Industry-Sponsored Workshops

Workshops That Help You Focus on the Future

Exhibitors host a 90-minute workshops that assists with the unique issues, challenges, and possible solutions that you need for another year of achievement in laboratory automation. Workshops are held on Monday and Tuesday, January 28-29 from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Workshops are open to all registered ALA attendees

Special Workshop
Special Workshop on Volunteering With FIRST
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. and 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Monday, January 28, 2008
ARTEL (Booth 551)
Determining Dilution Accuracy in Microtiter Plate Assays Using the Artel Multichannel Verification System MVS®

Beckman Coulter, Inc. (Booth 227)
Automation and Detection of a GPCR Functional Assay

Corning Incorporated (Booth 337)
Label-Free High-Throughput Screen of Endogenously Expressed Beta 2 Adrenergic Receptor in Live Human Epidormoid Carcinoma Cells With the Corning Epic® System

Eppendorf North America (Booth 151)
Taking Statistics Seriously: Benefits of Automation in Real-Time PCR

Labcyte, Inc. (Booth 479), Corning Incorporated (Booth 337), Deerac Fluidics (Booth 242), BMG Labtech (Booth 590), Labcyte, Inc. (Booth 356), and Promega (Booth 257)
Assay Optimization and Kinase Profiling in µHTS Format

PerkinElmer (Booth 427)
Automation and Application Partnership Approaches from Screening to Clinical Diagnostics

QIAGEN (Booth 204)
QIAsymphony® SP — Pure performance

Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Booth 351)
Automating Chemistry for Accuracy and Efficiency in the Lab

Tecan (Booth 305)
Innovative Solutions Flow With Tecan Robotics

Thermo Scientific (Booth 405, 419)
Introducing Thermo Scientific Momentum—the Can Do Automation Management Software

Velocity11 (Booth 327)
Controlled Environments in Laboratory Automation

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
ARTEL (Booth 551)
Understanding Method Transfer Pitfalls: Accuracy Matters When Transferring a Quantitative, Bench-top Assay to Automation

Beckman Coulter (Booth 227) and Genentech, Inc.
Integration of High-Throughput Laboratory Automation or Cell Culture Process Monitoring Technologies

Corning Incorporated (Booth 337) and The Automation Partnership (Booth 437)
Cell Culture Scale Up Solutions Utilizing Automation in Conjunction With High Yield Culture Vessels

Dionex Corporation (Booth 173)
Advanced Automation Tools for Increased Productivity in the HPLC Laboratory

IDBS (Booth 238)
Data Management for HTS and HCS Screening

Promega Corporation (Booth 257)
Personal Automation Enhances Nucleic Acid & Recombinant Protein Sample Prep Activity

RTS Life Science Limited (Booth 205) and Labcyte, Inc. (Booth 356)
A New Flexible Approach to Compound Library Management Using the Labcyte Echo

Yole Développement (Booth 612)
What Are The Key Trends in Microfluidics For The Next 5 Years?

Sunday, January 27, 2008
PerkinElmer (Booth 427) — 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.