The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is a new non-profit scientific organization uniting the Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) and the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA). The SLAS mission is to be the preeminent global organization providing forums for education and information exchange to encourage the study of, and improve the science and practice of, laboratory automation and screening.

Laboratory Automation Section Highlights

• Abstract Submissions for LabAutomation2011 Due August 9
• Lab Man Blog and Podcast: Could NanoDiamonds Be Your Best Friends?
• JALA Sneak Peek: Micropumping by an Acoustically Excited Oscillating Bubble for Automated Implantable Microfluidic Devices
• LabAutopedia Featured Article: Designs for Large, Complex Experimental Spaces by James N. Cawse
• Announcing The 2010 JALA Ten! Kudos to the Honorees of this First Annual Special Feature
• This Month's Career Column: "Creating YOUR Vision" by Marshall Brown
  
• Congratulations to the winner of the 2010 Open WinVitation membership recruitment promotion: Teresa Bennett of Vivia Biotech in Tres Cantos, Spain! Teresa wins $1,250 and a year's extension of her membership. Her new recruit, co-worker Coyt Jackson, also wins a year's extension of his new membership.
  

Biomolecular Sciences Section Highlights

• SBS Short Courses at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2010
  August 31, Coventry, UK
• SBS 2010 Advanced Applications Symposium
  October 18-19, Durham, NC
• SBS First Annual China Conference — Innovation in Drug Discovery: Science & Technology
  December 7-9, Shanghai, China

• Performance of a Component-Based Allergen-Microarray in the Diagnosis of Cow's Milk
• Five Robots to Watch
• Screening Method for Extra Large Libraries Developed
• ELRIG Drug Discovery 2010, September 1-2, Coventry, UK
• AAPS Annual Meeting and Exhibition: FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress 2010, November 14-18, New Orleans, LA