This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Advertise in this news brief. Advertisement Text version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive   Media Kit July 6, 2016 SLAS.org    SLAS2017    Moving? New job? Let SLAS know.       Advertisement Advertisement SLAS Social Media Keep up to date with life sciences discovery and technology happenings.   SLAS ELN Reports: First SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant Fuels HTS Droplet Array Concept SLAS     Share    Meet the first SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant recipient: Erik M. Werner, a graduate student and Ph.D. candidate from the University of California, Irvine. Werner is a keen collaborator who wants practical, yet complicated, science — such as microfluidics — to be more user-friendly. Werner is an engaging mentor who helps high school students find the joy of discovery; and a tireless innovator whose pursuits in high-throughput screening will benefit from the $100,000 SLAS grant. Read more about Werner in the SLAS Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood e-zine. More Advertisement Students, Post Docs and Junior Faculty: SLAS Can Help You Attend SLAS2017 SLAS     Share    The SLAS Tony B. Academic Travel Award is one way SLAS ensures that up-and-coming researchers who demonstrate outstanding achievement have the opportunity to learn from and interact with life sciences discovery and technology community leaders. If selected for a Tony B. Award, travel, hotel accommodations and conference registration are provided to the primary author of a submitted podium or poster abstract for SLAS2017, Feb. 4-8, Washington, DC. For podium presentations, abstracts and applications are due Aug. 8; for poster presentations, Sept. 26 is the deadline. Pictured here are three of the 60 Tony B. Award winners from SLAS2016 — Joohun Kang (Wyss Institute, Harvard University), Carrie Lovitt (Griffith University Australia) and Masturah Bte Mohd Abdul Rashid (National University of Singapore). 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Areas of interest include high-throughput MALDI applications; use of MALDI in enzyme characterization; applications of MALDI and MALDI imaging for metabolite detection and screening and for drug distribution studies; matrix-free or laser desorption Ionization applications and techniques; and novel approaches of MALDI to study biological systems and biochemical characterization. More Advertisement Welcome to RAD Source Since 1997 Rad Source Technologies has been the expert in providing renewable, non-isotope, ionizing radiation replacements for self-shielded gamma irradiators. Currently, there are over 300 renowned hospital, university, and pharmaceutical research institutions using Rad Source X-ray technology. To find out more about our equipment, select your application and you will find equipment specifications, literature references, white papers, training videos, discussion forums, as well as other helpful info. SLAS Europe High-Content Screening Conference Draws 160 Participants SLAS    Share    This June 27-29 conference in Dresden, Germany, gathered HCS researchers, academics and industry professionals to explore the latest advances and emerging technologies in the field. Hot topics included novel organisms, novel markers, new essays, novel microscopy techniques, image analysis and statistics. It was held at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, and the SLAS Scientific Committee included Marc Bickle of MPI; Thierry Dorval of Servier in France; and Maria Montoya of Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Spain. According to the committee, attendees had high praise for the quality of the presentations and networking and are looking forward to a next edition in 2017. More Advertisement Take the Quiz! Which Reagent Are You? SLAS    Share    Just as each reagent reacts to a system in a distinct way, different scientists can affect the same project in a unique fashion. Take a short, just-for-fun quiz to determine which reagent best represents your personality. Then share your "true colors" with your peers via Facebook and Twitter! Also, consider presenting your life sciences discovery and technology research at SLAS2017. Among the many benefits of presenting, you will be part of an elite group of industry experts and can further your research with input from well-qualified peers. The SLAS2017 podium abstract submission deadline is Monday, Aug. 8. More Advertisement Superior Mass Spec Results Start with Superior Protein Sample Prep Agilent AssayMAP automated protein and peptide sample preparation gives you greater throughput, precision, and reproducibility. New and FREE at JBS: Identification of Novel Inhibitors of the Type I Interferon Induction Pathway Using Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening SLAS    Share    A collaborative team from Scotland's University of St Andrews and University of Dundee has developed and executed a cell-based high-throughput screen (HTS) targeting components that participate in and/or regulate the IRF3 and nuclear factor (NF)–κB branches of the IFN induction pathway. The assay detects activation of the IFN induction pathway via an enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) reporter gene under the control of the IFNβ promoter and is optimized, miniaturized, and demonstrates suitability for HTS as robust Z' factor scores of >0.6 are consistently achieved. This is a SAGE Choice article, allowing all readers immediate free access to the full manuscript. More New Model Predicts Once-Mysterious Chemical Reactions Lab Manager    Share    A team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Curtin University in Australia developed a theoretical model to forecast the fundamental chemical reactions involving molecular hydrogen, which after many decades and attempts by scientists had remained largely unpredicted and unsolved. More Sustainable Chemistry Students Solve Decades-Old Oxidation Puzzle Science Daily    Share    Students at the University of Amsterdam have designed a new catalyst that can render important chemical processes more sustainable. Their catalyst can create selective peroxide-like reagents literally from thin air and uses those to oxidize alcohols to carbonyl compounds in a dual-action mechanism. The results have just been published online by Chemistry: A European Journal. More Stem Cell Finding May Improve Understanding of Metastatic Cancers Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News    Share    Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that therapeutic stem cells exit the bloodstream in a different manner than was previously thought. This process, called angiopellosis by the researchers, has implications for improving our understanding of not only intravenous stem cell therapies, but also metastatic cancers. More Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip: Integration of Optical Spectroscopy in Microfluidic Systems Analytical Chemistry    Share    The integration of micro-optical elements with microfluidics leads to the highly promising photonic lab-on-a-chip analytical systems (PhLoCs). In this work, we re-examine the main principles which are underneath the on-chip spectrophotometric detection, approaching the PhLoC concept to a nonexpert audience. More Scientists Study Compounds With Anti-Prion Properties to Address Rare But Fatal Diseases Phys.org    Share    A team of scientists from the University of Alberta is examining compounds with anti-prion properties, which can alter the misfolding of proteins in rare but universally fatal prion diseases like Mad Cow and Creutzfeld-Jakob. Their results have just been published in Nature Communications. "The goal of our work is to figure out how to address protein misfolding diseases," says Michael Woodside, professor in the Department of Physics, cross-appointed at the National Institute for Nanotechnology. More Tackling CO Poisoning With Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts Journal of the American Chemical Society    Share    Platinum catalysts are extensively used in the chemical industry and as electrocatalysts in fuel cells. Pt is notorious for its sensitivity to poisoning by strong CO adsorption. Here we demonstrate that the single-atom alloy (SAA) strategy applied to Pt reduces the binding strength of CO while maintaining catalytic performance. More Tiny Peptide Targets Brain Injuries Chemical & Engineering News    Share    Researchers have found a four-amino-acid peptide that selectively binds to sites of injury in the brain. Such a peptide could help guide small molecules, proteins, and nanoparticles designed to detect or treat traumatic brain injury, the scientists say. Currently, there are no good treatments to limit the long-term damage caused by traumatic brain injuries experienced by accident victims or military personnel. More Researchers Identify Calorie-burning Pathway in Fat Cells Bioscience Technology    Share    Investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a natural molecular pathway that enables cells to burn off calories as heat rather than store them as fat. This raises the possibility of a new approach to treating and preventing obesity, diabetes and other obesity-linked metabolic disorders, including cancer. More The Klein Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Neurodegeneration Research Rutgers Brain Health Institute US – NJ – Piscataway Automation Specialist, Proteomics Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard US – MA – Cambridge Senior QC Microbiologist II Astellas US – CA – Santa Monica Search Jobs at SLAS Career Connections   SLAS Point-to-Point Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469.420.2601 Download media kit Dennis Hall, Executive Editor, 469.420.2656    Contribute news This edition of SLAS Point-to-Point was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe from receiving SLAS Point-to-Point, click here. To unsubscribe from all SLAS e-mail communications, please click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Subscribe here — it's free! 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