
Carleen Klumpp-Thomas
Automation Group Leader
NIH/NCATS
Carleen Klumpp-Thomas currently leads the Automation Group at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NIH/NCATS) in Rockville MD. Carleen manages and runs all of the automated screening platforms for NCATS Research Services Section (RSS). RSS’ multi-disciplinary capabilities enables the ongoing operation of all of NCATS’ research activities. These automated platforms perform a wide variety of experiment types ranging from biochemical, cell based, RNAi and other existing and novel assay technologies. Carleen’s automation and engineering expertise has been critical for projects ranging from cancer to Ebola to Parkinson’s disease. The advanced instrumentation, protocols and methods are necessary to keep NCATS at the leading edge of scientific research and Carleen manages these requirements with ease, all while staying in constant communication with all researchers. Carleen earned her B.S. degree in Bioengineering from Syracuse University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Presentation(s):
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Integrating Environmentally Friendly Tactics into a High-Throughput Screening Setting
Tuesday, February 6
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM