October 7th and 8th, 2010 | Roosevelt Univeristy | Chicago, IL
The Midwest Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group is hosting a two-day workshop on October 7th and 8th, 2010 entitled: "Automating Cell-Based Assays and Bioprocessing,"The meeting will be held at Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL. There will be an informal reception Thursday evening, October 7th, with vendor exhibits only from 5 PM to 7 PM. Presentations and vendor exhibits will be held Friday, October 8th from 8:30 AM to 3 PM (Vendor Exhibition ends at 2:00 PM).
Registration is FREE and will remain open until the day of the eventAdditional information for vendors can be found here.
A PDF version of the program can be found here.
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Registration |
| 9:00-9:15 AM | Introduction |
| 9:15-9:45 AM | Patrick Humphrey, Sr. Automation Scientist |
| Abbott Laboratories Design and implementation of a Modular, Robotic High Throughput Cell-based Screening System |
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| 9:45-10:15 AM | Andrew Niles, Sr. Research Scientist |
| Promega Corporation Homogeneous, High Thourghput Assays for the Assesment of Toxicity: On- and Off-Target Models using a Cancer Cell line and oPS Cardiomyoctes |
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| 10:15-10:30 AM | Vendor Presentation |
| 10:30-10:45 AM | Vendor Spotlight |
| Brad Larson, Principal Scientist; BioTek Instruments Utility of Automated Cell-Based Drug Transport Assays in 96-Well Format, Using Permeable Support Systems |
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| 10:45-11:15 AM | Morning Break |
| 11:15-11:45 AM | Ted Wakatsuki, Assistant Proffessor of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin; Co-Founer, Invivo Sciences LLC |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Bringing a New Dimension to Cell-Based Assays |
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| 11:45-12:15 PM | Rebecca Lee-Lu, Senior Microbiologist |
| Dow AgroSciences HTP Screening Process of Secondary Metabolite Producer - Saccharopolyspora spinosa |
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| 12:15-1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30-1:45 PM | Vendor Presentation |
| Steve Anderson, Drug Discovery Specialist; PerkinElmer SureFire Assays for teh Detection of Endogenous Phospoproteins in Cells |
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| 1:45-2:00 PM | Vendor Presentation |
| Rick Gordon, Sales Manager; ForteBio Reducing Bioprocessing Bottlenecks With an Automated Label-Free Assay |
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| 2:00-2:30 PM | Dan Bradford, Research Specialist |
| Stowers Institute for Medical Research High-Throughput Method for Aneuploidy Detection in S. cerevisiae |
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| 2:30-3:00 PM | All Speakers |
| Guest Moderator Roundtable Discussion, "Cell-Based Assays and Bioprocessing; Q and A" |
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| 3:30-4:30 PM | LRIG Board Meeting (Congress Hotel) |
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LRIG has arranged a rate of $129/ night for rooms at the Congress Hotel across the street from the meeting. This rate is only valid for Thursday the 7th after which rates increase due to the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
The Congress Plaza Hotel
520 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312-427-3800 x5025
Toll Free: 800-635-1666
www.congressplazahotel.com
Identify yourself as Lab Robotics Interest Group to receive the group rate.
As of Tuesday, October 5th, our negotiated rate is still availabile but the rooms are moving fast.