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Discover the hot topics discussed at this year’s SLAS conference in San Diego, USA

2 Mar 2016
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Experience the annual event for the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, SLAS2016, through these exclusive SelectScience® video interviews. Watch interviews with the SelectScience Scientists’ Choice Awards® winner and nominees, plus hear about the latest techniques to receive technique advice from leading scientists.

1. Scientists’ Choice Awards® Winner Announced at SLAS2016

 

SelectScience® spoke to Thermo Fisher Scientific, winner of the Best New Drug Discovery Product of 2015, and the other nominees, chosen by scientists from around the world. Watch the video>>

2. Assay Miniaturization for High Throughput Compound Screening at AstraZeneca

 

Helen Plant, a Senior Scientist at AstraZeneca’s global high throughput screening center, describes how Corning’s Epic® system is facilitating screening automation and increasing the diversity of compounds screened in assays. Watch the video>>

3. Integrated Live Cell Imaging Solutions from BioTek Instruments, Inc.

 

Discover how BioTek Instruments, Inc. could enhance your cell imaging workflow. Learn how the Cytation™ 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader, combined with Gen™ 5 Data Collection & Analysis Software and the BioSpa™ 8 Automated Incubator facilitate live cell imaging automation, with versatile assay detection, optional imaging modes and environmental controls for long-term imaging. Watch the video>>

4. Dr. Kevin Pfleger Discusses Novel NanoBRET Assay Development for High Throughput

 

Dr. Kevin Pfleger, Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and Head of Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, discusses a recently published, novel NanoBRET assay that was developed using the BMG Labtech CLARIOstar®. Watch the video>>

5.Innovations in Sample Clean Up and Recovery for Molecular Biology

 

Discover the innovative solutions from Pall Life Sciences, designed to enhance your sample recovery and purification for molecular biology applications. Product Manager, Kris Bolen, explains how Pall's centrifugal devices and filter plates can optimize sample recovery and clean up for a range of downstream analyses and processes. Watch the video>>

6. Cutting-Edge Custom Multiplex Immunoassay Systems

 

Dr. Robert Matson, founder and president of QuantiScientifics, describes how BioDot’s precision printing technology is aiding the design and development of multiplex microarray immunoassay plates. Watch this video to learn how this open platform can enable you to create your own custom assay plates, personalized and optimized for a wide variety of applications. Watch the video>>

7. Advances in Automated Solutions for Cell Culture and Storage

 

Dieter Wagner of Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 10 C450 Automated Incubator, designed to enhance your cell culture workflow. Learn how the comprehensive environmental controls and versatility of the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 10 C450 can enhance cell culturing, assay screening and storage in your laboratory. Watch the video>>

8. Progress in High Throughput 3D Cell Culture Screening

 

Richard Kim from TTP Labtech explains how combination of TTP's acumen® Cellista scanning laser cytometer with Corning’s spheroid plates enables rapid, high throughput, 3D cell culture screening. Learn how the microplates are designed to produce single, consistent spheroids, while the acumen® Cellista can analyze from 96- up to 3456-well plates in less than 5 minutes to facilitate multiplexing of cell line assays. Watch the video>>

9. Combining 3D Cell Culture Assays with Live Imaging

 

Principal scientist, Brad Larson from BioTek Instruments, Inc., discusses how combination of the Cytation 5 plate reader with Corning’s spheroid microplate range is ideal for 3D cell culture assay and imaging. Discover how the microplates are designed to produce single, consistent spheroids, in high content wells that facilitate reproducible and robust assay data with high quality imaging. Watch the video>>

10. Cutting-Edge Technology for Treatment of Burns and Chronic Skin Wounds

 

Aubrey Woodroof, founder and CEO of PermeaDerm, describes innovative skin substitutes, designed for severe burn and chronic wound treatment. He explains how BioDot technology, used in collaboration with researchers at the University of Rochester, has enhanced the accuracy and efficiency of the manufacturing process for a new, advanced skin substitute. Watch the video>>

11. Pioneering Wearable Technology for Real-Time Biomarker Analysis

 

Dr Joshua Windmiller, Chief Technology Officer at Biolinq, reveals how their transdermal biosensor patches can continuously and non-invasively quantify blood biochemistry, with real-time streaming of the results to a smart device. He discusses how this pioneering technology, developed using Biodot's BioJet Ultra, is currently being aimed at sports fitness and exercise applications and how it could be developed for chronic healthcare monitoring. Watch the video>>

Do you use any of the products shown in one of these videos? Is there a product you couldn't do without? Share your experiences with our worldwide community and write a review today.

To find out more, visit our SLAS2016 Special Feature page.

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