Thursday April 29, 2010 | The Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center | St. Louis, MO

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Schedule

8:00 - 9:00 AM Registration (Main Exhibit Room Open)
9:00 - 10:30 AM Session 1
9:00 - 9:30 AM Bill Nolan
Staff Scientist, Washington University School of Medicine
"Challenges of Automation on the Small Scale"

9:30 - 10:00 AM Tom Lade
Automation Development Manager, Pioneer Hybrid
"Watch Outs and Wins in Laboratory Automation"

10:00 - 10:30 AM Automation Workshops
10:30 - 11:00 AM Break (Main Exhibit Room Open)
11:00 - 12:30 PM Session 2
11:00 - 11:15 AM Jayne Marasa
Manager, High Throughput Screening Core, Washington University School of Medicine "Can We Automate This?"

11:15 - 11:30 PM Josiah Gerdts
MD/PhD Student, Washington University School of Medicine
"An Automated Assay of Neurodegeneration Using Primary Neuronal Cultures"

11:30 - 12:00 PM Sarah Shultz
Senior Automation Scientist, Promega Corporation
"Tips To Successfully Miniaturize and Automate Your Assay"

12:00 - 12:30 PM Automation Workshops
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch (Main Exhibit Room Open)
2:00 - 3:30 PM Session 3
2:00 - 2:30 PM Matt Sorge
Applied Genotyping Labs Innovation Lead, Monsanto
"Process Automation and Integration of Quality Systems in Monsanto’s Applied Genotyping (AG) Labs"

2:30 - 3:00 PM Lynn Rasmussen
Supervisor, High Throughput Screening Lab, Southern Research Institute
"Successful Automation Depends On Good Assay Design and Proper Equipment Selection"

3:00 - 3:30 PM Automation Workshops
3:30 - 4:30 PM Main Exhibit Room Open
4:30 PM Meeting Closed


Vendor Automation Workshops

BioMicroLab
Lisa Simmons, Sales and Marketing Director , "Volume Veri cation with BioMicroLab’s VolumeCheck Instrument"

Titertek
Marc DeLuca, "MAP-C2 Processing an ELISA"

CyBio
Ian Hanegraa , General Manager, "Optimizing Small Volume Liquid Handling Using Automated Platforms"

Hamilton Robotics
Bill May, Director, Midwest Area Sales, "Accurate Sample Transfer through Pipette Monitoring on a Flexible Platform"

Agilent Automation Solutions
Lisa Knapp, Field Applications Specialist, "Automation of Tedious, Boring and Labor Intensive Microplate Handling Functions"

Phenix Research
Brooke Johnson, Account Manager, "The First Step to Automating Your Assays with Apricot I-Pipette and Heat Sealing Solutions"

Corning Life Sciences
Pete Nelson, Central Area Manager, "Consumable Considerations When Automating your Assay"

Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Anne R. Cunanan, Automation & Detection Specialist, "Automating Assay Optimization while Reducing Costs with the BioRAPTR Submicroliter Dispense Workstation"

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