Preliminary Program

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Preliminary Program
Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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SLAS2012—the First Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition—unites the
scientific savvy, innovation and energy of the former LabAutomation and
SBS conferences to increase collaboration and prominence for the laboratory
science and technology community.
An Exceptional Line-up of Industry Visionaries:
Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Jing Cheng, Ph.D.
Robert Ballard, Ph.D.
Scripps Family Chair Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute
Member, Chinese Academy of
Engineering; Director, National
Engineering Research Center for
Beijing Biochip Technologies;
CEO, CapitalBio Corporation;
Cheung Kong Professor,
Department of Biomedical
Engineering, Tsinghua University
School of Medicine, Beijing, China
Professor, University of Rhode
Island (URI) Graduate School of
Oceanography; Founder and
President, Institute for Exploration
(IFE) at Mystic Aquarium, Mystic,
Connecticut
Monday, February 6
Presentation: A Chemist’s Foray
Into Translational Medicine
Tuesday, February 7
Presentation: Biochips for
Translational Medicine
Wednesday, February 8
Presentation: Deep Sea Science
and Exploration
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Table of Contents
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What’s Moving You to SLAS2012?Page 4
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Short Courses OverviewPage 5
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Keynote Speaker SeriesPage 8
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Conference-at-a-GlancePage 9
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Conference SchedulePage 11
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Strategic Alliances at SLAS2012Page 18
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Celebrate InnovationPage 19
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SLAS2012@NightPage 20
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Experience a Robust and Lively ExhibitionPage 21
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Exhibitor ListPage 22
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Travel and Hotel InformationPage 23
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SLAS Career ConnectionsPage 25
SLAS2012 Annual Conference Program Committee,
SLAS Scientific Program Advisory Committee, SLAS Board of Directors
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Sponsors and Media Partners That Make SLAS2012 Possible!
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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What's Moving You to
SLAS2012?
SLAS2012 is the moment in time when we all come
together as a community to collaborate, innovate
and dominate the field of laboratory science and
technology. Join 5,000+ of your colleagues —
innovative scientists, engineers, researchers and
technologists from academic, government and
commercial laboratories around the world —
in beautiful San Diego, CA, USA, February 4–8,
for SLAS2012.
“I am most looking forward to the
expansive format of the meeting;
several days of conference with
more than 130 presenters, hundreds
of posters, and a variety of special
sessions — I think the event is going
to be outstanding.”
Dan Harms, Automation Engineer,
Syngenta Biotechnology Inc.
Accelerate
Celebrate
With over 130 podium presentations, 300+ poster
presentations, influential keynote speakers, and a strong
short course program covering an array of topics in-depth,
SLAS2012 packs a powerful scientific punch.
Kick back, relax and mingle each night while you’re in
San Diego with hundreds of your SLAS2012 colleagues
at these three prime evening events:
Content-Rich Scientific Program Accelerates
Learning and Professional Growth
Collaborate
Collaborate with others in your area of interest and expertise
by joining an SLAS Special Interest Group (SIG) at SLAS2012,
visit, SLAS.org/community/special_interest.cfm.
Examples of organized SLAS SIGs include:
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Automation Quality Control
Drug Repurposing
Screen Design and Assay Technology
Standards Initiatives — New! To be considered
for participation, contact Katie Woywod at
[email protected] by November 18.
SLAS has partnered with several leading scientific organizations
to bring you new and relevant sessions and informational
briefings at SLAS2012. Partner sessions include:
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Elevate
Career Advisory and Networking Events
Learn how to effectively network with professionals; work
one-on-one with a career coach; have your résumé critiqued;
participate in mock interviews; strategize for the job
market; and have access to current job opportunities
in the marketplace at the SLAS Career Center.
SLAS Smart-Savers Program Helps Get You There
Strategic Alliances Bring Special Sessions
to SLAS2012
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Sunday, February 5 — Super Bowl After-Party
Monday, February 6 — Monday Night Diamond
Groove-a-Thon
Tuesday, February 7 — Gaslamp Block Party Bash
Motivate
Stimulate
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SIGs to Meet at SLAS2012
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SLAS2012@Night Offers Good Times, Great
Networking and an SLAS Community Feel
Early-bird, SLAS member and group registration discounts.
Special hotel pricing. 20 percent off a Sunday short course
with the purchase of a Saturday course. Academic and
unemployed registration waivers. The SLAS2012 SmartSavers Program provides myriad ways to help you get to
San Diego, visit SLAS2012.org/conference/smartsavers.cfm.
Facilitate
Analytical and Life Science Systems Association
Laboratory Products Association
Late Night With LRIG
Get Employer Approval for SLAS2012
Investigate
Experience a Robust and Lively Exhibition
See, hear, touch, feel and engage with some of the latest
and most innovative technology products and services from
around the world when you explore the SLAS2012 exhibit
floor. With over 275 companies housed in 500+ booths,
SLAS2012 provides the ultimate hands-on experience.
Don’t simply ask your employer to approve “your trip”
to SLAS2012. Rather, present them with a sound business
case that rationally justifies “your participation” by illustrating
the benefits they can expect to receive in return for their
investment. To get more tips and tools and specific examples
of appropriate rationales to sell your participation at SLAS2012,
visit SLAS2012.org/conference/employerapproval.cfm.
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Accelerate | Short Courses Overview
The SLAS2012 Short Course Program provides in-depth instruction on topics,
issues and techniques related to the laboratory science and technology community.
Each course is a full day and is led by distinguished faculty with deep expertise
in their respective course topic. Each course is organized separately, though
individuals will benefit from attending two days of short courses. Short Course
registration is an additional fee. Short Course only registration is also available.
For additional information on the Short Course Program, visit
SLAS2012.org/program/shortcourses.cfm
Short Course Discount for Members:
Save 20 percent on a Sunday short course by purchasing a Saturday course.
This discount is already calculated in the price of the course.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Applied Information Technology for the Laboratory
Introduction to Laboratory Automation
Burkhard Schaefer, BSSN Software
This course provides decision makers and practitioners from
bio-pharma, healthcare, and academia with a comprehensive
overview of IT topics and trends in laboratory automation, data
management, and systems integration.
Steven D. Hamilton, SLAS Director of Education; Gary W.
Kramer, National Institute of Standards and Technology;
James M. Gill II
This course presents a broad introduction to the field of industrial
(i.e. non-clinical) laboratory automation. A general understanding
of a laboratory environment is helpful.
Automated Liquid Handling in Accredited
or Forensic Environments
LIMS in the Organization
Michael Stangegaard, University of Copenhagen;
Anders Johannes Hansen, University of Copenhagen
This course presents an introduction to the process of standardizing,
validating and accrediting automated liquid handling instruments and
processes in both conventional and forensic environments.
Automation for In Vitro Diagnostics
Angelika Niemz, Keck Graduate Institute;
Jim Osborne, Keck Graduate Institute
In vitro diagnostics (IVD) entails the diagnosis, screening,
and monitoring of human diseases based on identification
and quantification of small molecules, proteins, nucleic acids,
or cells obtained from patient specimens. Automation has
fundamentally changed the IVD industry, and continues to
play an important role in the move towards disseminated
testing and personalized medicine.
Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
John Trigg, phaseFour Informatics
This course outlines the role of an Electronic Laboratory
Notebook, addressing functional and user requirements, legal
and IP issues, cost/benefit and implementation strategies.
Establishing Cell-Based Assays for Screening
Terry Riss, Promega Corporation; Lisa Minor, In Vitro
Strategies, LLC; Geoffrey Bartholomeusz, UT M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center; Eric Johnson, Merck
This course describes developing standard procedures for
handling cultured cells to set up cell-based assays, techniques for
measuring cell health, multiplexed with other assays, developing
siRNA screening assays, and an overview of various GPCR
screening methods.
Robert D. McDowall, McDowall Consulting
This course provides an overview of the system development life
cycle of a LIMS and the identification of the common issues and
problems associated with a project.
Liquid Handling Boot Camp — A Beginner's
Hands-On Introduction to Lab Automation
Douglas Gurevitch, University of California, San Diego;
Petar Stojadinovic̀, National University; Justin Provchy,
Amgen, Inc.
Learn about lab automation in a hands-on environment. One-third
of the class time is lecture and two-thirds is hands-on work with
the robots.
Quantitative Evaluation of Screening
Assays for Drug Discovery & Biomarker
Applications
V. Devanarayan, Abbott Laboratories; Eric Goedken,
Abbott Laboratories
This course provides an overview of methods useful for optimizing,
evaluating, and analyzing in vitro screening assays for drug
discovery and biomarker applications are provided.
Sample Management: Best Practice,
Trends and Challenges
Sue Holland Crimmin, GlaxoSmithKline
This course provides current status and considered best
practice in the discipline of sample management. It will focus on
the traditional aspects of compound management but cover the
synergies and differences in managing biologics. Consideration
will be given to key challenges and future directions.
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Sunday, February 5, 2012, 8 am – 3:30 pm
Automated Assays for Drug Discovery: A Toolbox
Approach to Selecting an Appropriate Assay
Mohammed Kashem, Boehringer-Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Siqi Lin, Boehringer-Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
This course focuses on one central question: given a multitude
of assay technologies available for a given target, how does one
go about selecting an appropriate technology? What criteria
should one examine during this process? This course describes
a toolbox approach: a generic, flexible set of assay methodologies
and shows how they can be applied to some of the major target
classes in molecular and cell-based screening.
Automating Scientific Data Analysis and
Visualization With Excel and VBA
Mark F. Russo, Bryn Mawr College; Stephen Carafello,
Green Iguana Productions LLC
This course explores advanced features of Excel 2007 and
Excel 2010 useful to scientists and engineers. Topics covered
include importing and processing experimental data, handling
of data arrays, creation of custom user interfaces, curve fitting,
and automatic generation of charts.
High Content Screening: Instrumentation,
Assay Development, Screening, Image and
Data Analysis
Eberhard Krausz, Janssen Research & Development;
Stephan Schürer, University of Miami Medical School;
Vance Lemmon, University of Miami; James G. Evans,
Anon Consulting
This course provides a state-of-the-art overview of the components of HCS (instrumentation, reagents, HC assay development,
automated image analysis and multi-parametric data analysis, and
data standards) together with some showcases of small molecule
and RNAi high-content screens in industry and academia.
Liquid Handling Boot Camp — A Beginner's
Hands-On Introduction to Lab Automation
Douglas Gurevitch, University of California, San Diego; Petar
Stojadinovic̀, National University; Justin Provchy, Amgen, Inc.
Learn about lab automation in a hands-on environment. One-third
of the class time is lecture and two-thirds is hands-on work with
the robots.
Next Generation Sequencing Technologies
and Automation Introduction
Patrick Merel, University Hospital of Bordeaux
This course provides an overview of the major Next Generation
Sequencing (NGS) technologies, how to automate their workflow
and what to expect from Next-Next Generation Sequencing
upcoming technologies.
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
in Drug Discovery
Terry Kenakin, University of North Carolina School
of Medicine, Chapel Hill
This course is designed to increase understanding of the
fundamental concepts governing drug pharmacokinetics
(ADME studies), safety pharmacology and therapeutic
pharmacodynamics as they are utilized in new drug discovery.
Technical Project Management
Introduction to Design of Experiments
Wayne J. Levin, Predictum Inc.
This interactive, hands-on course allows students to exploit Design
of Experiments (DOE) as soon as they get back to their workplace.
The course uses Excel for the essentials and JMP software for
more advanced, yet accessible, methodologies.
Introduction to Laboratory Automation
Steven D. Hamilton, SLAS Director of Education;
Gary W. Kramer, National Institute of Standards and
Technology; James M. Gill II
This course presents a broad introduction to the field of industrial
(i.e. non-clinical) laboratory automation. A general understanding
of a laboratory environment is helpful.
Label-Free/Biophysics Methods for Screening
Johannes Ottl, Novartis Pharma NIBR; Delphine Collin,
Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Kristin Coan,
Novartis Pharma AG
This course focuses on those "biochemical" biophysics
technologies with highest impact and applicability for screening
and lead finding. This short course also focuses on biochemical
assay applications and the detection, quantification and
qualification of ligand/protein binding events.
Jim Atkin, Invetech Pty Ltd
Course objectives include: mapping the phases of a project;
introducing specific project management tools; and discussing
and demonstrating the application of these tools in the
development and implementation of new technologies and
processes for diagnostics, manufacturing and drug discovery.
Writing Testable and Verifiable
User Requirements
Robert D. McDowall, McDowall Consulting
This short course teaches a methodology for specifying the user
needs of the instrument and software elements that will enable
selection of the most appropriate system and end user testing
to meet business and/or regulatory (e.g. GLP or GMP) needs.
XML for the Laboratory
Burkhard Schaefer, BSSN Software
This computer-based short course provides an introduction to
XML and examines how it can be used in a laboratory environment.
Using a healthy mix of theory and hands-on exercises, it helps
provide guidance when it comes to evaluating XML applications
in the laboratory.
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Two-Day Short Courses
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm | Sunday, February 5, 2012, 8 am – 3:30 pm
Getting Started With Excel and VBA
in the Laboratory
Microfluidics I/II
William Neil; Martin Echols, Forest Laboratories
Excel is widely used in scientific laboratories to automate
tedious data manipulation and presentation tasks. This course
reviews many of the tools built-in to Excel for handling problems
commonly encountered in the laboratory. It also introduces the
Visual Basic for Applications scripting language as a way to
customize Excel and expand upon its functionality.
Jörg P. Kutter, Technical University of Denmark;
Johan Nilsson, Lund University; Sabeth Verpoorte,
University of Groningen
This course is an introduction to microfluidics and the application
of this technology in the life sciences. It is designed to give a
compact overview of the main important aspects of working with
liquids in confined spaces as well as handling of minute amounts
of chemicals, highlighting the essential differences between
microfluidic-based approaches and more traditional biochemical
analysis systems. The attendees receive a broad "first glimpse"
impression of all the different bits and pieces (technological,
physical and chemical) that are necessary to arrive at functional
lab-on-a-chip devices.
“It’s exciting to be part of an organization that is truly operating globally. I think SLAS2012 is going
to be a fantastic representation of our international community and I look forward to meeting my
colleagues from all over the world.”
Jörg P. Kutter, Professor, Technical University of Denmark
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Keynote Speaker Series
Sponsored by:
Monday, February 6, 2012, 9 am
Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Scripps Family Chair Professor
Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
A Chemist’s Foray Into Translational Medicine
Peter G. Schultz and his team are using a variety of cell based screens to identify and characterize the mechanisms of small
molecules that affect stem cell self renewal and differentiation, and the reprogramming of somatic cells. During his presentation,
examples of this will be discussed including the expansion of cord blood derived HSCs, in vivo neurogenesis, the selective
differentiation of MSCs to chondrocytes and osteoblasts, reversible beta cell proliferation, MEF reprogramming, human ESC
self renewal and differentiation, and the selective killing of cancer stem cells.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 9 am
Jing Cheng, Ph.D.
Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Director, National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technologies
CEO, CapitalBio Corporation
Cheung Kong Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University School of Medicine,
Beijing, China
Biochips for Translational Medicine
CapitalBio, China’s advanced diagnostics powerhouse, has been developing biochip technologies and products for 10 years
in collaboration with leading research hospitals in China to satisfy unmet demands from hospital bedsides. The products that
have been certified by China SFDA including a DNA microarray analyzing nine mutations in four human genomic and mitochondrial
genes account for approximately 80 percent of the causes of inherited deafness, including susceptibility to deafness induced
by exposure to aminoglycoside antibiotics, and a protein array for autoimmune disease diagnosis. In addition, two chips that can
provide rapid sample-to-answer results in only 6 hours have also been developed, one chip identifies 17 different mycobacteria
and the second chip detects the resistance to two first line drugs, Rifampicin and Isoniazid. These two multi-facet TB tests are
certified by both the China SFDA and the European Community (CE mark). A number of other close to market products include a
HBV drug resistance detection array for Lamivudine and Adefovir and a microfluidic chip for the identification of 12 major bacterialassociated respiratory infections in two hours. Active biochip technologies for fertility and reproductive health will be discussed.
A full line of instruments from sample processing to detection of results will also be presented.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 3:30 pm
Robert Ballard, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Rhode Island (URI)
Graduate School of Oceanography
Founder and President, Institute for Exploration (IFE) at Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, Connecticut
Deep Sea Science and Exploration
Robert Ballard, President of the Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut and Director of the Institute for
Archaeological Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, is best known for his 1985
discovery of the Titanic. Ballard is now using advanced technology to create a new field of research in deep water archaeology.
At the Institute for Exploration’s Challenge of the Deep exhibit hall, as well as with his Jason Foundation for Education, Ballard
hopes to inspire young people to pursue learning in science, math, and technology through exploration and discovery. This past
summer he used satellite and internet technologies to bring thousands of students around the world into direct contact with his
team while on location in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. In his talk, through the use of stunning high quality images and
personal accounts, Ballard will present his most recent work in deep water archaeology and the technology of tele-presence. He
discusses motivating people to think outside the box, learning how to deal with failure — that failure is just a step along the way to
success, motivating children to choose careers in math, science and engineering; and how to live your dream.
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference-at-a-Glance (Schedule Subject to Change)
Saturday, February 4, 2012 (Short Course only registration is available.)
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Short Courses: Applied Information Technology for the Laboratory; Automated Liquid Handling in Accredited or
Forensic Environments; Automation for In Vitro Diagnostics; Electronic Laboratory Notebooks; Establishing CellBased Assays for Screening; Introduction to Laboratory Automation; LIMS in the Organization; Liquid Handling Boot
Camp; Quantitative Evaluation of Screening Assays
for Drug Discovery; Sample Management: Best Practice, Trends and Challenges
Saturday and Sunday (two-day courses): Getting Started With Excel and VBA in the Laboratory; Microfluidics I/II
Sunday, February 5, 2012 (Short Course only registration is available.)
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Short Courses: Automated Assays for Drug Discovery; Automating Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization With
Excel and VBA; High Content Screening: Instrumentation, Assay Development, Screening, Image and Data Analysis;
Introduction to Design of Experiments; Introduction to Laboratory Automation; Label-Free/Biophysics Methods for
Screening; Liquid Handling Boot Camp; Next Generation Sequencing Technologies and Automation Introduction;
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Drug Discovery; Technical Project Management; Writing Testable and
Verifiable User Requirements; XML for the Laboratory
Saturday and Sunday (two-day courses): Getting Started With Excel and VBA in the Laboratory; Microfluidics I/II
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
8:00 pm
Exhibitor Workshops
Super Bowl After-Party — Location: JJ's
Sponsored by:
Monday, February 6, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 am
Laboratory Products Association (LPA) Special Session
8:00 – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 am
Opening Remarks
9:00 – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 6:30 pm
Opening Keynote Speaker: Peter G. Schultz, Scripps
Family Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute
Sponsored by:
Exhibits Open
Track 1:
Drug Target
Biology
Track 2:
Assay
Development
and
Screening
Track 3:
HighThroughput
Technologies
Track 4:
Micro/Nano
Technology
Bridging
the Valley of
Death; How
Can Academia
and Pharma
Best Work
Together?
Evolving HighThroughput
Screening
Strategies
Automated
Chemistry
and HighThroughput
Sample
Management
Single Cell
Analysis and
Cytometry
Advances
in HighThroughput
Screening
Technologies
Nanoprobe
Biosensors
for Molecular
Imaging
Track 5:
Bioanalytical
Techniques
Track 6:
Diagnostics
Advances in
Separation
and Detection
Technologies
Laboratory
Based
Diagnostic
Systems
– Next
Generation
Sequencing
Advances in
Bioanalytical
Sample
Preparation
Methods
Portable
Point of Care
Diagnostic
Systems
Session 1
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break in Exhibit hall
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Poster Session
2:00 – 2:50 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
Session 2
3:00 – 5:00 pm
New
Approaches
for
Interrogating
High Value
Drug Targets
Screening
Library
Resources:
The Comeback
of Natural
Products,
Fragments
& Focused
Collections
5:00 – 6:30 pm
Reception in Exhibit Hall
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Late Night With LRIG-Rapid Fire Innovation Session
8:00 pm
Monday Night Diamond Groove-a-Thon — Location: JJ's
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Track 7:
Informatics
Track 7 Begins
Tuesday at
3 pm
Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference-at-a-Glance (Schedule Subject to Change)
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
7:00 – 9:00 am
Analytical and Life Science Systems Association (ALSSA) Special Session (Invitation Only)
8:00 – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:50 am
Exhibtor Tutorials
9:00 – 10:00 am
Keynote Speaker: Jing Cheng, Member Chinese Academy
of Engineering; Director, National Engineering Research Center
for Beijing Biochip Technologies; CEO, CapitalBio Corporation;
Cheung Kong professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Tsinghua University School of Medicine
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Exhibits Open
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
GenomicsBased Drug
Discovery
Sponsored by:
Session 3
Biochemical
Assay
Technologies
in Screening
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break in Exhibit Hall
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Poster Session
2:00 – 2:50 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
Physiologically
Relevant
Screening
Systems
Droplet
Microfluidics
Bioanalytical
Techniques
in Drug
Discovery and
Development
Track 5 Ends
Advances
in Clinical
Diagnostics
Track 6 Ends
Session 4
3:00 – 5:00 pm
5:00 – 6:00 pm
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Understanding
the Molecular
Mechanisms
of Drugs,
Promising
Natural
Products, and
Traditional
Agents
RNAi
Screening
Technologies
HighThroughput
Analytics and
Automation Session 1
Optofluidics
for On-Chip
Bioanalysis
Data
integration
Across
Multiple
Technology
Platforms
Track 7 Begins
Reception in the Exhibit Hall Celebrating JALA and JBS Authors
Gaslamp Block Party Bash — Location: Gaslamp Quarter
Sponsored by:
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
8:30 – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Session 5
9:00 – 11:00 am
11:00 – 11:30 am
Emerging
Tools and
Approaches
for Drug
Discovery
Cell-Based
Assay
Technologies
in Screening
HighThroughput
Screening of
Biologics
Session 2
Tissues and
Small Animals
On a Chip
Informatics
Solutions for
TerabyteScale
Technologies
Break
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
JALA & JBS Authors Workshop: New Ways to Increase Your Citations
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Special Interest Group Meetings
Session 6
1:00 – 3:00 pm
3:00 – 3:30 pm
New Life for
Old Drugs? Post
Screening:
Optimizing
the Lead and
Confirming
the Molecular
Target
Chair’s Choice
Session 3
Integrated
Microsystems
Laboratory
Data
Discovery:
Finding
and Using
Laboratory
Information
Break
Awards Ceremony and Closing Keynote
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Robert Ballard, Professor, University of Rhode
Island (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography; Founder and President,
Institute for Exploration (IFE) at Mystic Aquarium
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Accelerate | Conference Schedule (Schedule Subject to Change)
Short Course Program is held on Saturday, February 4 and Sunday, February 5. For complete listing, see pages 5–7.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
8:00 pm
Exhibitor Workshops
Super Bowl After-Party — Location: JJ's
Sponsored by:
Monday, February 6, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 am
Laboratory Products Association (LPA) Special Session
8:00 – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 am
Opening Remarks
9:00 – 10:00 am
Opening Keynote Speaker: Peter G. Schultz, Scripps Family Chair
Professor Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
Sponsored by:
10:00 am – 6:30 pm
Exhibits Open
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Drug Target Biology — Track 1
Bridging the Valley of Death; How Can Academia and Pharma Best Work Together?
Chair: Bill Janzen, University of North Carolina; Michelle Palmer, Broad Institute
Moderator: Derek Lowe, In the Pipeline
Panelists: John Luk, National University of Singapore; Rudy Juliano, University of North Carolina; Mao Mao,
Pfizer; Alan D. Palkowitz, Eli Lilly and Company; John Reed, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Assay Development and Screening — Track 2
Evolving High-Throughput Screening Strategies
Chair: James Inglese, NIH
10:30 am
Screening With Integrating Decision-Making: Maximizing Resources With Continuous Event-Driven
HTS of Large Chemical Libraries; Sam Micheal, NIH
11:00 am
High-Throughput In Vivo Cellular-Resolution Whole-Animal Screening; Fatih Yanik, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
11:30 am
Tissue Dynamics Imaging for Phenotypic Profiling in Drug Screening; David Nolte, Purdue University
12:00 pm
Selective Melamine Detection in Multiple Sample Matrices With a Portable Raman Instrument Using
SERS-active Gold Nanoparticles; Laura Mecker, US Food and Drug Administration
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
High-Throughput Technologies — Track 3
Automated Chemistry and High-Throughput Sample Management
Chair: Adam Hill, Novartis
10:30 am
DNA Encoded Libraries for Hit Discovery: Some Reflections on the Past Five Years; Barry Morgan,
GlaxoSmithKline
11:00 am
High-Throughput Sample Management: Enabling Customised HTS; Daniel Baeschlin, Novartis
11:30 am
A Novel Platform to Improve HTS Compound Management Operations; Pierre Baillargeon, Scripps Florida
12:00 pm
Screening Heuristics & Chemical Property Bias — New Directions for Lead Identification and
Optimization; Andy Pope, GlaxoSmithKline
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Micro/Nano Technologies — Track 4
Single Cell Analysis and Cytometry
Chair: Dino Di Carlo, University of California, Los Angeles
10:30 am
Microfluidic Cytometry for Blood Analysis; Hywel Morgan, University of Southampton
11:00 am
Microfluidics 2.0: Cell-Based Discovery and Diagnostics; Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti, Fluxon Biosciences
11:30 am
A Flexible New Device and Method to Prepare Cells for Single Cell Analysis; Andre Gross, IMTEK,
University of Freiburg
12:00 pm
Ligand-Gated Ion Channel: Novel Assay Formats Using a Microfluidic Automated Electrophysiology
Platform; Stephen Smith, Fluxion Biosciences
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Bioanalytical Techniques — Track 5
Advances in Separation and Detection Technologies
Chair: Carlos Garcia, University of Texas, San Antonio
10:30 am
Chemical Laptop Platform for Environmental Monitoring Applications; Hong Jiao, HJ Science
and Technology Inc.
11:00 am
Technology Trends in Mobile Water Analysis; Juan Gonzalez, Hach Inc.
11:30 am
Increased Functionality in Protein Purification Systems; Craig Schulz, Amgen, Inc.
12:00 pm
New Dielectrophoretic (DEP) Devices for Automated Sample to Answer Diagnostics and Bioanalysis;
Michael Heller, University of California, San Diego
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference Schedule
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Diagnostics — Track 6
Laboratory Based Diagnostic Systems — Next Generation Sequencing
Chair: Gregory Heath, Illumina, Inc.
10:30 am
Clinical Applications of Next Generation Sequencing; Gregory Heath, Illumina, Inc.
11:00 am
Genomics Medicine: Recent Progresses and Future Challenges; Mostafa Ronaghi, Illumina, Inc.
11:30 am
Automated Liquid Handling for Next Generation Sequencing Sample Preparation Applications;
Andrew Barry, Caliper Life Sciences
12:00 pm
Increasing Throughput of DNA Library Preparation to Meet Emerging Needs of Next Generation
Sequencing; Vibhu Vivek, Microsonic Systems Inc.
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break in Exhibit Hall
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Poster Session
2:00 – 2:50 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Drug Target Biology — Track 1
New Approaches for Interrogating High Value Drug Targets
Chair: Haian Fu, Emory University
3:00 pm
Changing Landscape of Drug Targets; Haian Fu, Emory University
3:30 pm
Crystal Structure of the Ectodomain Complex of the CGRP Receptor: Insights Into Drug Antagonism
of a Class B GPCR; Jonathan Moore, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
4:00 pm
Proteases as Drug Targets — A Difficult Target Class With Accelerated Success and Still Many More
Opportunities; Lorenz Mayr, Novartis
4:30 pm
Therapeutic Targeting of Mcl-1 Protein-Protein Interactions in Human Cancers; Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska,
University of Michigan
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Assay Development and Screening — Track 2
Screening Library Resources: The Comeback of Natural Products, Fragments & Focused Collections
Chair: Ron Quinn, Eskitis Institute, Griffith University
3:00 pm
Natural Products and Close Relatives as Sources of Drug Leads; David Newmann, NCI
3:30 pm
Optimized Methods for Screening and Analysis of Stereochemically Diverse Libraries; Joshua Bittker,
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
4:00 pm
Modern Methods for Rapid Development of Robust Small-Molecule SPR Assays: A Variety of Lessons
Learned From Difficult Proteins in Different Target Classes; Anthony Gianetti, Genentech
4:30 pm
Lessons From Global Consideration of Natural Products: Can Natural Products be Used in Fragment-Based
Screening?; Ron Quinn, Eskitis Institute, Griffith University
3:00 – 5:00 pm
High-Throughput Technologies — Track 3
Advances in High-Throughput Screening Technologies
Chair: Wayne Bocchinfuso, Eli Lilly and Company
3:00 pm
Moving HCS into HTS...The Journey of Moving From 384 to 1536-Well Automated High Content Assays;
Debra Nickischer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
3:30 pm
High Content Mass Cytometry Screening to Study Single Cell Signaling Networks in Biology and Disease;
Bernd Bodenmiller, Stanford University School of Medicine
4:00 pm
Two High Content Screening Approaches for the Rare Neurological Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis;
Marcie Glicksman, Brigham and Women
4:30 pm
Can Peptide Substrates Properly Represent Physiological Substrates in Drug Discovery; Min Liu, LDDN
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Micro/Nano Technologies — Track 4
Nanoprobe Biosensors for Molecular Imaging
Chair: Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:00 pm
Fluorogenic and FRET-Based Nanoprobes for Live Cell Imaging; Gang Bao, Georgia Tech University
3:30 pm
Molecular Imaging in Live Cells for Studying Cell-Environment and Cell-Cell Interactions;
Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:00 pm
Non-Optical Detection Technology for the Rapid and Sensitive Detection and Quantitation of Proteins
in Complex Biological Matrices; Brian Lightbody, BioScale
4:30 pm
Use of High-Throughput Cell-Based and Model Organism Assays for Understanding the Potential Toxicity
of Engineered Nanomaterials; Keith Houck, US EPA
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference Schedule
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Bioanalytical Techniques — Track 5
Advances in Bioanalytical Sample Preparation Methods
Chair: Thomas Perroud, Illumina, Inc.
3:00 pm
Mutation-Specific Sequence Enrichment Using SCODA; Andre Marziali, Boreal Genomics
3:30 pm
RNA Sample Preparation for Next Generation Sequencing; Shujun Luo, Illumina, Inc.
4:00 pm
Automated Quality Control Platform for Next-Generation Sequencing Library Preparation; Numrin Thaitrong,
Sandia National Laboratories
4:30 pm
One-Step Analyte Isolation; David Beebe, University of Wisconsin
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Diagnostics — Track 6
Portable Point of Care Diagnostic Systems
Chair: Greg Sommer, Sandia National Laboratories
3:00 pm
The Programmable Bio-Nano-Chip: A Fully Automated Platform That Bridges From Biomarker Discovery to
Clinical Application; John McDevitt, Rice University
3:30 pm
A Fully Integrated Microfluidic Instrument for Automated On-Cartridge Biodosimetry; Matthew Estes,
Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine, University of Arizona
4:00 pm
Towards True Miniaturization of Raman Instrumentation for Bioanalytical and Clinical Applications:
Challenges and Possible Solutions; Narahara Chari Dingari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:30 pm
POC Industry Overview: What Can We Learn From the High Tech Industry; Amit Agarwal, Scientia Advisors
5:00 – 6:30 pm
Reception in Exhibit Hall
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Late Night With LRIG-Rapid Fire Innovation Session
8:00 pm
Monday Night Diamond Groove-a-Thon — Location: JJ's
Sponsored by:
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
7:00 – 9:00 am
Analytical and Life Science Systems Association (ALSSA) Special Session (Invitation Only)
8:00 – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:50 am
Exhibtor Tutorials
9:00 – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Plenary Session Chair:
Keynote Speaker: Jing Cheng, Member Chinese Academy
of Engineering; Director, National Engineering Research Center
for Beijing Biochip Technologies; CEO, CapitalBio Corporation;
Cheung Kong professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Tsinghua University School of Medicine
Sponsored by:
Exhibits Open
Drug Target Biology — Track 1
Genomics-Based Drug Discovery
Chair: Jonathan Derry, SageBionetworks
10:30 am
A Porous Needle Array Technology Platform for Multiplexed In Vivo Oncology Target Validation Studies;
Richarg Klinghoffer, Presage
11:00 am
Functional Genomics to Identify Cancer Targets; Jesee Boehm, Broad Institute
11:30 am
Next-Generation Sequencing as a Means to Discover and Develop Novel Cancer Biomarkers;
Mao Mao, Pfizer
12:00 pm
Targeting Nad Biogenesis: A Path Toward Irresistible Antibiotics; Andrei Osterman, Sanford Burnham
Medical Research Institute
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Assay Development and Screening — Track 2
Biochemical Assay Technologies in Screening
Chair: Andrew Napper, Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research
10:30 am
Label-Free Tools in Early Discovery: Compound Mode of Action Gleaned From Orthogonal Profiling of
HTS Positives; Matthew Todd, Johnson & Johnson
11:00 am
Innovative Assay Design for Protein-Protein Interaction Modulator Discovery; Yuhong Du, Emory University
11:30 am
Real-Time Measurement of Protein Conformational Change in Key Therapeutic Targets: Application to
Abl Kinase and Mutant Ras; Joshua Salafsky, Biodesy LLC
12:00 pm
From Biological Phenomenon to Practical Drug Discovery: Development of Physiologically-Relevant
Screening Assays in the Novel Target Space of Epigeneic Enzymes; Margaret Porter Scott, Epizyme
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference Schedule
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
High-Throughput Technologies — Track 3
Physiologically Relevant Screening Systems
Chair: Jonathan Lee, Eli Lilly and Company
10:30 am
Automated, In Vivo Screening for Behavior-Modifying Compounds; Randall Peterson, Cardiovascular
Research Center Mass General Hospital
11:00 am
A High Definition Screening Technology for Stem Cell Modulators; Sheng Ding, University of California,
San Francisco
11:30 am
Potent Inhibitors of Lipid Droplet Accumulation in Liver and Muscle Identified From the NIH Molecular
Libraries Collection; Siobhan Malany, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
12:00 pm
Patient Specific Cell Based Disease Models for Drug Discovery; Anne Bang, Conrad Prebys Center for
Chemical Genomics
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Micro/Nano Technologies — Track 4
Droplet Microfluidics
Chair: Cory Gerdts, Emerald Biosystems
10:30 am
Microfluidic Droplets, Vesicles, and Bubbles: From Digital Biology to Targeted Therapy; Abe Lee,
University of California, Irvine
11:00 am
SlipChip High-Throughput Platform for Protein Crystallization and Molecular Diagnostics; Liang Li, SlipChip
11:30 am
Partipetting & Spinning Color Barcoded Microparticles for Ultraplex Bio-Assay; Sunghoon Kwon,
School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University
12:00 pm
Digital Microfluidics for Automated Library Preparation of Next Generation Sequencing; Hanyoup Kim,
Sandia National Laboratories
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Bioanalytical Techniques — Track 5 (Track 5 Ends)
Bioanalytical Techniques in Drug Discovery and Development
Chair: Chris Morrow, Genentech
10:30 am
An Intercalated Software & Hardware Based Genotyping Pipeline; Colin Cox, Genentech
11:00 am
A Role for Large Molecule Bioanalytical Automation in a Discovery/Early Development Setting;
Sheldon Leung, Pfizer
11:30 am
Nanomaterials, Proteins, and the Solution in Between Them; Carlos Garcia, University of Texas, San Antonio
12:00 pm
High-Throughput Sample Dilution in a GXP Environment; Chris Morrow, Genentech
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Diagnostics — Track 6 (Track 6 Ends)
Advances in Clinical Diagnostics
Chair: Kevin Halling, Mayo Clinic
10:30 am
Development and Validation of Genetic Biomarkers for Oncology; Kevin Halling, Mayo Clinic
11:00 am
Development and Validation of Protein Based Biomarkers; Samir Hanash, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center
11:30 am
Applying Metabolomics to Neglected Tropical Disease Diagnostics; Tobin Dickerson, The Scripps
Research Institute
12:00 pm
An AC Electrokinetic Device for the Separation and Detection of Cancer Related Nanosomes;
Krishnan Rajaram, Biological Dynamics, Inc.
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break in Exhibit Hall
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Poster Session
2:00 – 2:50 pm
Exhibitor Tutorials
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Drug Target Biology — Track 1
Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Drugs, Promising Natural Products, and Traditional Agents
Chair: Lixin Zhang, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
3:00 pm
Increasing Natural Product Libraries for Drug Discovery; John Clardy, Harvard Medical School
3:30 pm
Bioprospecting Natural Products for Potential Anti Infective Drug; Lixing Zhang, Institute of Microbiology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
4:00 pm
Dynamic Biomarkers of Triglyceride and Cholesterol Metabolism for Application in Drug Discovery;
Thomas Roddy, Merck
4:30 pm
Identification of Uncompetitive Inhibitors of Caspase-6: A Mechanistic and Structural Understanding;
Christopher Heise, Genentech
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Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference Schedule
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Assay Development and Screening — Track 2
RNAi Screening Technologies
Chair: Susan Magdaleno, Life Technologies, USA
3:00 pm
Silencer ® Select siRNA: Combining Novel siRNA Design and LNA® Chemical Modification for Enhanced
Specificity Without Compromising Performance; Susan Magdaleno, Life Technologies, USA
3:30 pm
Lentivirus Enabled shRNA Drug Modifier Screens: Panoramic View of the Human Genome One Hairpin
at a Time; Hakim Djaballah, MSKCC
4:00 pm
siRNA Screening to Identify Novel Modulators of Aβ Homeostasis; Paul Kassner, Amgen, Inc.
4:30 pm
Viability Screens in Leukemic and Breast Cancer Cells With Pooled Lentiviral shRNA Libraries Identify
Potential Therapeutic Targets and Synergistic Lethal Interactions; Alex Chenchik, Cellecta, Inc.
3:00 – 5:00 pm
High-Throughput Technologies — Track 3
High-Throughput Analytics and Automation
Chair: Matt Greving, Nextval
3:00 pm
Large Scale Gene Expression Analysis of Cellular States; Arvind Subramanian, Broad Institute
3:30 pm
Activity-Based Proteomics for Quantitative Profiling of Enzyme Function; Chu Wang, Scripps
4:00 pm
Accelerating Drug Discovery: Automation, Robotics, Remote Access and High-Throughput Technologies
at the SSRL Protein Crystallography Beam Lines; Clyde Smith, Stanford University
4:30 pm
Flexible HCS Automation — Sharing Cellular Imaging Capability Across the Oncology Drug Discovery
Cascade; Roger Clark, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Micro/Nano Technologies — Track 4
Optofluidics for On-Chip Bioanalysis
Chair: Holger Schmidt, University of California, Santa Cruz
3:00 pm
OptoFluidic Detection System Enabling Sophisticated Point-of-Care Diagnostics; Peter Kiesel, PARC
3:30 pm
Optofluidic Waveguide Development for High Sensitivity Bioparticle Detection; Aaron Hawkins, Brigham
Young University
4:00 pm
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Cytometry for Multiparameter Cell Analysis; John Nolan,
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute
4:30 pm
Tuning Energy Transfer and Spectral Selectivity in Lanthanide-Doped Upconverting Nanoparticles With
High-Throughput Screening; Emory Chan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Informatics — Track 7 (Track 7 Begins)
Data Integration Across Multiple Technology Platforms
Chair: William Goode, Amgen, Inc.
3:00 pm
Facilitating Target Candidate Prioritization Via Integrated, Interactive Visualizations of Molecular
Profiling Data; Wolfgang Hoeck, Amgen, Inc.
3:30 pm
Material Master: Federation Across Multiple Biologics Repositories; David Dorsett, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company
4:00 pm
Data Quality Assessment Enables Knowledge Management; Bob O’Hara, ResultWorks, LLC
4:30 pm
Unison: An Integrated Platform for Computational Drug Target Discovery; Kiran Mukhyala, Genentech
5:00 – 6:00 pm
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Reception in the Exhibit Hall Celebrating JALA and JBS Authors
Gaslamp Block Party Bash — Location: Gaslamp Quarter
Sponsored by:
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
8:30 – 9:00 am
9:00 – 11:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Drug Target Biology — Track 1
Emerging Tools and Approaches for Drug Discovery
Chair: Dan Shoemaker, Fate Therapeutics
9:00 am
RASL-seq: A Deep Sequencing-Based Platform for Chemical Screenings; Xiang-Dong Fu,
University of California, San Diego
9:30 am
Mark Chee, Prognosys Biosciences
10:00 am
A Pharmacoempiric Platform for Personalized Cardiovascular Drug Discovery; Will Adams,
Harvard Medical School
10:30 am
Miniaturization and Optimization of FAIRE to Increase Throughput and Efficiency; Chatura Jayakody,
University of North Carolina
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference Schedule
9:00 – 11:00 am
Assay Development and Screening — Track 2
Cell-Based Assay Technologies in Screening
Chair: Thierry Dorval, Institute Pasteur Korea
9:00 am
A Biosensor Based High Content Screen for Modulators of the EGF Receptor: Merits of Live Cell Based
Assays?; Christopher Antczak, MSKCC
9:30 am
Multiplex Transduction Based on Encoded Micropatch Immobilizing Viral Vector for High-Content
Screening Assay; Park Wook, Seoul National University
10:00 am
Leverage Innovation in High Content Screening — Integration of Bioimaging, Informatics and Data
Management to Realize High-Throughput High Content Screening Using Physiologically Relevant Cellular
Models; Julie Li, Sanofi-Aventis
10:30 am
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes; Multi-Platform Screening for Ion Channel
Function and Pharmacology; Blake Anson, Cellular Dynamics International
9:00 am – 11:00 am
High-Throughput Technologies — Track 3
High-Throughput Screening of Biologics
Chair: Jean-Phillipe Stephan, Genentech
9:00 am
High-Throughput Cellular Assays Using a “Well-Less” Plate Format; Gabriel Quinones, Genentech
9:30 am
High-Throughput Biochemical Assays for Screening Antibody Clones; Pamela Chan, Genentech
10:00 am
High-Throughput In Vitro Biochemical Synthesis of Non-Natural Amino Acid Biotherapeutic Proteins;
Remesh Baliga, Sutro Biopharma
10:30 am
Development and Application of Automated Systems for Plasmid-Based Functional Proteomics to Improve
Syntheitc Biology of Engineered Industrial Microbes; Stephen Hughes, USDA, NCAUR, ARS, BBC
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Micro/Nano Technologies — Track 4
Tissues and Small Animals on a Chip
Chair: Fatih Yanik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:00 am
High-Throughput Vertebrate Imaging, Surgery, and Screening at Cellular Resolution; Fatih Yanik,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:30 am
Zebrafish in Drug Discovery: An Industry Perspective; Andrew Dodd, Evotech
10:00 am
A Digital Microfluidic Method for Parallel-Scale Cell-Based Apoptosis Assays; Dario Bogojevic,
University of Toronto
10:30 am
A Human Breathing Lung-on-a-Chip for Drug Screening and Nanotoxicology Applications; Dan Dongeun
Huh, Harvard University
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Informatics — Track 7
Informatics Solutions for Terabyte-Scale Technologies
Chair: Chris Dagdigian, BioTeam
9:00 am
Where Did I Put That Again? Case Studies in Managing Unstructured Data With iRODS; Chris Smith,
Distributed Bio
9:30 am
Software Design and Architecture for the New Genomic Era; Mick Correll, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
10:00 am
CellOrganizer: Image-Derived Models of Subcellular Organization Over Time and Space; Robert Murphy,
Carnegie Mellon University
10:30 am
Development of High-Throughput Laboratory and Analysis Workflows for Whole Exome Capture,
Sequencing and Analysis; Olivier Harismendy, University of California, San Diego
11:00 – 11:30 am
Break
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
JALA & JBS Authors Workshop: New Ways to Increase Your Citations
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Special Interest Group Meetings
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Drug Target Biology — Track 1
New Life for Old Drugs?
Chair: Justin Lamb, Broad Institute
1:00 pm
New Uses for Old Drugs: Data and Chemistry Challenges; Chris Lipinski, Melior Discovery
1:30 pm
Pinging the Transcriptome; Mining System Wide Transcriptional Databases for Rare Inherited Disorder
Therapeutic Leads; Alex MacKenzie, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
2:00 pm
An Ex-Vivo Drug Sensitivity Profiling Platform of Adult AML Identifies Patient-Specific Novel Molecular
Drivers of Adult and Novel Therapeutic Combinations; Krister Wennerberg, Institute for Molecular Medicine
Finland, FIMM
2:30 pm
Identification of New Molecular Targets Among Known Drugs; Wesley Kroeze, University of North Carolina
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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Conference Schedule
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Assay Development and Screening — Track 2
Post Screening: Optimizing the Lead and Confirming the Molecular Target
Chair: Tim Hammonds, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research
1:00 pm
Cell Based Screening for Regulators of p53 Dependent Transcription; David Lane, Singapore
1:30 pm
Molecular Tools for Target Identification From ‘Black-Box’ Cell Based Screens. What Can Medicinal
Chemistry Bring to the Tool Box?; John Roffey, Cancer Research UK
2:00 pm
Identification of Physiologically Relevant Modulators for Human Tissue Non-Specific Alkaline
Phosphatase; Eduard Sergienko, Sanford Burnham
2:30 pm
Novel Cell-Based Assay for Characterizing Fatty Acid Metabolism; Lawrence Wiater, Biolog
1:00 – 3:00 pm
High-Throughput Technologies — Track 3
Chair’s Choice
Chair: Tim Dawes, Genentech
1:00 pm
Improving Phenotypic Assay Analyte Detection Using Proximity Ligation Assay (PLA) Methodology;
Steven Ludbrook, GlaxoSmithKline
1:30 pm
Multiplex Quantification of mRNAs With Barcoded Hydrogel Microparticles; Nakwon Choi, Novartis
2:00 pm
Controlling Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation by Automation: Enhanced and More Reliable
Differentiation for Drug Discovery; Michael Kowalski, Beckman Coulter
2:30 pm
Modern Phenotypic Drug Discovery is a Viable Pharma Strategy; Jonathan Lee, Eli Lilly and Company
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Micro/Nano Technologies — Track 4
Integrated Microsystems
Chair: Kamlesh Patel, Sandia National Laboratories
1:00 pm
Ultra-High Throughput On-Chip Microscopy and Cytometry Using Lensfree Computational Imaging;
Aydogan Ozcan, University of California, Los Angeles
1:30 pm
Electrokinetic Microfluidics and Biomedical Lab-on-a-Chip Devices; Dongqinq Li, University of Waterloo
2:00 pm
An Integrated Miniaturized Platform for High-Throughput RNAi Screens Using Microfabrication and
Nanoliter Scale Dispensing; Tilak Jain, Scripps
2:30 pm
New Platform Technology for Simple, Consistent Production of Collagen Based Tissues for
Physiologically Relevant Assays; Rosemary Drake, TAP Biosystems
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Informatics — Track 7
Laboratory Data Discovery: Finding and Using Laboratory Information
Chair: James Gill, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
1:00 pm
Automating Biology Using Robot Scientists; Ross King, Aberystwyth University
1:30 pm
Complex Data Management - Lessons From Recipes or What Do I Want For Dinner?; Alden Hart, Ten Mile Square
2:00 pm
Cloud-Based Collaboration and Long-Term Archiving Using the AnIML Standard; Burkhard Schaefer,
BSSN Software
2:30 pm
Active Learning Methods for High Dimensional Perturbagen-Target Spaces; Armaghan Naik,
Carnegie Mellon University
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Awards Ceremony and Closing Keynote
Keynote Speaker: Robert Ballard, Professor, University of Rhode
Island (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography; Founder and
President, Institute for Exploration (IFE) at Mystic Aquarium
Sponsored by:
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Strategic Alliances Bring Special Sessions to SLAS2012
Laboratory Products Association (LPA), Monday, February 6, 7:30 – 8:30 am
LPA and SLAS host a special session to announce the preliminary results of the 2012 North American Laboratory Equipment
Purchasing Trends Study. The study addresses emerging trends such as: spending for laboratory products broken down by
categories; capital and non-capital equipment budgets; building of new laboratories; personnel issues to include the number of
people in the laboratory, hiring, and work load changes; use of social media in the laboratory; and more. K.C. Warawa of K.C.
Associates who conducted the joint survey, will present the findings and compare the results to previous studies.
Late Night With LRIG-Rapid Fire Innovation, Monday, February 6, 7 – 9 pm
A highly interactive forum which weaves together all the constituent audiences participating at SLAS2012 to discuss and learn
about the latest innovations in technology products and services impacting laboratory automation and screenin g. Participants
will enjoy quick information-bites from approximately 15 companies and a fertile ground for questions-and-answers in an
open-space atmosphere. Complimentary refreshments are served. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
Admission is FREE.
Analytical and Life Science Systems Association (ALSSA), Tuesday, February 7, 7 – 9 am
This exclusive invitation-only breakfast provides an informal forum for dialogue among the senior executive of ALSSA members
attending SLAS2012 and features presentations from leading academics and users on global trends in laboratory automation
technologies and applications and the strategic implications.
E-mail [email protected] with ideas and feedback. Interested in sponsorship
advertising? Contact Mary Michalik at [email protected].
Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Celebrate Innovation
Tony B. Academic Travel Awards
The Tony B. Academic Travel Awards recognizes
approximately 50 up-and-coming researchers
who have demonstrated outstanding achievement
in laboratory science and technology. The Tony B.
Academic Travel Awards include roundtrip coach
airfare or mileage reimbursement, conference registration and shared
accommodations.
$10,000 SLAS Innovation Award
The SLAS Innovation Award recognizes
the most unique and innovative scientific
podium presentation at SLAS2012.
Young Scientist Awards Program Recognizes Best Student
Poster Presentations From Around the World
This program rewards achievement in student poster presentations
from strategically aligned sister organizations, institutions and
educational forums including the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, Institute of Food Technologists and European Laboratory
Robotics Interest Group. Recipients of the Young Scientist Awards are
part of the Academic Travel Awards program. Be sure to come and
listen to the presentations from these emerging scientists who are
actively engaged in laboratory science and technology research.
Student Poster Competition
SLAS selects the top student posters from around the world to be
presented at SLAS2012. Student posters automatically qualify for the
SLAS Student Poster Competition, which offers a $750 for first place,
$500 for second place and $250 for third place. The award-winning
posters will be featured in an issue of JALA and/or JBS following the
conference and identified as winners on LabAutopedia.
SLAS Journal Awards of Excellence
SLAS's two peer-reviewed scientific journals, the Journal of
Biomolecular Screening (JBS) and the Journal of Laboratory Automation
(JALA) both honor and celebrate the best of 2010 with Readers' Choice
Awards, Authors' Choice Awards and Reviewer Excellence Awards.
Sidebar Photos From Top to Bottom:
Kamlesh Patel, Department Manager for the Advance Systems Engineering and
Deployment Group; Preparation of Nucleic Acid Libraries for Ultra High Throughput
Sequencing with a Digital Microfluidic Hub, is the $10,000 Innovation Award Winner.
1st Place Student Poster: Human Tear Fluid-Based Point-of-Care Diagnostics Enabled
by Integrated Microfluidic Systems; Kelly Karns, University of California, Berkeley,
presented at SBS2011.
1st Place Student Poster: Microfluidic Platform for High-Throughput Drug Screening
of Angiogenesis Inhibitors During Endothelial Vessel Formation; Travis Moore, Ju Hun
Yeon, Sudong Kim, Hyun Jae Lee and Noo Li Jeon, Seoul National University, School
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, presented at LabAutomation2011.
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Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
SLAS2012@Night
Offers Good Times and
Great Networking with
the SLAS Community
Celebrate!
Sunday thru Wednesday, February 5–8 | Discounts & Drink Specials at JJ's
After hours at SLAS2012, kick back and relax or see and be seen at JJ's Restaurant — a legendary and
lively anchor of the Gaslamp Quarter that's just a short walk from the convention center and Marriott and
Hilton hotels. JJ's is the SLAS2012 "corner bar" where SLAS2012 participants can enjoy exclusive discounts
and drink specials all week long. It's the place to go for pool, ping pong, plasma TVs and even dancing.
This 15,000 square foot historic brick warehouse will welcome SLAS2012, participants with indoor and
outdoor beverage bars, plus lunch, dinner and late-night pub fare (burgers, tacos, salads, steaks).
JJ's is open until 1:30 am daily.
SLAS2012@Night Sponsors:
SLAS2012 features three premier
special events to light up the nights:
Sunday, February 5, 8 pm
Super Bowl After-Party
Sponsored by LRIG San Diego and LRIG Bay Area, this celebratory Super Bowl After-Party takes place at JJ's and is open to
all SLAS2012 participants. Register to attend on either of the LRIG websites, guess the correct winning score of the big game,
and you could win a Kindle Fire or a number of gift cards being given away. Special SLAS discounts on food and beverages
ensure this will be a great way to kick off the start of SLAS2012.
Monday, February 6, 8 pm
Monday Night Diamond Groove-a-Thon
Diamond Sponsor PerkinElmer's world famous rock band, "Molecular Groove," is live and loud at JJ's on Monday night so join
the rest of the SLAS2012 contingency for a rockin' good time. Renowned on the tour as the "hardest working band in science,"
Molecular Groove is sure to blow the roof off of JJ's. Stop by, take a load off, and let the good times roll. Special SLAS discounts
on food and beverages apply.
Tuesday, February 7, 7-10 pm
Gaslamp Block Party Bash
Don't miss the Gaslamp Block Party Bash, generously hosted by Premier Sponsor Agilent Technologies. SLAS2012 participants
will storm the streets of the Gaslamp Quarter in the heart of downtown San Diego. Twist n' shout along with American English
— the "Best Tribute Band" for four years running — as they fill the San Diego night with the best of the Beatles. Come hungry
and graze the outdoor buffets and open bars. Play ping pong and foosball in the fresh air or simply sit and enjoy the comfortable
lounge seating that lines the streets. Expect lots of fun at this first-of-its-kind big bash event!
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
Investigate | A Robust and Lively Exhibition
SLAS2012 plays host to a robust exhibition exploring more than 500+ exhibit
booths showcasing over 275 of the most innovative companies from around
the world. It’s where new innovation is unveiled, energy runs high and
collaborations begin. Visit SLAS2012.org
Exhibitor Workshops and Tutorials — Learn About the Science
Behind the Technology
As part of the technical program, exhibiting companies will present FREE scientific
workshops and tutorials. Each of these is designed to give you an in-depth look
at topics of ongoing practical interest.
Exhibitor Workshops as of October 21:
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Tutorial Companies as of October 21:
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BioTek Instruments Inc.
Cell Signaling Technology
Cellular Dynamics
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Genedata
Labcyte
Molecular Devices LLC
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PerkinElmer
Promega
Siloam Biosciences
Thermo Scientific
Visit SLAS2012.org/program/exhibitorworkshops.cfm for descriptions
and new listings.
The Entrepreneurial Spirit Shines on Innovation AveNEW
Interact and engage with some of the newest and most
creative products and services in the laboratory science
and technology field. Visit Innovation AveNEW, where a
select group of emerging companies from around the
world have been chosen to participate. Past participants include start-ups from
Singapore, Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland to name a few.
New Product Award Recognizes the Best of What’s New
SLAS2012 is the ideal venue for companies to launch new products.
The prestigious SLAS New Product Award (NPA) designation recognizes
and rewards up to three of the newest and most innovative automation
and technology products for research and discovery in the laboratory.
Past winners include:
LabAutomation2011
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Cellasic — Pearl Microfluidic Hepatocyte Culture System
Covaris, Inc. — LE220 Ultrasonicator
Microsaic Systems Ltd — Microsaic 3500 MiD
SBS 2011
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InSphero: GravityPLUS System
Pharmadiagnostics: SoPRano Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
-Based Screening using a Standard Absorbance Plate Reader
Teflabs: Asante NaTRIUM Green and Asante Potassium Green Ion
Channel Dyes
The Ultimate Online Product Directory
The Market Place for Laboratory Science and Technology
is the ultimate online product directory with quick-andeasy access to an ever-expanding collection of new and
existing technology products and services for your laboratory. To explore the latest
products and services, visit SLAS.org/marketplace/index.cfm
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
Exhibitor List (as of October 14, 2011)
4titude Ltd
AAT Bioquest, Inc.
Accel Biotech, Inc.
Advanced Chemistry
Development, Inc., (ACD/LABS)
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Akonni Biosystems
AllMotion
Almac Sciences
Alpaqua Engineering LLC
Amnis Corporation
Analytical Biological Services,
Inc. (ABS)
Angelantoni Industrie SpA
Applied Innovation Group
Apricot Designs
Arise Biotech Corporation
Art Robbins Instruments
ARTEL
AssayMetrics Limited
ASI / Applied Scientific
Instrumentation Inc.
Atlantic Lab Equipment LLC
Aurora Biomed, Inc.
Axxam SpA
Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
BD Biosciences
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
BellBrook Labs
BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES
GmbH & Co. KG
Bigneat Containment Technology
Bio Chromato Co., Ltd.
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Biodirect Inc.
BioFluidix GmbH
BioFocus
Biohit, Inc.
Biolog
BioMedTech Laboratories, Inc.
BioMicroLab, Inc.
BioNex Solutions, Inc.
BioScale, Inc.
BioSero
BioTek Instruments, Inc.
Biotix, Inc.
Blue Sky Biotech, Inc.
bluechiip Ltd
BMG Labtech, Inc.
Bosch Rexroth Corporation
BPS Bioscience Inc.
Brady Corporation
BrandTech Scientific, Inc.
BSSN Software
Burkert Fluid Control Systems
Cadence, Inc.
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
CapitalBio Corporation
Cayman Chemical Company
CCS Cell Culture Service, Inc.
Cell Signaling Technology
Cellecta, Inc.
Cellular Dynamics IT
ChanTest Corporation
Chemglass Life Sciences
Chieftek Precision Co., Ltd.
CiDRA Precision Services, LLC
Cisbio Bioassays
Clippard Instrument Lab., Inc.
Computype, Inc.
Conductive Technologies Inc.
Core Informatics
Corning Life Sciences
Covaris, Inc. / KBioscience
CSEM SA
Curiox Biosystems
CyBio AG
Cynvenio Biosystems, Inc.
Cyth Systems, Inc.
Data Unlimited International, Inc.
Diba Industries Inc.
Douglas Scientific
Drug Discovery News
Dynamic Devices
E&K Scientific Products Inc.
Elmo Motion Control, Inc.
EMD Millipore
Enamine
Eppendorf North America
EPSON Robots
Essen BioScience
Etaluma, Inc.
Excel Scientific, Inc.
Falcon Electric
Festo Corporation
FlexLink Systems, Inc.
FluidX
Fluxion Biosciences
Formulatrix, Inc.
ForteBio, Inc.
Freezerworks, a Division of
Dataworks Development, Inc.
Frontier Scientific Services
Gems Medical Sciences
Genedata AG
Gilson, Inc.
Global FIA
GNF Systems
Greiner Bio-One
Hamamatsu Corporation
Hamilton Company
Harmonic Drive LLC
HEIDENHAIN Corporation
Hettich Centrifuges
HighRes Biosolutions, Inc.
HIWIN Corporation
Hudson Robotics, Inc.
IDBS
IDEX Health & Science
Igus, Inc.
IKO International, Inc.
ILS
ImageXpert Inc.
IMS Schneider Electric Motion
IMTEK – Department of
Microsystems Engineering
INDIGO Biosciences Inc.
infoteam Software AG
INHECO Industrial Heating &
Cooling GmbH
Innoprot
Innovate Engineering & Design, Inc.
Integra / Viaflo
IntelliCyt Corporation
Invetech, Inc.
IonField Systems LLC
J-Kem Scientific
Kawator
KBiosystems Ltd
Kloehn / Norgren
KNF Neuberger Inc.
Lab Services B.V.
Labcon North America
Labcyte, Inc.
Labman Automation Ltd
LabSmith, Inc.
Labtronics Inc.
LabVantage Solutions, Inc.
LabWare, Inc.
Lathrop Engineering Inc.
LEAP Technologies
The Lee Company
LiCONiC US, Inc.
Life Chemicals, Inc.
Lin Engineering, Inc.
Lonza
Lorring & Associates / Gotmotion
LLC
Macherey-Nagel, Inc.
matrical bioscience
MaxCyte, Inc.
MéCour Temperature Control
Mettler Toledo
microfluidic ChipShop GmbH
MicroLiter Analytical Supplies, Inc.
Micronic North America, LLC
Microscan Systems, Inc.
Microsonic Systems Inc.
Miltenyi Biotec GmbH
MiniFab (Aust) Pty Ltd
Minitubes
MipTec
Moeller Medical GmbH
Molecular Devices (New Milton) Ltd
Molecular Devices, Inc.
Multispan, Inc.
Nanion Technologies
NanoScreen, LLC
Nature Publishing Group
New England Small Tube
Corporation
Nexus Biosystems
NSK Americas
Nymotion LLC
Omega Bio-Tek, Inc.
Omni International, Inc.
Opticon, Inc.
Pacific - iD
Pall Life Sciences
Parker Hannifin Automation &
Fluidics
PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Co.
Peak Robotics, Inc.
PerkinElmer
PharmaDiagnostics BV
PHENIX Research Products
Pittcon
Plastic Design Corporation
Plexera LLC
Precise Automation
Prestwick Chemical, Inc.
Pro-Dex, Inc.
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Process Analysis & Automation Ltd
Progeny Software, LLC
Promega Corporation
PSS Precision System Science
QIAGEN Sciences, Inc.
Quantifoil Instruments GmbH
ReproCELL
ReTiSoft Inc.
Roche
RTS Life Science
RURO, Inc.
SAGE Publications
Sarstedt, Inc.
Schaeffler USA
SCIENION AG
Scigilian Software, Inc.
Scinomix, Inc.
Seahorse Bioscience
SelectScience
SensiQ / ICx Nomadics
Seyonic SA
Sias AG
Sigma Life Science
SiLA Consortium
Siloam Biosciences, Inc.
Solid State Cooling Systems
Sophion Bioscience A/S
Specs
SPEX SamplePrep LLC
SRU Biosystems, Inc.
STaCS DNA, Inc.
STARLIMS Corporation
Stäubli Corporation
Steinmeyer Inc.
STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG
Swisslog
TAP Biosystems
Tecan
Technology Networks Ltd
Thermo Scientific
Thorlabs
Titertek - Berthold
Titian Software
TOMTEC
Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc.
TriContinent
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH
& Co. KG
Trinean
TTP LabTech Ltd
TWD TradeWinds, Inc.
TubeWriter
UNIConnect
Union Biometrica, Inc.
USA Scientific, Inc.
V&P Scientific, Inc.
Venenum BioDesign
VICI Valco Instruments
Wako Laboratory Automation
Watson-Marlow Pumps Group
Weidmann Plastics Technology AG
Wheaton Science Products
Wyatt Technology Corporation
Xavo Systems AG
Xiril AG
Yole Développement
Zinsser Analytic
Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
Travel and Hotel Information
Join us at SLAS2012 in Beautiful San Diego
Be a part of the excitement surrounding this premier world-class scientific event
where leaders within the laboratory science and technology community will
come together in beautiful San Diego, California. The San Diego Convention
Center overlooks spectacular Coronado Bay, filled with colorful sailboats,
spectacular yachts, and massive aircraft carriers. Where you can walk just three
blocks and discover urban galleries, and boutiques. And where within just a
few minutes north, south, east or west, you can find not only rural orchards,
and ranches set against a dramatic North American desert, but world-class
biomedical research centers, seaside restaurants and exquisite Pacific sunsets.
SLAS2012 Smart-Savers Program
To help make the SLAS2012 experience both affordable and well-founded, SLAS has developed the SLAS2012 Smart-Savers
Program. The cost-savings program offers SLAS2012 participants early-bird registration discounts; discounted registration for groups;
short course registration discounts, and special hotel pricing. SLAS also offers complimentary SLAS2012 registration for academics
and unemployed professionals. Be sure to check out SLAS2012.org/conference/smartsavers.cfm to secure your savings.
Hotel Information
SLAS2012 has contracted with two of San Diego's premier convention hotels the San Diego Marriot Marquis & Marina and the Hilton
San Diego Bayfront for event participants. The deadline to secure hotel rooms at the SLAS2012 group rate is January 5, 2012. Make
your reservations online for immediate confirmation of hotel at SLAS2012.org/conference/travel.cfm. Please have your credit card
and arrival/departure information
ready when making reservations. By booking within the official hotel block, you ensure that you will receive:
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Complimentary internet in all guest rooms
Complimentary access to the hotel fitness center
Guaranteed reservations and email confirmations for each reservation
Ease of booking using the designated SLAS2012 booking portals
San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina (Headquarters Hotel)
$229 Single/Double Occupancy (does not include state and local tax)
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Telephone Reservations: +1.619.234.1500 (Be sure to reference “SLAS2012” when booking via telephone.)
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Hilton San Diego Bayfront
$229 Single/Double Occupancy (does not include state and local tax)
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SLAS2012.org/conference/travel.cfm
Please Note: Your patronage of these official meeting hotels makes it possible for SLAS to secure the space necessary for this event at greatly
reduced costs. The hotels not only offer discounted rates and the best networking opportunities, but staying in the official hotels helps SLAS
meet its obligation to the hotels, avoid penalties, and keep meeting registration prices down. Thank you in advance for your support.
Air Travel Information
You may book your air travel directly with SLAS2012’s official travel agent, Travel Focus.
[email protected]; +1.800.756.2987 (domestic); +1.214.915.9448 (international)
American Airlines is the official carrier of SLAS2012. Receive a 5 percent discount off the lowest applicable published fare on
AA flights. If you use your own travel agency, please reference American Airlines Authorization Number 2422AU when
booking to receive the discount.
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Visualization plays an important role in the analysis and presentation of scientific work. In journal articles, images often
communicate ideas and information in ways that text, tables, charts, graphs or equations cannot. Sometimes scientific
images surpass this purpose and create shapes, patterns and designs that capture attention and imagination. These
are the images JALA and JBS seek for the 2011 Art of Science Contest.
Here’s How:
Here’s Why:
E-mail a high resolution jpg file (300+ dpi/10MB
maximum size) of your favorite cell structures, assay
results or other lab creations to [email protected].
Include your first and last name in the title of the jpg file
AND include your name, contact information and a brief
description of your image in your message.
One grand prize winner will receive an iPad 2. Up to
ten honorable mentions may be awarded and each will
receive one $50 Amazon.com gift card. In addition,
entries will be celebrated in the SLAS Member Center
at SLAS2012, at SLAS.org and Facebook, and the grand
prize winning entry will be shared with the media. One
winner per entry.
Here’s When:
Entries must be received by e-mail before 10:00 p.m. on
Thursday, December 2, 2011.
Entries are welcome from SLAS members and nonmembers.
Judges’ decisions are final and subjective. One winner per
entry. By submitting an entry, all participants must agree to
these terms:
• I grant SLAS the right to copy, distribute, publish,
display and otherwise use the photos and text
submitted for purposes of the Bio Art Blast Off program
or for any advertising or publicity on behalf of the
program or other similar future programs.
Questions?
Contact Nan Hallock at [email protected]
or +1.630.256.7527, ext. 106.
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I agree that the submitted photos and text may
be cropped, edited, electronically manipulated
or otherwise altered, and that whether the
photographs are used is entirely for SLAS to decide
in their sole discretion.
•
I certify that I am the photographer and sole copyright
owner of the submitted photos and text, or I have the
owner’s permission to submit such photos, and I have
obtained the consent of all identifiable persons shown
in the photos for these uses.
•
I agree to reimburse SLAS for all damages and
expenses (including attorney’s fees) they may incur
from claims based on their use of my submitted
photos or text.
•
I understand and accept that use of any personal
information I submit will be governed by SLAS’s
privacy policy.
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I am at least 18 years old and have full legal authority to
transfer these rights to SLAS.
Presented by the Official Journals of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
Journal of Biomolecular Screening and Journal of Laboratory Automation
Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
Start the search at SLAS
Career Connections.
SLAS Career Connections is one of the
select few highly discrete, automated
employment programs that brings together
its online professional services with its
respected career center and development
sessions at SLAS2012.
Student and Early Career
Professionals Program
Life After Graduation and Career Coaching
Instructor: Professor Daniel J. Eustace, Ph.D.,
University of Connecticut
Join us for one or both of our FREE career related
workshops.
Monday, February 6, 7 – 8:15 am
Job Seekers
Job Seekers may submit résumé online through the
SLAS website and on-site in San Diego, browse the
job boards, meet one-on-one with a career coach
and network with recruiting professionals.
How to Network at a Technical Meeting
This session will review critical activities that can make
a difference for you in your job search — networking
conversations, practice with small talk, listening skills
and body language.
Résumé and Cover Letter Writing
Learning how to structure and what to say clearly and
briefly is critical to having reviewers read it and select
you for interviews.
Human Resource Professionals
and Recruiters
With 5,000 participants concentrated at SLAS2012,
our career center substantially narrows the applicant
pool to very highly qualified prospects. Start the
search at SLAS Career Connections.
Get started today for more information about Career
Connections, visit: SLAS2012.org/conference/career.cfm
Career Coaching Sessions
Monday, February 6 and Tuesday,
February 7 from 10 am – 5 pm
One-on-one career counseling sessions to conduct
mock interviews and review résumés, available by
appointment at SLAS2012 in the SLAS Member
Center. Contact Carol Brady, SLAS Member Services
Coordinator to schedule your appointment at
[email protected].
Tuesday, February 7, 7 – 8:30 am
The Interviewing Continuum
An opportunity to look in the mirror and see yourself
as a candidate for a professional position.
Mock Interviews
This workshop will teach interviewing principles by
conducting mock interviews with members of the audience.
Student and Early Career Professionals
Mixer at SLAS2012
Monday, February 6, 5 – 6 pm; SLAS Member Center
Interested in becoming involved with SLAS? SLAS
welcomes student attendees and Academic Travel Award
winners to SLAS2012 with this social event designed to
help students connect with each other and with SLAS
Volunteer Leaders. Drinks and snacks will be served.
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
SLAS2012 Annual Conference Program Committee, SLAS Scientific
Program Advisory Committee, SLAS Board of Directors Informatics Track
SLAS2012 Annual Conference
Program Committee
Andrew Su, Chair
Scripps
James Gill, Ph.D., Associate Chair
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Daniel Sipes, M.S., Co-Chair
Genomics Institute of the Novartis
Research Foundation
Micro- and Nanotechnologies Track
David Eddington, Ph.D., Chair
University of Illinois at Chicago
Elliot Hui, Ph.D., Associate Chair
University of California, Irvine
Frank Fan, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Promega
SLAS Scientific Program Advisory Committee
William Janzen, Ph.D., Chair
University of North Carolina
Frank Fan, Ph.D.
Promega
Assay Development and Screening Track
Hakim Djaballah, Ph.D., Chair
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Andrew Napper, Ph.D., Associate Chair
Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research
Jonathan O'Connell, Ph.D.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Daniel Sipes, M.S.
Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
Aaron Wheeler, Ph.D.
Toronto University
Bioanalytical Techniques Track
Kamlesh Patel, Ph.D., Chair
Sandia National Laboratories
Thomas Perroud, Ph.D., Associate Chair
Illumina, Inc.
SLAS Board of Directors
Michelle Palmer, Ph.D.
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
David Dorsett, M.B.A.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Diagnostics Track
Anson Hatch, Chair
Sandia National Laboratories
Erik Rubin, Ph.D.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Andy Zaayenga
John Robinson, Associate Chair
High-Res Biosolutions
Abbott Laboratories
Jason Abbas, M.S.
Syngenta Seeds
Drug Target Biology Track
Michele Cleary, Ph.D., Chair
Merck & Co., Inc.
Haian Fu, Associate Chair
Emory University
Robert Ames, Ph.D.
GlaxoSmithKline
Bill Janzen
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeff Paslay, Ph.D.
Paslay Consulting Group
High-Throughput Technologies Track
Timothy Dawes, Ph.D., Chair
Mary Jo Wildey, Ph.D.
Merck Research Labs
Genentech
Jonathan Lee, Associate Chair
Eli Lilly and Company
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
SLAS2012.org
Sponsors That Make SLAS2012 Possible
Premier Sponsor:
An exclusive sponsorship, SLAS thanks Agilent
Technologies for underwriting a number of this year’s
conference activities, student grants and the Tuesday
Gaslamp Block Party Bash in the heart of downtown
San Diego.
Diamond Sponsors:
Platinum Sponsors:
Gold Sponsor:
Silver Sponsor:
Barcode Label Solutions
To reserve your sponsorship or for more information please contact:
Mary Michalik, Sponsorship Manager; [email protected]; +1.312.265.9650
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Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
Media Partners That Make SLAS2012 Possible
Media Partners:
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Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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q American Association of Clinical Chemistry
q Association of Laboratory Managers
q American Chemical Society
q American Institute of Chemical Engineers
q ASBMBq American Society of Microbiology
q Clinical Laboratory Management Association q International Association for Food Protection q Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
q Institute of Food Technologists
q International Society for
Pharmaceutical Engineering
q ISSCRq Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
Other Meeting(s) You Attend: (check all that apply)
q ACHEMA
q American Association of Clinical Chemistry
q American Academy of Forensic Scientists
q American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
q American Chemical Society
q American Institute of Chemical Engineers
q Association of Laboratory Managers
q American Society of Microbiology
q Clinical Laboratory Management Associationq European Lab Automation q LRIG/ELRIG
q microTAS
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q Institute of Food Technologists
q MIPTECq None
Short Courses: February 4–5
Conference: February 6–8
Exhibition: February 6–7
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