Strategic Alliances Bring Special Sessions to SLAS2012

Partnering with like-minded people and organizations multiplies the opportunities to succeed. To that end, SLAS has partnered with several leading scientific organizations to bring you timely and relevant sessions and informational briefings at SLAS2012. Partner sessions include:

Laboratory Products Association (LPA)
Monday, February 6, 7:30 - 8:30 am

LPA and SLAS host a special session to announce the preliminary results of the 2012 North American Laboratory Equipment Purchasing Trends Study. The study addresses emerging trends such as: spending for laboratory products broken down by categories; capital and non-capital equipment budgets; building of new laboratories; personnel issues to include the number of people in the laboratory, hiring, and work load changes; use of social media in the laboratory; and more. K.C. Warawa of K.C. Associates who conducted the joint survey, will present the findings and compare the results to previous studies.

Late Night With LRIG-Rapid Fire Innovation
Monday, February 6, 7 - 9 pm

A highly interactive forum which weaves together all the constituent audiences participating at SLAS2012 to discuss and learn about the latest innovations in technology products and services impacting laboratory automation and screening. Participants will enjoy quick information-bites from approximately 15 companies and a fertile ground for questions-and-answers in an open-space atmosphere. Complimentary refreshments are served. Seating is limited and on a First-come, First-served basis. Admission is FREE.

The following companies were selected to participate:

BioNex Solutions
Sunnyvale, California USA
BioNex Liquid Level Sensing Station

BioTek Instruments, Inc.
Highland Park, Winooski, Vermont USA
ELx405 Select Deep Well Microplate Washer

BioTillion LLC
Skillman, New Jersey USA
Innovation AveNEW Participant
ColdTrack BoxMapper

BSSN Software
Mainz, Germany
Streamlining Contract Research and Contract Laboratory Integration

Corning Life Sciences
Union City, California USA
IMAG: Handheld Magnetic Beads Separation Devices Designed for Accelerating Lab Automation Adoption

Curiox Biosystems
San Carlos, California USA
Freedom From the Constraints of Conventional Cell-Based Assays

CyroGaTT Systems, Ltd.
Buxted, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Innovation AveNEW Participant
Cryo Storage, Stock Control and Audit

Fluxion Biosciences
South San Francisco, California USA
IonFlux Automated Patch Clamp System

HighRes Biosolutions
Woburn, Massachusetts USA
HighRes ACell™ — Compact, Benchtop Lab Automation

Labcyte, Inc.
Sunnyvale, California USA
Echo® Liquid Handler

Lab Services BV
Breda, NB, The Netherlands
Heron, PlateLift +robot Moves each SBS format plates & racks (tubes and tips) into each microplate instrument!

Promega
Madison, Wisconsin USA
ONE-Glo+Tox Luciferase Reporter and Cell Viability Assay

RegenHU, Ltd.
Villaz-St-Pierre, FR, Switzerland
Innovation AveNEW Participant
BioFactory: A Powerful Technology to Create Organotypic Tissue Models for Drug Discovery

Tecan, Durham, North Carolina USA
HP D300 Digital Dispenser

Venomtech, Ltd. Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom
Venom Discovery Array (VDATM)

Analytical and Life Science Systems Association (ALSSA)
Tuesday, February 7, 7 - 9 am

This exclusive invitation-only breakfast provides an informal forum for dialogue among the senior executive of ALSSA members attending SLAS2012 and features presentations from leading academics and users on global trends in laboratory automation technologies and applications and the strategic implications.

For more information on how your scientific organization can become a part of our global strategic alliance program at SLAS2012 in San Diego, contact Mary Geismann SLAS Manager, Administrative Services, at mgeismann@slas.org.