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Scientific Innovation and Inspiration Highlight an Energetic LabAutomation2009
Industry visionaries from academia, government, and industry spearheads this year's conference:
Klavs F. Jensen, Ph.D., Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Abele, Co-founder, Boston Scientific
Jeffrey Wigand, Ph.D., Real-life scientist behind Russell Crowe's character in the Academy Award nominated movie, "The Insider."
Cutting the ribbon for the official opening of LabAutomation2009 (L-R):
Hansjörg Haas; R. Scott Martin, LabAutomation2009 Scientific Committee Chair; Rob Nail, general manager, Agilent Automation Solutions Division, premier sponsor; and Erik Rubin, ALA President
LabAutomation2009 featured the world's largest exhibition on laboratory automation with 425 booths on the exhibit floor showcasing technologies from 250 multi-national companies, including 45 first-time LabAutomation exhibitors, and featured more than 25 new product launches.
FIRST returns in partnership with ALA for LabAutomation2009. This year FIRST features Team Spyder from Poway, California and the Tehachapi Cyber Penguins from Tehachapi, California.
The LabAutomation2009 Opening Night Launch Celebration, sponsored by Agilent Technologies, kick-started the conference with the uplifting beats of the legendary California band Papa Doo Run Run.
Innovation and Achievement Abound at LabAutomation2009
$10,000 ALA Innovation Award winner
Hyongsok (Tom) Soh, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, was honored for his podium presentation, "High Performance Magnetic Separation in Microfluidic Channels."
In its third year, ALA's New Product Award (NPA) Designation recognized the top three outstanding new products showcased at LabAutomation2009:
Agilent Technologies - Agilent Direct Drive Robot
GeneFluidics - PROTEUS ROBOTIC SYSTEM
METTLER TOLEDO - QUANTOS QB1
LabAutomation2009 Student Poster Winners:
First Place — Vinu Venkatraman, Portland State University
"Iridium Oxide Nanomonitors for Real-Time Health Monitoring Systems"
Second Place — Raghunandan M. Kainkaryam, University of Michigan
"poolMC: Smart Pooling of mRNA Samples in Microarray Experiments"
Third Place — Nicholas G. Batz, Saint Louis University
"Selective Detection of Endogenous Thiols Using Microchip-Based Flow Analysis and Mercury/Gold Amalgams Microelectrodes"
