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 August 10, 2016 SLAS.org    SLAS2017    Moving? New job? Let SLAS know.       Advertisement Advertisement   SLAS Americas Council Seeks Candidates: Respond by Aug. 17 SLAS     Share    Individuals who wish to serve on the SLAS Americas Council are invited to submit materials for consideration by midnight CT, Wednesday, Aug. 17. Nomination materials include a short statement of reasons for seeking a position on the Council and an affidavit acknowledging eligibility to serve. The current SLAS Americas Council will review submitted materials and select a slate to fill two open spots on the Council; the slate will be presented for ratification to all SLAS members in the Americas in late September. The new Council members will replace Tyler Aldredge and John Thomas Bradshaw, whose terms expire at the end of this year. Similarly, the SLAS Europe Council is seeking candidates to fill three open spots; materials for Europe are due by midnight CET, Wednesday, Aug. 24. More Advertisement Extend Your SLAS2017 Experience: Add a Short Course SLAS    Share    Choose from a menu of 21 half-, one- and two-day courses offering in-depth instruction on topics, issues and techniques for the life sciences community. Choose from perennial favorites like "Introduction to Laboratory Automation" and "Sample Management: Best Practice, Trends and Challenges" to new courses on pharmacology, mass spectrometry, data analytic concepts and flow cytometry. The SLAS2017 Short Course Planning Committee is William Neil, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Robyn Rourick, Genentech; Mark Russo, Bristol-Myers Squibb; and John Thomas Bradshaw, Artel. More Advertisement 3D spheroids simplified COC microplates for high throughput analysis A highly consistent alternative to primary human hepatocytes PCR microplates with sustained flatness to reduce evaporation Say Hello to SLAS at LRIG Bay Area Chapter Meeting SLAS    Share    Meet SLAS Communications Senior Manager Lynn Valastyan at the South San Francisco Convention Center on Sept. 1. Learn more about the SLAS journal name changes and SLAS2017 International Conference and Exhibition, and explore trends in genomic and proteomic single cell analysis. Sign up at LRIG for a chance to win a full conference registration to SLAS2017 (a $1,075 value!). LRIG meeting participation is free. 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. 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SLAS    Share    If you haven't been to the SLAS Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood e-zine lately, here's what you've been missing: Adaptable, Accurate and Affordable: The Next Wave of BTLAs Beyond the Hype and the Headlines: Open Source Platforms Put the Power of 3D Printing into Life Sciences Anti-Leaching Solutions Featured on SLAS2016 Innovation AveNEW First Graduate Education Fellowship Grant Fuels HTS Droplet Array Concept Combating Central Nervous System Disorders with Novel Screening Approaches, Collaborations And, more than 155 additional articles on SLAS people and their science More Advertisement Discover the Agilent PlateLoc Thermal Microplate Sealer Agilent PlateLoc Thermal Microplate Sealer gives you fast, easy and reliable microplate sealing. Make Travel Plans for SLAS2017 — SLAS Can Help! SLAS     Share    Hotel rooms at discounted rates can now be reserved for SLAS2017, Feb. 4-8 in Washington, DC. SLAS has negotiated special discounts and benefits exclusively for conference attendees with the two official conference hotels, both of which are conveniently located adjacent to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center — the Marriott Marquis Washington, DC (SLAS2017 headquarters hotel) and the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown. Three airports serve Washington, DC. Reagan National Airport (DCA) is closest to the convention center and has direct Metro access. SLAS2017 participants can contact the official SLAS2017 travel agent for assistance with air and ground travel. SLAS also offers the following tips for Washington, DC visitors. Are you an SLAS2017 exhibitor? Click here for hotel and travel details. More Advertisement [Download Poster] Overcome high-throughput challenges of extracting information from 3D spheroid models [Download App Note] Evaluate toxicity of high-throughput quantitative assays using 3D cultures Chart your own course, we’ll help you get there. Find the right microplate reader solution today. [Webinar On Demand] Implement high-throughput 3D image analysis for samples from subcellular structures to spheroids Position your research – with breakthrough, intelligent imaging solutions NIH Reveals Plan to Fund Human-Animal Chimeras The Scientist    Share    The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has outlined a proposal to lift a ban on funding human-animal chimera research — with conditions. "The policy proposes prohibiting the introduction of certain types of human cells into embryos of nonhuman primates, such as monkeys and chimps, at even earlier stages of development than what was currently prohibited," NPR's Shots reported. Additionally, a committee would review certain experiments that involved, say, human brain tissue. More Single Agent Targets Three Parasitic Infections Chemical & Engineering News    Share    Parasitic protists known as kinetoplastids infect millions of people annually, predominantly in poor communities in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. And the diseases caused by these parasites, African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease, kill tens of thousands every year. Doctors urgently need new therapies for these infections because available medicines suffer from multiple shortcomings. More Catalysis Research Could Aid Drug Development Science Daily    Share    Many molecules have a chemical structure that is "chiral" — they come in two forms, each with an arrangement of atoms that are mirror images of each other. These "right-handed" and "left-handed" arrangements, called enantiomers, are problematic for industries that make pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Proteins and sugars in the human body exist in only one of the two enantiomers. Yet the catalytic reactions involved in making drugs often produce molecules with both the "right-handed" and "left-handed" arrangements. More Biofuel Production Technique Could Reduce Cost, Antibiotics Use Lab Manager    Share    The cost and environmental impact of producing liquid biofuels and biochemicals as alternatives to petroleum-based products could be significantly reduced, thanks to a new metabolic engineering technique. Liquid biofuels are increasingly used around the world, either as a direct "drop-in" replacement for gasoline, or as an additive that helps reduce carbon emissions. More Stem Cell Factor Puts Differentiation on Speed Dial Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News    Share    Stem cells can customize their responses to external cues, effectively priming themselves to differentiate toward one cell fate or another. Curiously, the same cues can have different effects on different stem cells, rather like the same speed-dial buttons can instigate calls to different numbers, depending on how the phone has been programmed. Stem cells don't come with a speed-dial instruction manual, so scientists based at Stanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SPB) have been working to hack the code. More Detailed Structure of Cell's Garbage Disposal Unit Reveals Surprise in How It Is Targeted by Cancer Drugs Phys.org    Share    Cancer cells are more dependent on a cellular garbage disposal unit — the proteasome — than healthy cells, and cancer therapies take advantage of this dependency. Scientists at EMBL and MPI determined the proteasome's 3D structure in unprecedented detail and have deciphered the exact mechanism by which inhibitor drugs block the proteasome. Their surprising results, published in Science, will pave the way to develop more effective treatments. More New Chip Could Help Test Drugs for ALS, Other Neuromuscular Disorders Bioscience Technology    Share    MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction — the vital connection where nerve meets muscle. The device, about the size of a U.S. quarter, contains a single muscle strip and a small set of motor neurons. Researchers can influence and observe the interactions between the two, within a realistic, three-dimensional matrix. The researchers genetically modified the neurons in the device to respond to light. More Hints of Exotic New Particle Fade at World's Largest Atom Smasher Science Magazine    Share    Particle physicists' hopes have been dashed. Eight months ago, experimenters working with the world's biggest atom smasher — the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European particle physics laboratory, CERN, in Switzerland — reported hints of the first wholly unexpected new particle in decades, one that could have required a rethink of the prevailing theory of fundamental particles and forces. Now, however, physicists at the LHC have collected and analyzed roughly four times as many data as they had last December. More Field Automation Scientist, Next Generation Sequencing Roche United States (Virtual Work Location) Analytical Tech Transfer Specialist GSK US – PA – King of Prussia Automation Engineer, Next Generation Sequencing Roche Diagnostics US – MA – Boston 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##. 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