Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation

April 2007: Volume 12, Number 2

Table of Contents

• Original Report

  (Cover Feature)
  The Development of an Efficient Test Automation and Sample Tracking System in a High-Throughput Veterinary Laboratory to Improve the Emergency Response to Outbreaks of Highly Infectious Disease in Great Britain
  By John Andrew McGiven, Lynne Hendry, Derek Brown, Karen Gillard, Archna Katiyar, Judy Stack, Lorraine Perrett, Mark Rollins, Steve Hughes, Rob Ready, Paul Kemp, Paul Morris and Ian Mawhinney

  Blotting Pattern Optimization of Contact-Based Microarray Spotting
  By Peyman Najmabadi, Masatetsu Wake and Andrew Goldenberg

• Technical Brief

  Improving Workflow Efficiencies in Protein Formulation Laboratories Using Visual Basic for Applications
  By Vasumathi Dharmavaram and Gayathri Ratnaswamy

  Optimizing Kinase Assays for Ultrahigh-Throughput Profiling Using the Kinase-Glo Plus Assay
  By Aoife Gallagher and Tracy Worzella

  Automation of Cell Based and Non-Cell Based Permeability Assays
  By Libby Kellard

  System for Flexible Field Measurement of Physiological Data of Operators Working in Automated Labs
  By Norbert Stoll, Steffi Kreuzfeld, Weippert Mathias, Vilbrandt Reinhardt and Stoll Regina

• Technology Reviews

  Implementation of a High Specification Dual-Arm Robotic Platform to Meet Flexible Screening Needs
  By Kevin Moore, Robert Newman, Grace Chan, Clare Leech, Karen Allison, Jo Coulson and Peter Simpson

• Regular Columns

  From the Executive Editor
  By Douglas Gurevitch

  From the President: TBD
  By TBD

  Automation Highlights from Literature
  By Kerstin Thurow and Hilmar Weinmann

  World News

  Meetings & Events Calendar

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