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January 15, 2020

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SLAS		NEWS

SLAS2020 Conference App Now Available
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Consider the SLAS2020 Conference App your essential digital assistant while on site at SLAS2020. Download the app for:

the most up-to-date conference schedule, abstracts and exhibitor directory
direct access to the SLAS Ignite Partnership Tool
exclusive access to session speaker Q&A
conference-related maps, including the conference center and Exhibition
automatic program updates and notifications
access to the e-poster gallery

To access, search "SLAS Events" in your favorite app store or visit the SLAS2020 Conference App page for complete details.
VIEW COMPLETE CONFERENCE APP DETAILS

SLAS2020 Online Registration Ends January 23
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With SLAS2020 beginning in 10 short days, do not forget to reserve your spot in San Diego now and save $200 off onsite registration rates. Online registration closes Thursday, January 23!
REGISTER NOW

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Don't Miss Valuable Mentoring and Career-Related Programming at SLAS2020
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This year's conference offers attendees, especially students and early career professionals, the opportunity to connect with SLAS Mentors for 45-minute personalized one-on-one sessions about post-grad and career-related topics. Email Suanne Determan to set up an appointment. Sessions will take place during Exhibition hours in private rooms within the SLAS Booth. Also at the SLAS Booth: peruse current job listings from a wealth of global organizations, get CONNECTED (to complete your Passport to Prizes), and explore the SLAS journals for a chance at a Nintendo Switch.
VIEW SLAS2020 MENTORS
VIEW SLAS2020 EARLY CAREER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

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Share Your Pre-SLAS2020 Excitement with Fellow Attendees
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As a registered attendee, you have access to this exclusive online community designed to be a dedicated place for SLAS2020 attendees to connect and discuss all things SLAS2020. From Short Courses to the Exhibition to the Keynote Sessions — and everything in between — ask a question, start a topic or introduce yourself to fellow attendees. To connect:

Log in to CONNECTED
Set up your account profile
Set your email preferences (under your profile, My AccountEmail Preferences)
Start talking

It's that easy!
GET CONNECTED

Bonus Level: Add a Short Course at SLAS2020
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It's not too late to level up your SLAS2020 agenda with a pre-conference Short Course on Saturday or Sunday, January 25-26. Seats are still available in most courses and class size was expanded for the popular and new Streamlining your Laboratory with Python, an Introduction course. (Hurry, limited seats remain.)
VIEW SHORT COURSES

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Submit Your Research and Get Published in an SLAS Scientific Journal
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If your New Year's resolution is to get published, you've come to the right place. Submit a review to SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology for the chance to get published. Currently there are four Calls for Papers open (see below), however both journals accept proposals on a rolling basis. Getting published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal is a great way to build your resume and get recognition by a global audience.
VIEW JOURNAL SUBMISSION DETAILS

Hit Discovery Methodology
Proposals due January 31

AI in Process Automation
Proposals due: On a rolling basis

Early Drug Discovery Approaches with More Physiologically Relevant Targets
Proposals due March 31

Advances in Protein Degradation
Proposals due March 31, 2020

Sponsored Post: How Acoustic Mass Spectrometry Technology Can Optimize Workflows and Data Quality in Drug Discovery Screening
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Calendar of Important Dates
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Upcoming Events
Come see SLAS at these important events:

SLAS2020 International Conference and Exhibition
January 25 – 29, 2020
San Diego, CA, USA
Call for Poster Abstracts Open
View SLAS2020 Sponsorship Opportunities

SLAS 2020 European Sample Management Symposium — Registration Now Open!
Berlin, Germany
16-17 March 2020
Poster Submission Deadline: Monday, 10 February

SLAS 2020 Europe Conference and Exhibition — Now Accepting Podium and Poster Abstracts!
Vienna, Austria
2-5 June 2020
Podium Submission Deadline: Monday, 3 February
Tony B. Application Deadline (Podium): Monday, 3 February
Tony B. Application Deadline (Poster Only): Monday, 2 March
Innovation AveNew Application Deadline: Monday, 2 March
Student Poster Submission Deadline: Monday, 6 April
Final Poster Submission Deadline: Monday, 27 April

COMPLETE LIST OF SLAS CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

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HEADLINES

Spatially Resolved Production of Platinum Nanoparticles in Metallosupramolecular Polymers
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Nanocomposites consisting of a polymer matrix and metallic nanoparticles can merge the functional, structural, and mechanical properties of the two components and are useful for applications that range from catalysis to soft electronics. Gaining spatial control over the nanoparticle incorporation is useful, for example to confine catalytic sites or create electrically conducting pathways.

Nano-Objects of Desire: Assembling Ordered Nanostructures in 3-D
Science Daily
Scientists have developed a platform for assembling nanosized material components, or "nano-objects," of very different types — inorganic or organic — into desired 3-D structures. Though self-assembly has successfully been used to organize nanomaterials of several kinds, the process has been extremely system-specific, generating different structures based on the intrinsic properties of the materials.

Controlled Phage Therapy Can Target Drug-Resistant Bacteria While Sidestepping Potential Unintended Consequences
Phys.org
The fight against drug-resistant pathogens remains an intense one. While the Centers for Disease Control's 2019 "biggest threats" report reveals an overall decrease in drug-resistant microbe-related deaths as compared to its previous report the agency also cautions that new forms of drug-resistant pathogens are still emerging. Meanwhile, the options for treating infections by these germs are diminishing, confirming doctors' and scientists' worries about the end of the age of antibiotics.

MS Trial Begins Comparing Stem Cell Transplantation to Best Available Drugs
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Researchers have begun trial testing an experimental stem cell treatment against the best available biologic therapies for severe forms of relapsing multiple sclerosis. The trial, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will compare the safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the two therapeutic approaches.

Clinical Exome Sequencing Tests Are Frequently Incomplete: Study
The Scientist
Whole exome sequencing is an increasingly common method to help doctors diagnose rare genetic diseases, but the technique apparently suffers from inconsistent sequencing reads of genes. A recent review of 36 tests sent to one of three clinical labs in the US finds that thousands of genes did not receive the full battery of coverage, researchers reported in Clinical Chemistry.

Taking a Cue From Plants, New Chemical Approach Converts Carbon Dioxide to Valuable Fuel
Science Magazine
Researchers have long sought to imitate photosynthesis, harnessing the energy of the Sun to generate chemical fuels. Now, a team has come closer to this goal than ever before. The researchers developed a new copper- and iron-based catalyst that uses light to convert carbon dioxide to methane, the primary component of natural gas. If the new catalyst can be improved further, it could help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

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CAREER		CONNECTIONS

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Employers: Search résumés, post an open position, internship or post-doc opportunity. SLAS Premier and Corporate Members get a discount on all new job postings.

Lab Automation Engineer
Calico
US – CA – South San Francisco

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Princeton University
US – NJ – Princeton

Post-Doctoral Associate
University of Minnesota
US – MN – Minneapolis

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