Previous LRIG Events
 May 2007 — Trends in Accelerating Drug Discovery Research
Presentations:
Parallel Drug Lead Optimization with Early ADMET
John Wang, Ph.D., Associate Director, Novartis
An Integrated Approach to Process Automation in Research and Development at Medarex, Inc.
Denise Williams, Assistant Director, Research Automation Services, Medarex, Inc.
Trends in Sample Storage Automation
W. Steven Fillers, Ph.D., VP & CSO, TekCel LLC
A Simple and Rapid Methodology for Determination of Enzyme/Substrate Specificity using Micro Parallel Liquid Chromatography
Jeff Koehler, Principle Scientist, Nanostream
BioTek’s Synergy™ 2, A Multi-Detection Microplate Reader Capable of Quantitating cAMP and TNF-a Using Various Homogeneous Assay HTS Technologies
Paul Held, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, BioTek Instruments
High Throughput Screening via RapidFire™ Mass Spectrometry
Can Ozbal, BioTrove, Inc.
The Latest in Screening Data Management with ActivityBase XE
Sermed Naaman, IDBS
April 2006 — Advances in fluorescence-based cellular assays
Presentations:
Opening Remarks
Mike Biros, MBA, LRIG Bay Area
DiscoveRx PathHunter Assays: Non-Imaging Translocation Detection For Pathway Profiling
Keith Olson, Ph.D., DiscoveRx
HaloTag: A Multipurpose Fusion Protein Tag for Analysis of Dynamic Cellular Events
Randall Learish, Ph.D., Promega
Novel Automated Imaging Approach for Multi-parametric Measurements of Cytotoxicity
Michael Honeysett, MBA, GE Healthcare
Molecular Devices Total Imaging Solution Case Study: ImageXpress Ultra Confocal, Transfluor and AcuityXpress Informatics Analysis
Pierre Turpin, Ph.D., Molecular Devices Corporation
EasyCyte Volumetric Flow Cytometer & GuavaLink Automation Software: A flexible System to Automate Fluorescence Screening of In Vitro Toxicology, Cell Counting, Cell Based and IgG Quantitation Assays
Ben Alderete, Guava Technologies
PerkinElmer: New Developments in Homogenous AlphaScreen and LANCE Assays
Allan Atkinson Ph.D.
March 2005 — Current bottlenecks in laboratory automation
Presentations:
Are you compatible with today's automated laboratory?
Mike Biros, LRIG Bay Area Executive Chair, Mountain View
Building a fully integrated screening operation from scratch
Ge Wu, Ph.D., Director Assay Development and Automation, FivePrime, South San Francisco
Setting up an automated high-throughput screening lab in academia
David E. Solow-Cordero, Ph.D., Associate Director, High-Throughput Bioscience Center, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Bottlenecks in lab automation: constraints on sequencing automation
Steven Wilson, Instrumentation Specialist, DOE Joint Genome Initiate, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, Walnut Creek
November 2004 — Advances in fluorescence assay technologies
Presentations:
 Implementing intra-well assay controls using the CellCard™ System
Ion channel assay development on the synergy HT multi-detection microplate reader from Bio-Tek
Quantitation of cell health in high content screening assays
Two-dimensional anisotropy for homogenous object-based fluorimetry
Using flow cytometry to enhance signal:noise in cell-based assays
Use of microcytometry in cell health monitoring and secondary screening applications
February 2004 — Validation of laboratory liquid handling systems
September 2003 — Open communication standards and approaches for laboratory automation
April 2004 — HTS: recent advances in automating kinase assays
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