Tonight: SLAS2015 participants are invited to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to explore displays, ride simulators, greet colleagues and indulge in food and drink provided by SLAS2015 Tuesday Night Celebration Sponsor Hamilton Company. The museum is a short bus ride from the Convention Center. Continuous shuttles are provided between the Marriott Marquis and the Museum beginning at 6:45 p.m.
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Today's Announcements
- Career development session – Mock Interviews: Preparation and Practice for Getting the Jobs You Want at 7:00 a.m. in Room 144C. Breakfast is served.
- Special Interest Group meetings begin at 8:00 a.m.
- Exhibitor Tutorials will be held at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
- Today is the last day for the Exhibition, which is open from 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
- Lunch is served in the Exhibition from 12:30-1:30 p.m., sponsored by SelectScience
- Meet poster presenters (odd numbered posters) from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Exhibition
- SLAS New Product Award Designees will be announced at 2:00 p.m. in the Exhibition
- The Closing Reception in the Exhibition begins at 5:00 p.m. with beer, wine, soft drinks and hors d’oeuvres
- Vote for your favorite JALA and JBS Art of Science finalist in the SLAS Scientific Journals Information Station in the SLAS Member Center (voting continues at SLAS.org until February 20)
- Passport to Prizes are announced in the SLAS Member Center at 5:00 p.m. You must be present to win.
- Drive to DC Kerouac Award of $100 announced immediately following Passport to Prizes.
Happening Tomorrow
- Special Interest Group meetings begin at 8:00 a.m.
- JALA & JBS Author Workshop, 8:00-9:30 a.m. in Room 150B
- 9:15-9:45 a.m. beverage break outside Rooms 145-147 Concourse
- Scientific sessions begin at 9:45 a.m.
- Francis Collins keynote presentation begins at 12:15 p.m. in Room 146
- The closing keynote session featuring Laurie Garrett begins at 3:45 p.m. and will be followed by the announcement of the $10,000 2015 SLAS Innovation Award winner, and then a book signing by Garrett
SLAS2015 Tuesday Night Celebration: Blast Off with SLAS at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Hamilton Company
 Fasten your seat belts, put your networking goals in an upright position and feel free to move about the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Meet, greet and celebrate the right stuff at one of the Top 10 Coolest Museums in Washington, DC as SLAS continues its tradition of presenting a memorable final evening fete to commemorate this annual gathering of our global community.
ENJOY an out of this world buffet, select wines, domestic beers and soft drinks. With menu selections like Tuscan grilled beef, wild mushroom risotto, basil-scented chicken and four cheese penne pasta, there is no need to make dinner reservations anywhere else!
EXPERIENCE interstellar travel in one of several flight simulators.
EXPLORE all museum exhibits.
WATCH the 30-minute movie, “To Space and Back,” in the museum’s planetarium theatre
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CONNECT with your fellow scientific professionals.
Explore the Future at Innovation AveNEW
Be sure to visit Innovation AveNEW located at the end of the 800 aisle before the Exhibition closes at 6:00 p.m. today. Innovation AveNEW is a dedicated area of the Exhibition that hosts a collection of emerging and start-up companies offering promising new laboratory technologies. This year features eight companies from four countries:
- Ceres Nanosciences, Manassas, VA (USA)
- Creoptix, Wadenswil (SWITZERLAND)
- Electrospinning, Oxfordshire (UK)
- Microscopy Innovations, Marshfield, WI (USA)
- SiTOOLS, Bavaria (GERMANY)
- StackWave, Louisville, KY (USA)
- Telos Scientific, San Diego, CA (USA)
Congratulations to the 2015 SLAS Journal Achievement Award Honorees!
2015 Readers Choice Awards -- Reflecting popularity among readers throughout 2014.
- JALA: Reservoir-Based Polymer Drug Delivery Systems by Wan-Wan Yang and Erik Pierstorff; JALA Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 50-58
- JBS: Parallel Screening of Low Molecular Weight Fragment Libraries: Do Differences in Methodology Affect Hit Identification? by Jerome Wielens, Stephen J. Headey, David I. Rhodes, Roger J. Mulder, Olan Dolezal, John J. Deadman, Janet Newman, David K. Chalmers, Michael W. Parker, Thomas S. Peat, Martin J. Scanlon; JBS Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 147-159
2015 Authors Choice Awards -- Reflecting popularity among authors (citations) throughout 2014.
- JALA: Automated Mass Spectrometry-Based Functional Assay for the Routine Analysis of the Secretome by Armand G. Ngounou Wetie, Izabela Sokolowska, Alisa G. Woods, Kelly L. Wormwood, Su Dao, Sapan Patel, Bayard D. Clarkson, Costel C. Darie; JALA Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 19-29
- JBS: Epigenetic Drug Discovery: Targeting DNA Methyltransferases by Jason M. Foulks, K. Mark Parnell, Rebecca N. Nix, Suzanna Chau, Krzysztof Swierczek, Michael Saunders, Kevin Wright, Thomas F. Hendrickson, Koc-Kan Ho, Michael V. McCullar, and Steven B. Kanner; JBS Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 2-17
2015 JBS Reviewer Excellence Awards -- Reflecting review quality, timeliness and volunteer service to JBS in 2014.
- Juan Manuel Dominguez, PharmaMar, Madrid (Spain)
- Fernando Peláez, Spanish National Cancer Research Center, Madrid (Spain)
- Steven Haney, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (USA)
SLAS2015 Presentations On-Demand
The following podium sessions are being recorded today for on demand access following SLAS2015. Full Conference attendees and SLAS dues paying members will be sent a notice/link when they are available.
David J. Guckenberger: An Automated Open Platform for Exclusion-based Sample Preparation: Getting More Information from Limited Patient Samples
Fabien Vincent: The Phenotypic Screening “Rule of 3”: Developing More Predictive Assays
Jonathan Wingfield: Novel Acoustic Loading of a Mass Spectrometer – Towards Next Generation High Throughput MS Screening
Focus Your Networking with SLAS Special Interest Groups
One way that SLAS fosters the development of new ideas and initiatives is through its 15 Special Interest Groups (SIGs). SIGs are informal groups organized by SLAS members to create forums for exploring specialized topics, and membership is free. All are invited to join these SIG meetings during SLAS2015:
Tuesday, February 10, 2015; 8:00-9:15 a.m.
- Academic Drug Discovery and Drug Repurposing Joint Session (Room 145)
- Automation Quality Control (Room 151A)
- HCS/HCA Data and Informatics (Room 152A)
- Labware Leachables (Room 149B)
- Screen Design and Assay Technology (Room 152B)
- Technology Transfer and CRO/CMO Project Management
(Room 150B)
- Women Professionals in Science and Technology
(Room 149A)
Wednesday, February 11, 2015; 8:00-9:15 a.m.
- ADMET (Room 149A)
- Automated Sample Preparation of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
(Room 151B)
- Informatics (Room 149B)
- Phenotypic Drug Discovery (Room 147)
- Sample Management (Room 152B)
- Standards Initiatives
(Room 152A)
- Stem Cells and 3D Microtissues (Room 151A)
Keep in touch with SLAS SIGs throughout the year online at LinkedIn.
SLAS Member Center – the Hub for All Things SLAS!
Today, the SLAS Member Center at the back of the Exhibition is host to:
- The Lab Man podcast recordings at 10:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
- Passport to Prizes drawing at 5:00 p.m.
- Commemorative T-shirt distribution (full conference attendees only with voucher; limited supply and sizes)
Today in the SLAS Scientific Journals Information Station
Stop by to take advantage of this opportunity to chat with the journals team and explore how you might enhance your scientific publishing efforts.
ORCID: Learn About this New Tool for Journal Authors
2:30-4:30 p.m.: Laure Haak, ORCID executive director, explains the Open Researcher and Contributor ID system and its benefits for you. You can register on-the-spot for your own persistent identifier.
SLAS Author Meet & Greets
1:00 p.m. Joseph McGivern, Amgen, guest editor of the upcoming special issue of JBS on Therapeutic Antibody Discovery and Development
2:00 p.m. Xianting Ding, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), guest editor of the upcoming special issue of JALA on New Developments in Biosensing Technologies
SLAS Earmarks $1 Million Fund to Support Graduate Fellowships in Quantitative Biosciences
During Monday morning’s opening keynote session SLAS President Dean Ho announced the formation of a new Education Fund, which will initially support a global Graduate Education Fellowship Grant Program. “A pillar of the SLAS mission is to advance laboratory science and technology through education about scientific research,” said Ho. “In that spirit, we are especially proud to announce this important new component in the Society’s ongoing commitment to nurturing scientific innovation and innovators. Education has always been a cornerstone of SLAS’s purpose, and one of the most powerful things that we do. Implementing this fund takes our support of scientific education, innovation and careers to the next level.”
Meet SLAS Corporate Members
(SLAS2015 booth number in parenthesis)
Agilent Technologies Inc. (#805)
Beckman Coulter, Inc. (#611)
BioTek Instruments, Inc. (#305)
BMG Labtech, Inc. (#929)
Computype (#440)
Douglas Scientific (#1021)
Festo Corporation (#1123)
Genedata, Inc. (#1010)
Hamilton Company (#501)
Hettich Automation (#1137)
INHECO Industrial Heating and Cooling GmbH (#1245)
IntelliCyt Corporation (#1001)
Labcyte, Inc. (#1037)
Mettler Toledo
Molecular Devices, LLC (#611)
Tecan (#623)
Meet the People of SLAS2015
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At Festo booth # 1123, watch the BionicOpter, a remote controlled dragonfly, take flight in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings.”
Promoted by:
Festo Corporation |
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Keen to offer your PCR kits or reagents with a comprehensive automated liquid handling solution within your market?
Get acquainted with the “PCR Setup Solution” at booth #328.
Promoted by:
Xiril AG |
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AMSBIO offers direct, real-time analysis of cellular respiration and mitochondrial function in 96 or 384-well fluorescence format. MitoXpress Xtra assay measures extracellular oxygen consumption rates in whole cell populations
Promoted by:
AMSBIO |
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Sparton is a provider of complex electromechanical devices with experience in design and manufacturing of automated medical products.
Promoted by:
Sparton |
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Automated PCR where YOU want it: Fully integrated
ON your liquid handling workstation, not somewhere else!
Plug and play SiLA interface, top thermal performance
Promoted by:
INHECO |
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Solids Dispensing, Label, Scan, Weigh, Dilute Ratiometrically,
Vortex/Sonicate, Aspirate, Screw/Septum Cap, Plate, Incubate, Inject,
Solvent Exchange:
Affordable & Tailored Automation for the Majority!
Promoted by:
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today's videos
Dr. Francis Collins presents the 2014 Compton Lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
SLAS2015 Short Courses offer deep dives with experienced faculty.
Today is the last day of the SLAS2015 Exhibition. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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help wanted
New job listings from the SLAS Member Center in SLAS2015 Exhibition
Senior Engineer
South San Francisco, CA
Scientific Leader, NGS
Reno, NV
Senior Software Engineer
Raleigh, NC
Principal Investigator & Postdoctoral Fellow
Guangzhou, China
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meet our members
Dean Ho of the University of California at Los Angeles
Sabrina Corazza of Axxam
recent issues
SLAS2015 WiFi
FREE in public space and meeting rooms at Convention Center
(no wifi in Exhibition)
Network Name/ID: SLAS2015
Password: SLAS2015DC
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