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Label Free Bioanalytical Techniques for Hit Identification and Optimisation
- Monday, 10:30 AMHigh-throughput MALDI TOF mass spectrometry for drug discovery in the ubiquitin systemSponsored By:
- Monday, 11:00 AMHigh throughput acoustic mass spectrometry: Development and delivery of a biochemical screenSponsored By:
- Monday, 11:30 AMThe Use of Backscattering Interferometry to Study Compound Binding to GPCRsSponsored By:
- Monday, 12:00 PMHigh Throughput Screening and Label-Free Characterization of Molecular Interactions Using a 32-spot ArraySponsored By:
- Monday, 10:30 AMHigh-throughput MALDI TOF mass spectrometry for drug discovery in the ubiquitin system
Targeted Biomarker Analysis
- Monday, 3:00 PMEffect of Controlled Diet on Biomarker Measurements in the ClinicSponsored By:
- Monday, 3:30 PMThe SOMAscan® assay and SOMAmer® reagents: Translatable tools from high-throughput biomarker discovery to targeted assaysSponsored By:
- Monday, 4:00 PM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Inkjet printing technology for facilitated at will antimicrobial susceptibility testing (FAST) in under 5 hours: addressing the needs of a so-called 'post-antibiotic era'.Sponsored By:
- Monday, 4:30 PMEarwax: A Neglected Body Secretion or a Step Ahead in Clinical Diagnosis!Sponsored By:
- Monday, 3:00 PMEffect of Controlled Diet on Biomarker Measurements in the Clinic
Target Identification After Phenotypic Screening
- Tuesday, 10:30 AMStrategies and technologies to identify targets from phenotypic screens by quantitative proteomicsSponsored By:
- Tuesday, 11:00 AMDeconvolution of Targets for Small Molecules Using a Palladium-Cleavable Capture TagSponsored By:
- Tuesday, 11:30 AMUnravelling the target and novel MOA of a tuberculosis phenotypic hitSponsored By:
- Tuesday, 12:00 PMDiscovery of the NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor CP-456,773 (CRID3) through phenotypic screeningSponsored By:
- Tuesday, 10:30 AMStrategies and technologies to identify targets from phenotypic screens by quantitative proteomics
Phenotypic and High Content Screening Assays
- Monday, 10:30 AMKinetic Imaging of Calcium and Voltage Activity in hiPSC-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons Relevant to Parkinson’s
- Monday, 11:00 AMHigh-content imaging and single cell analysis for the systematic discovery and molecular dissection of novel pathways regulating nuclear architecture
- Monday, 11:30 AMParsing cellular homogeneity from heterogeneous stem cell cultures
- Monday, 12:00 PMLight sheet microscopy for high content 3-D imaging of 3-D tissue cultures in a 96-well plate format
Biochemical and Biophysical Screening
- Monday, 3:00 PMUse of Biophysical Technologies to Identify and Characterize Hit Compounds for NR3A Subunit of NMDA Receptors
- Monday, 3:30 PMAnalysis of bispecific interactions with the switchSENSE biosensor
- Monday, 4:00 PMTargeting Structurally and Functionally Diverse Nucleic Acids with Druglike Small Molecules
- Monday, 4:30 PMUnlocking the RNA target space: In search for selective small molecule RNA binders
Assay Platforms for Biologics
- Tuesday, 10:30 AMDiscovering Antibodies to a Moving Target
- Tuesday, 11:00 AMDeveloping an Assay Platform for Screening and Characterisation of Antibody Drug Conjugates
- Tuesday, 11:30 AM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Automated 3D Cell Culture Platform for Investigating Chemoresistance and Efficacy of Antibody-based Therapeutics
- Tuesday, 12:00 PMEvaluation of protein adsorption from peptides to antibodies to laboratory consumables
Rational Screen Design
- Tuesday, 3:00 PMPhenotypic personalized medicine as a powerful discovery platform for the optimization of multidrug treatments for cancer
- Tuesday, 3:30 PMDesigning workflows and compound sets for combination screens
- Tuesday, 4:00 PMFragment-Based Assisted HTS: a Novel Approach to Traditional Drug Discovery
- Tuesday, 4:30 PMUsing Data to Decide Which Compounds to Screen: Considering Cytotoxicity in Compound Selection, and Utilizing ‘Informer Compound Sets’ and Iterative Screening to Decrease Experimental Effort and Cost
Screening the Undruggable
- Wednesday, 9:30 AMInterrogating Protein-Protein Interactions in Cancer
- Wednesday, 10:00 AMHot spotting with thermal scanning: a ligand- and structure-independent assessment of target drugability/ligandability
- Wednesday, 10:30 AMIdentifying Allosteric Modifiers of K-Ras using Second Harmonic Generation
- Wednesday, 11:00 AMDrugging Protein Phosphatases for the Treatment of Cancers
Cellular Manipulation and Genome Editing in Screening Assay Design
- Wednesday, 1:30 PMDeveloping CRISPR/Cas9 tools to functionalize the coding and noncoding genome.
- Wednesday, 2:00 PMDroplet microfluidic- based 3D tumor models for cancer therapeutic screening
- Wednesday, 2:30 PMGenome-wide siRNA high-content screen identifies novel muscle differentiation regulators as therapeutic targets for rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wednesday, 3:00 PMA Genome-wide pooled CRISPR knockout screen identifies necrosome regulatory mechanisms.
Screening Automation: Modular vs. Highly integrated systems
- Monday, 10:30 AMDevelopment of Small Modular Systems to Enable New Scientific Applications
- Monday, 11:00 AMConnecting Hits to Leads through Fit-for-Purpose Automation Solutions
- Monday, 11:30 AMModular, fully integrated or collaborative automation – what happens when you want it all ?
- Monday, 12:00 PMIterative Design of an Automated Organism Foundry
High Content and High Throughput Automation
- Monday, 3:00 PMPast, present & future – AstraZeneca’s experience, learning and vision in the delivery of automated High Content Screening
- Monday, 3:30 PMMultiplexed Live Cell Phenotypic Screening: Cell level vs Multi-variant Well Level Analysis
- Monday, 4:00 PMThe European Lead Factory: an efficient open-innovation platform with unique screening capabilities
- Monday, 4:30 PMApp Store and High Performance Computing for High Content Screening
Automating Phenotypic and Target Based Discovery using Parallel Automated Approaches
- Tuesday, 10:30 AMMultiplexed Human Cell Based Assays for Medium Throughput Screening
- Tuesday, 11:00 AM3D Shaped Cell Microcarriers for Cell Culture, Manipulation, High-throughput Analysis, and Sorting of Adherent Cells
- Tuesday, 11:30 AMPhenotypic Screening to identify modulators of immune cell effector functions
- Tuesday, 12:00 PM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Spheroid microarrays to rapidly screen spheroid morphology and protein expression for regenerative medicine, toxicology and cancer research
Using Physiologically-relevant Models for Automated Screens
- Tuesday, 3:00 PMReconciling Throughput and Physiological Relevance in High Throughput Screening
- Tuesday, 3:30 PMHTS Tumor:Stroma Co-Culture Spheroid Platform Reveals CAF-Specific Chemotherapeutic Targets
- Tuesday, 4:00 PMA novel high-throughput multi-parametric drug screening method for 3D tumor spheroids using Celigo image cytometer
- Tuesday, 4:30 PMmicroHeart: A screening-ready, physiologically relevant human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte platform
Automating Novel Analytical Tools for PKA, Drug-Drug Combination and Synergy Assays, Drug Repurposing
- Wednesday, 9:30 AMUnbiased high throughput drug combination screening identifies synergistic drug combinations effective in patient derived melanoma cell lines
- Wednesday, 10:00 AMDrug repurposing identifies drug combinations to combat emerging infectious diseases
- Wednesday, 10:30 AMIdentification of KRAS Mutant Selective Inhibitors of Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth Via Parallel Phenotypic High-throughput Screening of Approved Drugs
- Wednesday, 11:00 AMRetrospective Analysis of 18 Activity Based Protein Profiling HTS Assays for the Identification of Selective Inhibitors of Disease Relevant Enzymes
In-house Automation: Devices and Software Developed Internally
- Wednesday, 1:30 PMGlobal Innovations and Technologies Team (GLINT): Building (in-house) Advancements for Science and Technology
- Wednesday, 2:00 PMAutomated Magnetic Bead Protein Purification
- Wednesday, 2:30 PMLab-Made Technology for NGS Library Construction at the BC Cancer Agency
- Wednesday, 3:00 PMThe PetriJet laboratory automation platform- one device to rule them all
Career Connections:
Mentoring Sessions / One-on-One Career Counseling Sessions / Job Boards in the SLAS Member CenterCareer Connections
- Monday, 1:00 PMCareer Connections
Mentoring 101 for Scientists Part I - Finding Mentors and Being the Best Mentee You Can Be; Joanne Kamens, Ph.D., Executive Director, Addgene - Monday, 1:00 PMSLAS Author Services Info Session: Meet SLAS Technology Editor-in-Chief Edward Kai-Hua Chow of the National University of Singapore
- Monday, 1:30 PMSLAS Author Services Info Sessions: Using Kudos to Get More People to Read and Cite Your Research Beth Berry of SAGE Publishing
- Monday, 2:00 PMCareer Connections:
Mentoring Sessions / One-on-One Career Counseling Sessions / Job Boards in the SLAS Member Center - Monday, 2:00 PMSLAS Author Services Info Sessions: Accelerate Life Sciences Research with Atypon Literatum Beth Berry of SAGE Publishing
- Tuesday, 7:30 AMCareer Connections
Grants Process and Funding Opportunities from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); Daniel Gossett, Ph.D., Program Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Monday, 1:00 PMCareer Connections
Career Connections: Mentoring Sessions / One-on-One Career Counseling Sessions / Job Boards
Career Connections
Mentoring 101 for Scientists Part II - Best Practices for the Mentor (And Anyone Can Be One!); Joanne Kamens, Ph.D. Executive Director, AddgeneCareer Connections
- Tuesday, 1:00 PMSLAS Author Services Info Session: Meet SLAS Discovery Editor-in-Chief Robert Campbell of Eli Lilly and Company
- Tuesday, 1:30 PMSLAS Author Services Info Session: Distinguish Yourself in the Literature with ORCID
- Tuesday, 2:00 PMCareer Connections:
Mentoring Sessions / One-on-One Career Counseling Sessions / Job Boards in the SLAS Member Center - Tuesday, 2:00 PMSLAS Author Services Info Sessions: Social Media Strategies for Journal Authors Lynn Valastyan of SLAS and Beth Berry of SAGE Publishing
- Wednesday, 7:30 AMCANCELED: Surviving a Non-Academic Interview: What to Say, and When, Colin White, Ph.D., CEO and Founder, White Consulting
- Wednesday, 8:00 AMCareeer Connections:
SLAS Author Workshop: How to Prepare a Manuscript for Publication, SLAS Discovery Editor-in-Chief Robert M. Campbell, PhD (Eli Lilly & Co.) and SLAS Technology Editor-in-Chief Edward Kai-Hua Chow, PhD (National University of Singapore).
Advances in Genome Editing Technologies
- Monday, 10:30 AMComparison of Cas9 activators in multiple species.
- Monday, 11:00 AMGenome engineering with targeted recombinases
- Monday, 11:30 AMUsing engineered model organisms and high throughput screening tools to automate and scale the drug discovery process for rare genetic diseases
- Monday, 12:00 PMGenome ad Epigenome Editing with ZFNS and CRISPR
Development of Cellular Models for Phenotypic Screening
- Monday, 3:00 PMSystematic validation of disease-specific genetic association data in cellular models
- Monday, 3:30 PMCalibrating human adipocyte assays for type 2 diabetes target validation
- Monday, 4:00 PMDeveloping assay technologies to realize the potential of iPSC technology in drug discovery
- Monday, 4:30 PMToward primary drug screening using iPSC-derived human motor neurons in 1536-well plates
Genetic Screens for Target Discovery and Validation
- Tuesday, 10:30 AMTherapy of Lymphoma Inspired by Functional and Structural Genomics
- Tuesday, 11:00 AMPooled genome-wide screens as a powerful tool for discovering drug resistance genes in cancer
- Tuesday, 11:30 AMTarget Devalidation by CRISPR/Cas9 Technology
- Tuesday, 12:00 PMHigh resolution CRISPR screens for mapping the human essentialome
Let There Be Light: Informatics Approaches to Exploring the Dark Genome
- Monday, 10:30 AMIlluminating the Druggable Proteome
- Monday, 11:00 AMOpen Targets Platform: mining gene-disease evidence for improved drug target selection
- Monday, 11:30 AMDr. Gene Budger: A Web Application to Predict Drugs to Modulate the Expression of a Specific Gene
- Monday, 12:00 PMGene-network based predictive modeling to identify biomarkers for high dimensional genomic data
The Challenges and Benefits of Collaboration
- Monday, 3:00 PMHow Can Informatics Systems Help External Collaborations Succeed?Sponsored By:
- Monday, 3:30 PM'Virtual' R&D in Pharma: What are the Virtues (and Vices)?Sponsored By
- Monday, 4:00 PMHow to solve the logistical challenges of collaborating to enable efficient access to innovation and expertise.Sponsored By
- Monday, 4:30 PMUtilizing Cloud Technology to Solve Challenges in Modern LaboratoriesSponsored By
- Monday, 3:00 PMHow Can Informatics Systems Help External Collaborations Succeed?
Enhancing Scientific Reproducibility and Reuse Through Better Workflow and Data Technologies
- Tuesday, 10:30 AMStanding up for the quality of our data: A voluntary commitment to research quality assurance.
- Tuesday, 11:00 AMCloud-based design and data analytics for reproducible, reusable science
- Tuesday, 11:30 AMDigitizing Discovery Lab Workflow
- Tuesday, 12:00 PMToward quality management in cancer proteomics
Making Scientific Data 100x Easier to Use
- Tuesday, 3:00 PMA comprehensive Information Management Strategy for the improvement of data and information quality across research
- Tuesday, 3:30 PMManaging data-driven automation: Data workflows of an image-based automated cancer screen for cell viability and chemosensitivity
- Tuesday, 4:00 PMAnIML 1.0: Releasing a universal data format for analytical and biological data
- Tuesday, 4:30 PMFrom patient to drug: Developing new drug strategies for patient profiles with text analytics and literature mining
Informatics of Drug Design and Compound Life Cycle Management
- Wednesday, 9:30 AMHarnessing and Sharing Science, Data and Knowledge Within an Organization
- Wednesday, 10:00 AMIn silico intervention to improve the quality of decisions in the Design-Make-Test cycle for small molecule drug discovery
- Wednesday, 10:30 AMThe Application of Project Management Tools and Practices to Lead Discovery in an Academic Environment
- Wednesday, 11:00 AMMultiple Research Platforms: One Single Data Sharing Portal
The Digital Dark Hole: Handling Large-Scale Data for Use, Reuse, and Sharing
- Wednesday, 1:30 PMA Reproducible Science Platform for Translational Bioinformatics
- Wednesday, 2:00 PMPubChem BioAssay: a continuous effort towards open HTS data sharing
- Wednesday, 2:30 PMThe Visual Assay™ Platform: Using Mobile Devices and Workflow Technology In the Lab to Capture & Share Assay Data For Improved Data Integrity and Reproducibility
- Wednesday, 3:00 PMPublishing Data: Credit Where Credit is Due
Hard Targets - Success Through Collaborations
- Tuesday, 3:00 PMCase-study in consortium-based drug discovery: allosteric inhibition of the AAA ATPase p97
- Tuesday, 3:30 PMDiscovery of Kynurenine Monooxygenase inhibitors for the prevention of multiple organ failure in Severe Acute Pancreatitis – an Industrial-Academic partnership
- Tuesday, 4:00 PMThe Dementia Consortium: building partnerships to address early stage neurodegeneration drug discovery
- Tuesday, 4:30 PMCollaborative development of advanced bioluminescence resonance energy transfer approaches
Uniting Phenotypic and Target-Based Drug Discovery
- Wednesday, 9:30 AMDifferences in the Therapeutic Hypotheses associated with Phenotypic and Target-Based screening.
- Wednesday, 10:00 AMCombining of Phenotypic and Target-based Approaches Helped Identification and Characterization of Antiviral Activity of GS-5734.
- Wednesday, 10:30 AMCombining Target-Based and Phenotypic Discovery Assays for Drug Repurposing
- Wednesday, 11:00 AMPhenotypic screening identifies a small molecule that inhibits PCSK9 protein translation and directly binds to the human 80S ribosome
Non-Traditional Modalities as Therapeutics
- Wednesday, 1:30 PMDesign Considerations for Synthetic Macrocycles as Drugs
- Wednesday, 2:00 PMDevelopment of an ELT Selection Method for Irreversible Inhibitors
- Wednesday, 2:30 PMSmall Libraries, Big Impact: Leveraging focused screens for rapid identification of target space/vulnerabilities.
- Wednesday, 3:00 PMMessenger RNA as a novel therapeutic platform
Exhibitor Tutorial
- Monday, 12:30 PMBiosero Tutorial: Applications of Green Button Go Automation Scheduling Software for Small and Large Automation Platforms
- Monday, 12:30 PMBMG LABTECH Exhibitor Tutorial: How to Perform Real-Time, Walk-Away, Cell Health Assays
- Monday, 12:30 PMLabcyte Exhibitor Tutorial: Genomic Applications using the Labcyte Echo® Series of Liquid Handlers
- Monday, 12:30 PMMolecular Devices Exhibitor Tutorial: High-throughput analysis of complex 3D cell models, including iPSC-derived liver cells through new, automated techniques
- Monday, 12:30 PMPerkinElmer Exhibitor Tutorial: An End-To-End 3D Cell Culture Workflow: Grow, Read, Decide
- Monday, 12:30 PMThermo Fisher Scientific Exhibitor Tutorial: Synthetic Biology Automation
- Monday, 12:30 PMTitian Software Exhibitor Tutorial: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Titian Software, HighRes Biosolutions: A collaboration to implement seamless workflow management.
- Monday, 2:00 PMGenedata Screener for SPR: An Efficient Solution for Small and Large Molecule Screening Analysis Workflows
- Monday, 2:00 PMIntelliCyt Exhibitor Tutorial: Phenotypic Screening Realized. Breaking new ground in suspension cell screening with the IntelliCyt platform
- Monday, 2:00 PMLab Services B.V. Exhibitor Tutorial: Automated Platform & Method Design; Optimized by Simulation
- Monday, 2:00 PMLumigen Exhibitor Tutorial: A High Throughput Immunoassay Application: Monoclonal Antibody Screening
- Monday, 2:00 PMMultispan Exhibitor Tutorial: Striking a balance between physiologically relevant GPCR Assays and suitability for screening
- Monday, 2:00 PMParker Hannifin Exhibitor Tutorial: How automated cell analysis and selection creates standardization in the differentiation and expansion process
- Monday, 2:00 PMTakara Bio, Inc. Exhibitor Tutorial: Efficient, footprint-free gene editing of iPS cells using CRISPR/Cas9 for disease modeling and drug screening applications
- Monday, 2:00 PMThermo Fisher Scientific Exhibitor Tutorial: New fully automated system for nucleic acid and protein purification
- Tuesday, 9:30 AMAutomation powered by Genera, true dynamic scheduler and integration framework applied to different lifesciense applications.
- Tuesday, 9:30 AMBMG LABTECH Exhibitor Tutorial: High-throughput solutions for screening cellular metabolic activity and mitochondrial toxicity
- Tuesday, 9:30 AMBruker Daltonics Exhibitor Tutorial: Accelerating High Throughput Screening with Bruker MALDI Mass Spec
- Tuesday, 9:30 AMCorning Life Sciences Exhibitor Tutorial: 3-Dimensional Cell Culture Systems, Novel Technologies, and Their Use at the Laboratory Bench
- Tuesday, 9:30 AMGenedata Exhibitor Tutorial: Effortlessly scale up automated patch clamp research with Genedata Screener
- Tuesday, 9:30 AMLumigen Exhibitor Tutorial: Making Immunoassay Development, Validations and Sample Analysis Fast, Easy and Cost-Effective Presented by Beckman Coulter Lumigen and Thermo Fisher Scientificâ„¢
- Tuesday, 9:30 AMPerkinElmer Exhibitor Tutorial: The benefits of Alpha SureFire Ultra assay sensitivity and modularity: Singleplex and Multiplex protein phosphorylation quantification in relevant cellular models and functional activity measurement in antibodies
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMAgilent Exhibitor Tutorial: An Automation Solution for NGS Library Prep in a Growing Molecular Genetics Lab
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMArtel Exhibitor Tutorial: Best Practices for Equipment Calibration and Analytical Controls in the Diagnostics Laboratory
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMBeckman Coulter Exhibitor Tutorial: Advances in Cellular Automation
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMBiodesy Exhibitor Tutorial: Biodesy Delta: Screening with Structural Insight
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMBMG LABTECH Exhibitor Tutorial: Real Time Detection of G-protein Coupled Receptors in Living Cells
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMFesto Exhibitor Tutorial: Make vs. buy - Choosing automated pipetting options
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMIntelliCyt Exhibitor Tutorial: Rethink Possible: Phenotypic and Functional Screening in Immunology and Beyond with the IntelliCyt platform
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMLabcyte Exhibitor Tutorial: AstraZeneca, Labcyte, Brooks Life Science Systems and Titian Software: A collaboration to revolutionize sample management with acoustic tube-based storage and dispensing technologies.
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMPerkinElmer Exhibitor Tutorial: Automated and Integrated Workflows for Genomic and Phenotypic Analysis in rapid drug discovery
- Tuesday, 12:30 PMTranscriptic Exhibitor Tutorial: AbbVie's creation of the virtual pharma through Transcriptic's robotic cloud lab platform
- Tuesday, 1:30 PMBeckman Coulter Exhibitor Tutorial: Accelerate Biomarker Discovery and Improve Results Using Automation
- Tuesday, 2:00 PMBiosero, Inc. Exhibitor Tutorial: Inaugural Green Button Go Automation and Scheduling Software User Group Meeting
- Tuesday, 2:00 PMCellular Dynamics & Hamamatsu Exhibitor Tutorial: Calcium Handling Assays with Human iPSC-derived Cell Types
- Tuesday, 2:00 PMTTP Labtech Exhibitor Tutorial: Assay development into HTS: redefining reagent dispensing
- Wednesday, 12:00 PMHamilton Exhibitor Tutorial: Using high-throughput automation to democratize access to genetic information
Late Night with LRIG - Rapid-Fire Innovation Session
- Monday, 6:00 PMinfinitesimal's New Single Cell Transfection System
- Monday, 6:00 PMLabel-Free Ultra-High Throughput Screening by MALDI Mass Spectrometry: One Million Samples per Week
- Monday, 6:00 PMLionheart FX Automated Live Cell Imager
- Monday, 6:00 PMMicro Dispense – New Precision in Liquid Handling
- Monday, 6:00 PMNanotech Biomachines, Inc. (Nanotech Bio): The Rise of Bioelectronic Lead Discovery
- Monday, 6:00 PMNot All Cell Lines Are Created Equal - Impact of Surface Expression on GPCR Assays
- Monday, 6:40 PMAcouTrap: Trapping and enriching cells, bacteria and extracellular vesicles using ultrasound
- Monday, 6:40 PMAssay Development into HTS: Redefining Reagent Dispensing
- Monday, 6:40 PMBioDep - An Entirely New Bio-Coating Technology
- Monday, 6:40 PMCreoptix WAVE - Kinetics at High Sensitivity and with Crude Samples
- Monday, 6:40 PMIntroducing the latest advance for iQue Screener PLUS: Fast is now even more “EXCITING”!
- Monday, 6:40 PMQuantitative Immunoassays in 10 minutes
- Monday, 7:25 PMA New Device for Rapid Ultrasensitive Drug Binding Measurements
- Monday, 7:25 PMDirect Mark ID Technology
- Monday, 7:25 PMIntroduction to MIP Diagnostics Ltd. - "Plastic antibodies"
- Monday, 7:25 PMRevolutionary Compound Distribution Workstation - Flex Swile
- Monday, 7:25 PMUpcyte - Expanded Primary Cells
The Lab Man Podcast - The Lab Man Interviews the Student Poster Winners
The Lab Man Podcast
The Lab Man Podcast -- How to Get More People to Read and Cite Your Research with Kudos and ORCID
The Lab Man Podcast - The Lab Man Interviews New Product Award winners
Digital and Droplet Microfluidics
- Monday, 10:30 AMDrop Based Microfluidics and the Quantitative Biology Revolution
- Monday, 11:00 AMDroplet based functional assay for detecting protease secretion from circulating tumor cells
- Monday, 11:30 AMRapid access to libraries of non-rule-of-five chemotypes via DNA-encoded solid-phase combinatorial synthesis
- Monday, 12:00 PMStability of water-in-oil droplets as micro-reactors for ultrahigh-throughput droplet microfluidics applications
Perspectives on Commercialization of Integrated Micro and Nanofluidic Devices
- Monday, 3:00 PM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Optimizing Clinical Combination Therapy Using a Phenotypic Personalized Medicine Technology Platform
- Monday, 3:30 PM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Transcriptional profiling of single cells using droplet microfluidics
- Monday, 4:00 PMMicrofluidics without Borders: Commercialization Perspectives of High Throughput Applications for Acoustic Droplet Ejection Technology
- Monday, 4:30 PM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Vortex Biosciences technology for fast and label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells from blood samples
Single Cell Analyses
- Tuesday, 10:30 AMPrecision Immunology Through Deeper, Single Cell Profiling
- Tuesday, 11:00 AM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – A High Throughput Technology for the Isolation of Single Cells Using a Nanoliter Dispenser
- Tuesday, 11:30 AMOpen the Doors of Perception: Reproducible data reduction and deep learning bring diagnostic intra-sample comparison to n-dimensional single cell data from cytometry and single cell sequencing.
- Tuesday, 12:00 PMNovel method to dissociate solid tumors into viable single cells using Bulk Lateral Ultrasonic energy
Making Micro-Volume Biology Work: Tools, Techniques & Secrets
- Tuesday, 3:00 PMOptically Actuated Micro-fluidics: Applications in BioMedical R&D
- Tuesday, 3:30 PM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Dynamic Profiling of Anti-tumor Immune Response at the Single-Cell Resolution by Microfluidic Cell Pairing
- Tuesday, 4:00 PMMonoclonal Cell Line Generation and CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Knockout using Automated Single-Cell Electroporation
- Tuesday, 4:30 PMArrayed force-phenotyping of single-cells for high-throughput screening in drug discovery
Bioprinting: Multidimensional Microscale Cellular/Tissue Engineering
- Wednesday, 9:30 AM3D Bioprinted tissue models for substance testing
- Wednesday, 10:00 AM2017 SLAS Innovation Award Top 10 Finalist – Rapid Multi-Material Extrusion Bioprinting
- Wednesday, 10:30 AMOvercoming chemoresistance from heterotypic cellular communication and physical stress in bioprinted and microfluidic 3D cancer models
- Wednesday, 11:00 AMPrecisely Engineered Cellular Arrayed Microenvironments for Highly Selective Cellular Activation and Screening
Microphysiological Systems
- Wednesday, 1:30 PMOrgans-on-Chips: Micro-engineered environments for studying human tissues functions
- Wednesday, 2:00 PMA Microfluidic Model of Kidney and Other Transport Tissues for 96-Well Format Screening of Therapeutics
- Wednesday, 2:30 PMMechanically actuatable airway disease-on-a-chip: a novel platform to study biomechanical basis of human lung disease
- Wednesday, 3:00 PMPerfused intestinal Caco-2 tubules suitable for high throughput screening
Saturday Short Courses
Assay Guidance Workshop for High Throughput Screening and Lead Discovery
Saturday Short Courses
Sunday Short Courses
- Sunday, 8:30 AMAffinity-based, Biophysical Methods for Screening and Mechanistic Studies: How to Effectively Use a Growing Biophysical Toolbox to Find and Characterize Chemical Leads
- Sunday, 8:30 AMData Analytic Concepts for High Throughput Screening & Biomarker Applications (NEW!)
- Sunday, 8:30 AMData Management in the Age of Big Data, Mobile, and the Cloud
- Sunday, 8:30 AMDerivation, Maintenance, and Characterization Techniques for Human iPS Cells Used in Drug Discovery and Disease Modeling
- Sunday, 8:30 AMEstablishing Cell-Based Assays for Screening
- Sunday, 8:30 AMGetting Started with Excel & VBA in the Laboratory (2-Day) - LAPTOP REQUIRED
- Sunday, 8:30 AMHigh Content Screening: An Introduction to Instrumentation, Assay Development, Screening, Image and Data Analysis (NEW!)
- Sunday, 8:30 AMIntroduction to Flow Cytometry (NEW!)Sponsored By:
- Sunday, 8:30 AMLead Generation: A Critical Discussion of Hypothesis & Empirical Strategies
- Sunday, 8:30 AMLiquid Handling Essentials (Interactive Course)
- Sunday, 8:30 AMMulti parametric Analysis of High Content Screening Data (NEW!) - LAPTOP REQUIRED
- Sunday, 8:30 AMNext Generation Sequencing Technology Fundamentals and Applications
- Sunday, 8:30 AMPharmacology in Drug Discovery and Development: New Lives for Receptors as Drug Targets Through Allostery and Biased Signaling (NEW!)
- Sunday, 8:30 AMSample Management: Best Practice, Trends and Challenges
- Sunday, 1:00 PMAdvanced Flow Cytometry (NEW!)Sponsored By:
- Sunday, 1:00 PMAn Introduction to Mass Spectrometry and its Applications within Drug Discovery (NEW!)
- Sunday, 1:00 PMGene Editing for Drug Discovery
Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Tuesday, 8:00 AMHCS/HCA Data and Informatics Special Interest Group (SIG)Sponsored By:
- Tuesday, 8:00 AMSample Management Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Tuesday, 8:00 AMScreen Design and Assay Technology Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Tuesday, 8:00 AMStem Cells and 3D Microtissues Special Interest Group (SIG)Sponsored By:
- Tuesday, 8:00 AMTechnology Transfer and CRO/CMO Project Management Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 8:00 AMCompound Combination Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 8:00 AMLabware Leachables Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 8:00 AMPhenotypic Drug Discovery Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 8:00 AMuHTS Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 8:00 AMWomen Professionals in Science and Technology Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 12:00 PMAcademic Drug Discovery Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 12:00 PMADMET Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 12:00 PMAutomation Quality Control Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Wednesday, 12:00 PMStandards Initiatives Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Tuesday, 8:00 AMHCS/HCA Data and Informatics Special Interest Group (SIG)
Whose Responsibility is Research Reproducibility?
Regenerative Medicine: Next Generation Treatments
- Wednesday, 9:30 AMProgress and Challenges in Translational iPS Cell Research
- Wednesday, 10:00 AMAngiopellosis as an alternative mechanism of cell extravasation
- Wednesday, 10:30 AMModeling developmental brain disorders using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells
- Wednesday, 11:00 AMStandardized generation of patient-specific and gene-corrected induced pluripotent stem cell lines for disease modeling and drug screening