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Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement		Advertisement SLAS2016 Call for Abstracts is Open SLAS    Share    Conference Chairs Doug Auld, Ph.D., Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research and Dino Di Carlo, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles announce that abstracts received by Aug. 3, 2015 will be considered for presentation in the following tracks: Advances in Bioanalytics, Biomarkers and Diagnostics; Assay Development and Screening; Automation and High Throughput Technologies; Cellular Technologies; Drug Target Strategies; Informatics; and Micro/Nano Technologies. SLAS2016 is set for Jan. 23-27, 2016, San Diego, CA. More Advertisement SLAS Asia Conference News SLAS    Share    Xin Xie, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese National Center for Drug Screening, has been added to the speaker lineup for the April 9-10, 2015 SLAS Asia Conference and Exhibition at the Crowne Plaza Century Park in Shanghai. She presents "Discovery of GPR119 Agonist from Hoodia." In collaboration with WuXi AppTec, "Developing an Open Platform for Compound Management and In Vitro Screening," a free pre-conference workshop on April 8 has been added. The poster deadline has been extended to March 27. Learn more about the event and register today. More Advertisement Generate and analyze 3D multicellular spheroids in the same microplate Corning® BioCoat™ High Content Imaging Microplates provide enhanced performance for cell-based assays Reduce sample loss with Axygen® Maxymum Recovery® technology Comparison of Axygen® 96-well half-skirt microplates with competitors reveal consistent and comparable functionality Effectively and efficiently isolate PCR contaminants using Axygen® AxyPrep Mag PCR Clean-up kit SLAS Webinar March 31: HELM — Setting the Standard for Biomolecular Data Exchange SLAS    Share    Tianhong Zhang, Ph.D., manager, Research Business Technology at Pfizer, leads the March 31 SLAS Webinar. HELM (Hierarchical Editing Language for Macromolecules) allows biotherapeutics researchers to define complex biologic entities without ambiguity, the same way as chemists have long been able to do for small molecules. Zhang, technical lead for the Pistoia Alliance HELM project, presents the HELM open standard and the reference implementation, its origin and use at Pfizer and the emerging HELM ecosystem. SLAS Webinars are free to dues-paid SLAS members. Not yet a member? Join today. More Advertisement Cloud Solutions Designed with Scientists in Mind Save time and money with Acquire™ lab supplies management software. Streamline compound management with Store™ Make internal and external compounds and assays accessible to all project teams with Request™ Visualize™ enables securely sharing compound and biological assay results. From the LabAutopedia Book List — The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution SLAS    Share    According to publisher Simon & Schuster, Walter Isaacson approaches his story of the people who created the computer and the Internet by seeking answers to questions such as "What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?" He shares stories of Ada Lovelace, Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee and Larry Page in this Publishers Weekly bestseller. More Advertisement mosquito® solves a sticky issue The challenge for liquid handling is that liquids were not created equal. Pipetting viscous liquids can result in a major reduction in accuracy, especially at low volumes. 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Registration Open: Cutting-Edge Technologies for Drug Target Validation SLAS    Share    SLAS and the Scottish Universities Life Science Alliance (SULSA) invite academics and industry professionals to the University of Ediburgh, UK, May 18-19. Speakers include Chas Bountra of the University of Oxford, Lars Hammarström of the Karolinska Institutet, William Janzen of Epizyme, Lorenz Mayr of AstraZeneca, Saskia Otto of Bayer Health Care and 2015 SLAS Innovation Award winner Jonathan Wingfield of AstraZeneca. Topics include Imaging Techniques and their Application to Drug Discovery Screening; Application of Precise Genome Editing for Target Validation; and Target Engagement and Deconvolution. Share your latest discoveries with the community by submitting your poster for consideration by April 24. More Sign Up for FREE E-Mail Alerts from JALA & JBS SLAS    Share    Be the first to know when new scientific reports publish ahead-of-print and when new issues of JALA and JBS become available by signing up for free e-mail alerts at JALA Online and JBS Online. Sign up for keyword alerts to be the first to know when new material about a particular topic becomes available. Plus, authors whose work has been published in JALA and JBS can sign up for citation tracking alerts. More JALA / More JBS Advertisement SLAS2015 in Pictures SLAS    Share    Enjoy a photo review of SLAS2015, which attracted 4,700 attendees and 296 exhibitors to Washington, DC in February. This select and diverse collection of scientists, academicians, business leaders and students from around the globe (34 countries represented) benefitted from an extensive lineup of education, new product information, and opportunities to collaborate, interact and enjoy time with peers interested in charting the future of laboratory science and technology. More Ribosome Assembly Process Validated as Anticancer Drug Target Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News    Share    Scientists at the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute say they have reinforced the idea that the ribosome assembly process is a potentially fertile new target for anticancer drugs by detailing the essential function of a key component in that process. "This study confirms that ribosome assembly is a good therapeutic target in cancer," said Katrin Karbstein, Ph.D., a TSRI associate professor. More Advertisement View Labcyte Posters from SLAS2015 Automated Normalization and Pooling of DNA with the Labcyte® Echo® Liquid Handler to enable Next Generation Sequencing Transferring Nano- to Milliliters of Aqueous Fluids with Sound: The Science Behind the New Labcyte® Echo® Qualified Reservoir Miniaturization of an Epigenetic HTRF®Assay with the Labcyte® Echo®Liquid Handler High Throughput Multiplexed Apoptosis Assays Using the Labcyte® Echo® Liquid Handler and the IntelliCyt® iQue Screener HD Bond and Bond Alike: Unlikely Hydrogen Bond Discovered Science Daily    Share    As with magnets and alternating current, positively charged molecules never aim for one another. Indeed, similarly charged poles are repelled. Nevertheless, scientists have managed to bond positively charged phosphorus atoms with positively charged hydrogen ones. Their insight may prove pivotal to understanding how biologically important molecules such as DNA and proteins form properly. More Stereo- and Chemoselective Cross-Coupling between Two Electron-Deficient Acrylates: An Efficient Route to (Z,E)-Muconate Derivatives Journal of the American Chemical Society    Share    A Ru-catalyzed direct oxidative cross-coupling reaction of acrylates was developed. It offers a straightforward and atom-economical protocol for the synthesis of functionalized (Z,E)-muconate derivatives in moderate to good yields with good stereo- and chemoselectivities. The conjugated muconates bearing differentiable terminal functionality can be selectively transformed into versatile synthetic intermediates widely used in organic synthesis. More Advertisement Scientists Make Surprise Finding in Stroke Research Bioscience Technology    Share    Inflammation is activated in the brain after a stroke, but rather than aiding recovery it actually causes and worsens damage. That damage can be devastating. 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For a variety of integrated pre-filter options tailored to your research needs, visit Pall Laboratory website. Advertisement Shipping or Receiving Laboratory Samples? Transport Regulations Impact You. Saf-T-Pak provides certified shipping systems and compliance training to help ensure public safety in the transportation of Class 6.2 Infectious Substances and related materials. Contact us today! www.Saftpak.com Researchers Discover New Catalysts to Generate Renewable Fuels Phys.org    Share    For the last seven years, Yale PhD student Staff Sheehan has been working on splitting water. Now, a paper just published in Nature Communications reveals how one of the methods he and his team have uncovered for this process — using a specific iridium species as a water oxidation catalyst — could aid in the development of renewable fuels. More Accelerating Chemical Production With Biology Chemical & Engineering News    Share    A new report by the National Research Council says the U.S. can accelerate its ability to manufacture chemicals using biological methods by broadening the use of synthetic biology; developing better models and tests of biological processes; and ensuring that regulations, risk assessments, and workforce education is in place for a shift to biobased manufacturing. More Director, Analytical Development Lexicon Pharmaceuticals US – NJ – Princeton Assistant Professor Biomedical Sciences Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center US – TX – El Paso Chair Professor, Junior Faculty Positions Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST), Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) China – Shaanxi Province, Xi’an More jobs at SLAS Career Connections
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