Please join us for the next Laboratory Robotics Interest Group Bay Area Event!
 Next Event: Emerging Applications and Technologies for
Small Animal Imaging and Disease Detection
Date and Time: May 12, 2009
Location: Embassy Suites Hotel, 250 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco
The National Cancer Institute has played a leading role in combining efforts in nanotechnology with cancer research with the goal of transforming the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in the future. Many life science and drug discovery laboratories have adopted small animal imaging technologies to accelerate the discovery of new drugs and therapeutics, in what is widely believed, to be a more efficient process. This conference will focus on emerging technologies and instrumentation from academic and commercial researchers that offer new noninvasive imaging tools for a diverse array of applications. Zymera is an early-stage nanobiotechnology company pioneering the commercialization of self-illuminating red to near infrared (NIR) emitting quantum dot technologies for preclinical imaging and as an analytical platform for molecular detection. Zymera’s co-founder, Dr. JiangHong Rao (Stanford) will introduce you to this exciting technology that requires no external light source for light emission. The second speaker, Adam de la Zerda is a Ph.D. candidate in the Gambhir lab (Stanford) who has pioneered photoacoustic molecular imaging and its applications to cancer research. The third speaker, Dr. Stephen Oldfield, (Caliper) will present examples of “drug development success stories” through molecular imaging. The fourth speaker, Dr. Evan Cromwell will present the “rest of the story” on high throughput imaging of Zebrafish. The program will end with a presentation on employment and research realities for the research community and how to survive the downturns.
Please register for this event to help us gauge attendance. If you are new to LRIG, new member registration is free and simple. Current members can visit the registration page. When you arrive at the event, you’ll receive your name tag and complimentary beverage coupon for our hosted bar.
To submit an abstract, please contact Steve Miller, Program Chair: Steve_miller@zymera.com
For details on exhibiting at the next event, contact Ginger Cooper, Exhibit Chair: gingercooper@gmail.com
For general questions, contact Mike Biros, Executive Chair: mbiros@biotrove.com
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Well A1
Array tape?
I've been investigating and evaluating different technologies for performing some genotyping assays. Recently I ran across the Array Tape Technology from Douglas Scientific. Can anyone share their experience with this
technology and/or company?
Financial incentives for lab automation
The subject pretty well covers it: I'm looking for information on the financial consequences of implementing lab automation systems (robotics, LIMS, ELN, etc.) in any lab environment. Were the incentives for doing a project financial, what were the results, etc. If the savings were from reduced labor costs, how were they reflected in the labs budget (didn't have to hire more people, savings on overtime, etc.).
These questions and more were addressed this month on the LRIG Discussion Group. Tap into the global network of laboratory automation experts by joining today. This active board posts questions — and answers — from over 1300 members.
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