5:00pm - CyBio

Ian Hanegraaff

CyBio® Scheduler is a powerful dynamic scheduling software package for the workflow optimization of automated assays. Since its introduction, 15 years ago, CyBio® Scheduler has enjoyed a growing user base and is today one of the most powerful scheduling suites available for laboratory automation, independently of batch sizes, workflow restrictions or hardware used. In this presentation we will highlight its dynamic scheduling abilities, its ease of use and error handling.

5:30pm Titertek - Berthold

David Madill and Olga Golovleva

In this time of widespread use of large multifunctional robot platforms, the advantage of small stacker-based workstations is commonly overlooked. However, these compact, often single function plate processing devices provide numerous additional benefits compared to the traditional liquid handlers. In this presentation, we would like to demonstrate how the use of stacker-based workstations allows the achievement of substantial savings and highest performance at the same time. The use of these workstations permits the increase of throughput and equipment utilization rate, creates a setup that is easy to modify without additional investment, and allows a gradual realization of lab automation projects without a substantial upfront investment.

4:00pm - Tecan

Debbie Bowers

This workshop will demonstrate emerging technology for improved IC50 determination by bioassay scientists. Data demonstrating the utility in the area of bioassays will be presented showing how time-consuming serial dilution workflows can be simplified in order to improve the speed at which results for drug discovery are obtained. The audience who will be interested in this workshop includes: bioassay scientists and lab managers; fans of new technology, lean practices, and simplicity; and those who wish for alternative IC50 capabilities to improve their research.

4:30pm Qiagen

Zeeshan Farooq, Instrument Specialist

Get more from your challenging samples with new extraction methods and automation. Special focus on miRNA, RNA & DNA from FFPE samples, and Residual DNA detection in biotherapeutics.

5:00pm Qiagen

Zeeshan Farooq, Instrument Specialist

Flexible platform for applications such as normalization, reaction set up, pooling and cherry-picking.

5:30pm - Caliper

Dr. Chris van der Loos, University of Amsterdam

Imaging multiple markers in the same tissue section was previously a difficult task, hindered by the difficulty of visualizing co-localized colors. Multispectral imaging (MSI) overcomes this difficulty, enabling the imaging and quantitation of up to four simultaneous enzymatic markers in a tissue section. The introduction of MSI concepts will be followed by basic double-staining immunoenzyme staining methods performed with commercially available reagents. A heating step in-between staining sequences for removing the antibodies, but leaving the deposited chromogens in place, allows easy extension from double-staining to triple- and even quadruple-staining. The easy procedures for multiple immunostaining now enable histochemists to simply and quickly perform multimarker tissue analysis. Spectral unmixing allows quantitation of individual proteins and two proteins in co-localization. And, an innovative learn-by-example image analysis software allows quantitation up to individually stained cells.