Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation

August 2006: Volume 11, Number 4

Table of Contents

• Original Report
  
  Verifying Liquid Handler Performance for Complex or Non-Aqueous Reagents: A New Approach
  By Keith Albert, John Thomas Bradshaw, Tanya R. Knaide and Alexis Rogers
  
  Label-Free Profiling of Ligands for Endogenous GPCRs Using a Cell-based High Throughput Screening Technology
  By Ye Fang, Guangshan Li, and Ann Ferrie
  
  Non-Invasive Fluid Property Measurements Using Acoustic Methods
  By Michael Forbush
  
  Novel Data Analysis for In Vitro Electrophysiological Assays in HTS
  By Igor Formenko, Peter Miu, Mark Durst, and David Balaban
  
  Hardware Flexibility of Laboratory Automation Systems: Analysis and New Flexible Automation Architectures
  By Peyman Najmabadi, Andrew A. Goldenberg, and Andrew Emili
• Technical Brief
  
  A Bouyancy-Driven Compact Thermocycler for Rapid PCR
  By Nitin Agrawal
  
  Using a Microcantilever Array for Detecting Phase Transitions and Stability of DNA
  By Sibani Biswal
  
  The Effects of Small Molecule and Protein Solutes on Acoustic Drop Ejection
  By Richard Ellson, Jean Shieh and Joe Olechno
  
  Debunking the Myth — Validation of Fluorescein for Testing the Precision of Nanoliter Dispensing
  By Mitchell Mutz and David Harris
  
  Increasing IC50 Results with Reduced Compound Usage and Consumable Cost
  By Joe Olechno, Jean Shieh and Richard Ellson
  
  Automated Generation of AnIML Documents by Analytical Instruments
  By Alexander Roth, Ronny Jopp, Reinhold Schaefer, and Gary Kramer
  
  A Low-cost, Low-Power Consumption Miniature Laser Induced Fluorescence System for DNA Detection on a Microfluidic Device
  By Sushil Shrinivasan, Pamela Norris, James Landers, and Jerome P Ferrance
• Technology Reviews
  
  Automating Microsatellite Genotyping with Array Tape
  By Jon Chudyk, Terry Rusch, Kim Fieweger, Seth Dobrin, and James Weber
  
  Extending Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy for Biological Studies
  By Robert Dunn, Olivia Mooren, Elizabeth Erickson, and Nicholas Dickenson
  
  Instrument Comparison for DNA Genotyping by Amplicon Melting
  By Mark Herrmann, Jacob Durtschi, Karl Voelkerding, and Carl T Wittwer
  
  Liquid Handling Technology and the Method of Electrostatic Drop Transfer to Improve Dispensing Performance
  By Andre Marziali and Nahid Jetha
• Regular Columns
  
  Automation Highlights from Literature
  By Kerstin Thurow and Hilmar Weinmann
  
  From the President: No News is Good News: ALA Membership Dues Remain Steady for Sixth Year in a Row
  By Anne R. Kopf-Sill
  
  From the Executive Editor: JALA to Launch Quarterly Readership Surveys
  By Mark F. Russo
  
  From the Guest Editors: LabAutomation: Where Laboratory Technologies Emerge and Merge
  By Tony Lozada and Erik Rubin
  
  World News
  
  Meetings & Events Calendar

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