ALA Innovation Award Finalists

ALA announces the finalists for the $10,000 Innovation Award. The ALA Innovation Award recognizes seminal research and development in laboratory automation presented in podium presentations at the annual LabAutomation conference. To be granted the Award, the presented work must be exceedingly innovative contributing to the exploration of automation technologies in the laboratory. In addition, it must exhibit independence of thought, clarity of vision, extraordinary technical originality, and unique integration and automation strategies.

We are pleased to announce the ALA Innovation Award finalists:

  • Darryl Bornhop, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
    Molecular Interaction Studies Using Backscattering Interferometry

  • Leo Chan, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
    A General Method for Screening Protein-DNA Interactions Using Label-Free Photonic Crystal Biosensor Microplates

  • Vincent Gau, Ph.D., Genefluidics, Monterey Park, California
    Microfluidic Cartridge System For Multiplexed Clinical Analysis

  • Larry Gold, Ph.D., SomaLogic, Boulder, Colorado
    Proteomics, Biomarker Discovery, and Novel Diagnostics

  • Klavs Jensen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Microfluidic Synthesis of Nano Materials at High Pressures and Temperatures

  • Fred King, Ph.D., Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Santa Barbara, California
    The Development of an uHTS Reporter Gene Assay Platform for Determination of the Cellular Mechanism of Action of Small Molecules

  • John Oliver, Ph.D., NABsys Inc., Providence, Rhode Island
    Solid-State Nanopores as a Detector for Genome Scale Sequencing by Hybridization

  • Gavin Reid, Ph.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
    Mass Spectrometry Strategies to Identify Potential Lipid Biomarkers of Diabetic Retinopathy

  • Hyongsok (Tom) Soh, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
    High Performance Magnetic Separation in Microfluidic Channels

  • Mehmet Yanik, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    High-Throughput on-Chip in vivo Screening of Whole Animals at Sub-Cellular Resolution