to life," the amazing group of collaborators that propelled him forward, and some...interesting...approaches to cholera diagnostics.
Bioengineer? Teacher? Analytical chemist? Carine Nemr, the 2019 SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship winner, is all of these (and more!). Join us as we discuss lab training, microfluidics, antibiotic resistance, and how small the world really is....networking is key!
The discovery and application of different ways to edit genes has revolutionized how we understand biological systems. Mammoth Biosciences' CTO Dr. Janice Chen joins Mike to talk about how to launch a start-up, how to discover new CRISPR nucleases, and how to turn lab discoveries into products that benefit human health. You might also hear about riding in an Uber with a plate reader on your lap. Tune in!
SLAS CEO Vicki Loise discusses with Mike how 2021 will look different - but better! - for our conferences, symposia, journals, eLearning, podcasts, and microcredentials. Get ready to engage with us on many more levels as we storm into '21.
If you need a crash course in synthetic biology and the sheer joy of natural products discovery, look no further than Dr. Keith Robison of Ginkgo Bioworks and his blog Omics! Omics!. Mike and Keith cover the wacky world of biology, from finding bugs in oil reserves and sea slugs to the unexpected wealth of molecular diversity that emerges to treat human disease and even COVID-19. Careful listeners will hear about slime molds, dirty tubs, FK-506, and just how many computational cycles you can buy for $1. What color is that resistor, again? Join us!
Would you start from nothing, over and over? SLAS Board Member Peter Simpson has...twice! First as the founding CSO for Medicines Discovery Catapult, an innovation organization supporting biotech and pharma, and most recently as one of four leaders of the Lighthouse response effort to combat COVID-19. Learn how Peter displays resiliency, depends on the "non-sexy" transferable skills of screening and biomarkers, and pushes forward with a keen sense of humor and wit.
Got biomarkers? Correlia can help! Join Mike and 2020 Ignite Award Winner Akwasi Apori, CEO & President of Correlia Biosystems, as they discuss how assay automation through microfludics can help in every phase of drug development. We'll touch upon launching companies from academic labs, the pride of watching a beta prototype sputter to life, what it's like to be on the floor at SLAS, surrounded by scientists and potential customers, and generating collaborative partners from unexpected places.
How do you find alien life on Earth? Can we automate all of chemistry and create a "Spotify" for synthesis? What should students be learning to adjust to the pandemic-influenced world? Join Mike and esteemed Prof. Lee Cronin to discuss all this...and maybe a little bit of Star Trek.
This one's a bit different - we're going to look at SLAS through the lens of someone helping to get start-ups off the ground in Europe. Severine Tamas-Lhoustou chats with Mike about her unique introduction to SLAS through the New Product Award, how new businesses are coping with COVID-19, and how she believes a strong scientific core is key to any successful venture. Allons-y!
Have you ever had the literal "light-bulb goes off" moment? Ira Hoffman has! Join him and Mike for a fun, free-wheeling conversation traveling from Burlington to North Wales to Los Alamos, from H1N1 to SARS-CoV-2, and everywhere in between. Learn how to conduct a 10-point-view remote FAT. Can you pick a favorite moment from SLAS? Neither could we.
How do you go from an idea in grad school to a start-up? What types of chances and connections do you need to make to get it working? Join Mike and 490 BioTech founder Dan Close as they discuss opportunities, "breaking" assays, and the cool blue light of success.
Ed Chow and Dean Ho are superstar SLAS leaders and volunteers. With their powers combined, they have deployed Identif.AI, an AI-powered platform to uncover non-obvious drug combinations to treat cancer, infectious diseases, and even to suggest new therapies against SARS-CoV-2 infection, mid-pandemic. Join us for an emotionally and intellectually intense journey through patient remissions, systems biology, and learning about innovation as a contact sport.
Ola Engkvist works in cheminformatics at AstraZenca Gothenburg. Listen in as Ola and Mike discuss the origins of chemistry machine learning, how to develop broad scientific interests, and revel in the amazing exponential data growth over the past decade.
Celebrating 10 Years with SLAS2022 Conference co-Chair, Dr. Yohann Potier. Join Mike and Yohann as they discuss DNA storage, miniaturization, the interconnected science community, and how two chemists find themselves loving life sciences in their later careers.
How do you pivot an academic lab in a single evening? Can you teach DNA to search for antibacterial and antiviral molecules? Tune in for some DELicious science with Prof. Brian Paegel of UC-Irvine.
How does remote lab work change during a pandemic? How can we facilitate open science while maintaining experimental rigor and reproducibility? How come chemists keep drifting into biology later in their careers? Join Matt Hall, Biology Group Lead at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intramural program at the U.S. National Institutes of Health as he and Mike discuss how screening and assay biology can be used to improve the world and address unmet medical need.
Join Gregory Vladimer as he and Mike Tarselli discuss how his company, Allcyte, uses a combination of screening, image analysis, and deep learning models to deliver tailored therapies to cancer patients.
Thi Mui Pham of Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center - Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands) has been named the 2020 SLAS Visiting Graduate Researcher Program Grant recipient.
Congratulations to Ulri Nicole Lee of the University of Washington, this year's SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant award winner. Lee is the fifth winner of the grant and will receive $100,000 over two years to expand her research on the development of a device to collect and store samples for downstream analysis which will help researchers gain a better understanding of environmental exposures on human health.
Long time SLAS member and volunteer, Richard M. Eglen PhD, shared his experience of the origins of SLAS and its growth over the last ten years to where we are now.
Innovation Award Winner Joseph de Rutte, University of California, Los Angeles is a Graduate Student Researcher in the Di Carlo Lab working on microparticle-based technologies for next generation diagnostics and therapeutics. He discusses how his research and presentation at SLAS2020 won him the SLAS Innovation Award.
The most prestigious award of the conference, the SLAS Innovation Award, was given to Joseph De Rutte, M.S., (University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA) for his scientific podium presentation, “High-Throughput Encapsulation and Selection of Cells Based on Antibody Secretion Using Lab-on-a-Particle Technology.” The SLAS Innovation Award recognizes one exceptional and innovative podium presentation during the conference. The winning presentation exceeds a benchmark or milestone in screening or the lead discovery process or demonstrates an advanced and integrated use of mature technologies. The award includes a $10,000 cash prize disbursed after the winner submits a scientific manuscript (original research or a related review paper) for peer reviewed publication in SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology, the scientific journals of SLAS.
Iscaffpharma CEOPer Setterberg shares how they are focusing on developing better treatments of aggressive cancers by providing 3D scaffolds mimicking human tumour environment as a platform for research and development.
The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing new products that are commercially available within 90 days pre- and post-conference. Products are evaluated by a judging panel who look at a variety of qualifications before and at the conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and the award is promoted through SLAS.
V&P Scientific, Inc. (San Diego, CA, USA) won for SpinVessel.
The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing new products that are commercially available within 90 days pre- and post-conference. Products are evaluated by a judging panel who look at a variety of qualifications before and at the conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and the award is promoted through SLAS.
Bioelectronica (Reno, NV, USA) discuss its win with Hypercell.
Each year SLAS invites and encourages start-ups and emerging life sciences and technology companies to apply for an exhibition kiosk located within Innovation AveNEW, a specially designated area within the Exhibition. In this podcast we talk with Synthace, one of the SLAS2020 Innovation AveNEW companies about their experience.
The SLAS2020 Student Poster Competition Award winners were chosen out of more than 300 poster abstract submissions and were judged on various content and design themes. The SLAS Student Poster Award recognizes the innovative research by students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates and junior faculty (less than four years in first academic appointment) who are chosen to present a poster during the SLAS International Conference and Exhibition. This year’s winners are:
Choon Leng So, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland
A High-Throughput Assessment of Calcium Signaling in MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells Expressing the Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicator GCaMP6m and Cultured in Different Matrix Stiffness
Shingo Honda, The University of Tokyo
An Air-Sealed Multi-Dimensional (MD) Digital Assay for Detection of Inhibitor-Resistant Influenza Virus
Sunil Singh, University of Akron
A High-Throughput Organotypic Breast Tumor Model Elucidates Dynamic Remodeling of Tumor Microenvironment
FIRST's mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills that inspire innovation and foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
Hear SLAS Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli talk with Alpha Knights Robotics Team 6695, from San Marcos High School in California.
How was SLAS2020? Are you curious what the chairs felt about the show? Take a few minutes to hear our SLAS2020 chairs, Melanie Leveridge, GSK (UK) and Andrew Napper, Evotec share their thoughts.
Martin Jones works in the Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform at the Francis Crick Institute in London, developing new hardware and software for extracting meaning from ever more complex data sets. He and SLAS Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli, explore Extracting Meaning From Big Data in Volume Electron Microscopy.
Pierre Baillargeon discusses his adaptation and clever fixes to gaps seen in standard automation technology, especially in academic environments.
Sue Crimmin, Vice President Sample Management Technology, GlaxoSmithKline and Michelle Galante, Group Leader, Operations, Evotec discuss Sample Management as a Career, Not a Job.
Juan Caicedo is a Research Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where he investigates the use of deep learning to analyze microscopy images. In this podcast Juan, and Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli discuss how his "Data Bowl" is organized to help humans improve CellProfiler algorithms.
Oren Kraus co-founded Phenomic AI. In this podcast, Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli, discusses with Oren his work with Phenomic AI, research and progress with AI-empowered phenotypic screens, and so much more!
The biggest award of the conference, the SLAS Innovation Award, was given to Christian Soitu, M.Eng. and Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Oxford for his scientific podium presentation, Microfluidic Chambers Using Fluid Walls for Cell Biology. The SLAS Innovation Award recognizes one exceptional and exceedingly innovative podium presentation during the conference. The winning presentation exceeds a benchmark or milestone in screening or the lead discovery process or demonstrates an advanced and integrated use of mature technologies. The award includes a $10,000 cash prize which is disbursed after the winner submits a scientific manuscript (original research or a related review paper) for peer reviewed publication in SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology.
Andrew Alliance discussed their 2019 SLAS new Product Award win for Andrew+ and Pipette+.
The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing a new product that is commercially available within 90 days pre- and/or post-conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and are promoted through SLAS promotional channels.
NanoView Biosciences walks through their SLAS 2019 New Product Award Win for the ExoView® platform.
The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing a new product that is commercially available within 90 days pre- and/or post-conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and are promoted through SLAS promotional channels.
2019 New Product Award Winner, Stilla Technologies talks about their wining technology, the Naica HT & the Opal chip.
The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing a new product that is commercially available within 90 days pre- and/or post-conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and are promoted through SLAS promotional channels.
SEED Biosciences, a young startup from Switzerland, was recognized as the inaugural SLAS Ignite Award winner for their revolutionary pipette that allows scientists to view single cells at a single cell resolution. The SLAS Ignite Award is given to one company from within Innovation AveNEW, a specially designated area on the exhibition floor highlighting start-ups and emerging companies. Judging is based on the overall marketing plan, market presence and potential, funding prospects, plan for growth and the existence of a balanced company leadership, among other qualities. For their win, SEED Biosciences took home a $5,000 cash prize.
This year’s Student Poster Award winners were chosen out of more than 325 poster abstract submissions and were judged on various content and design themes. The SLAS Student Poster Award recognizes the innovative research by students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates and junior faculty (less than four years in first academic appointment) who are chosen to present a poster during the conference.
Antra Ganguly, University of Texas at Dallas
A Passively Addressable Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Chloride Ion Levels in Ultralow Volumes of Perspired Human Sweat
Sudip Mondal, University of Texas at Austin
High-speed C. elegans Cytometry at 0.8 Million Frames per Second
Christopher Poon, University of Southern California
Multifunctional Peptide Micelle for Monocyte Targeting and Gene Therapy to Reduce Atherosclerosis