SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening)

Final reminder: #SLASEurope2025 early bird registration rates end today! https://lnkd.in/eSQMd2vB

#SLASEurope2025 early bird registration rates end Monday! Whether you're from academia, pharma, government, a student or new to the life sciences and laboratory automation space, you're welcome to join us in Hamburg, 20-22 May, for the SLAS Europe 2025 Conference and Exhibition. No review necessary. Once you register, you're in! https://lnkd.in/eSQMd2vB

Congratulations to the startups and emerging tech companies selected for #SLASEurope2025 Innovation AveNEW: 🟢 AcoustoFab Ltd. 🔵 Instromeda Ltd. 🔴 LifeTaq-Analytics GmbH 🟡 Minos Biosciences ⚫ MyxoTech 🟢 NANOVERY 🔵 Nanoworx 🔴 NestEgg Labs 🟡 Oryl Photonics ⚫ PHABIOC 🟢 ThirdLaw Molecular 🔵 Unicorn Biotechnologies Make a plan to visit these companies on the rise in Hamburg. We have plenty of space and registration packages to accommodate individual attendees and vendors alike, including Full Conference and Exhibition-Only tickets. Register through Monday 31 March to take advantage of the lowest rates: https://lnkd.in/eSQMd2vB.

Ahead of the #SLASEurope2025 Innovation AveNEW startups announcement, make sure to listen to the latest New Matter podcast featuring #SLAS2025 Innovation AveNEW participant, React4life. Host Emily Yamasaki, Ph.D., talks to React4Life's co-founders Silvia Scaglione, Ph.D., (CSO) and Maurizio Aiello, Ph.D. (CEO) about their company's innovative organ-on-a-chip technology, the MIVO® system, and its applications in cancer research, nutraceuticals and dermocosmetics. The conversation highlights the unique features of their platform, its potential to reduce animal testing and future directions, including scalability and AI-driven data analysis. Stay tuned for the official reveal of the startups and emerging tech companies who were selected to join us in in Hamburg -- coming soon. Special thanks to Waters Corporation for sponsoring this week's episode. https://lnkd.in/dpSVJdAK

Our first SLAS Meet-Up of the year kicked off in Paris this afternoon and we're extremely thankful for the highly engaged group of students and scientists who joined us at the Irish Cultural Center. Special thanks to Tecan for sponsoring, the Institut Curie for their logistical and programming assistance and to Thierry Dorval, Ph.D. of Servier for his presentation on how the combination of high-content imaging and machine learning is enhancing the data captured in screening. Our next Meet-Up will be held Thursday 10 April at the AstraZeneca campus in Mölndal, Sweden. If you're local, join us for a presentation and panel discussion on AI and Automation in Pharmaceutical R&D from AstraZeneca's Ola Engkvist, Ph.D., Magnus Nydén, Ph.D., Helena Peilot Sjögren, Ph.D. and Jan Olof Svensson, Ph.D. More details: https://lnkd.in/e33V2KqD.

From BIO-Europe Milan ---> Paris! CEO Vicki Loise; Director, Membership and Engagement Mary Geismann and SLAS European Ambassador Manuela Beil-Peter have arrived in Paris ahead of tomorrow's SLAS Meet-Up at the Irish Cultural Center. (Join us! https://lnkd.in/eE5e5heW) Special thanks to Severine Tamas-Lhoustau and her Novoptim colleagues Clara Mombellet and Idriss M.aaroufi for hosting them this morning.

#SLASEurope2025 Educational Track Focus: Advances in Laboratory Automation Track Co-chairs Mike Gray (GSK) and Johanna Huchting (Fraunhofer ITMP) curated this track to feature innovators at the forefront of leveraging advanced laboratory automation and IT, and who have discovered and currently utilize laboratory processes, big data and AI/ML to drive discovery forward. Sessions include: 🔴 AI/ML and HTE for Chemistry Expansion (Session Chair: Liam Wilbraham, Recursion) 🟢 Sample Management (Session Chair: Darren Rimmer, GSK) ⚫ (ELRIG Session) Scaling Complex in Vitro Cell Models (Session Chair: Lisa Mohamet, GSK, ELRIG Board Member) 🔵 Automating Discovery: AI-Driven Advances in Structural Biology and Imaging (Session Chair: Maya Topf, Center for Structural Systems Biology) Explore the sessions and speakers: https://lnkd.in/edqwq3nf

We're ready for you at BIO-Europe Spring in Milan! Visit Vicki Loise, Manuela Beil-Peter and Mary Geismann (not pictured, but she's there we promise) at Booth 8 in the exhibit hall. Spin the wheel for your chance to win some SLAS swag -- including an SLAS membership or complimentary registration to #SLASEurope2025 in Hamburg or #SLAS2026 in Boston -- or to hear more about our upcoming Meet-Ups in Paris (this Friday!) and Gothenburg.

#SLASEurope2025 Educational Track Focus: Advances in Drug Discovery Track Co-chairs Annika Jenmalm Jensen (Karolinska Institutet) and Peter Sjö (DNDi) developed this track around four distinct sessions that will explore how the integration of translational models, drug repurposing strategies and native structure biology is accelerating the journey from scientific discovery to patient treatment, with a focus on improving both efficacy and precision in therapeutic development. ·  Session One: Data-Driven Drug Discovery (Chair: Ellen Berg, Ph.D., Alto Predict) ·  Session Two: Image-driven Development for Medical Applications (Chair: Marta Carroni, SciLifeLab) ·  Session Three: Multiomics in Drug Discovery (Chair: Alain van Gool, Ph.D., Radboud University Medical Center) ·  Session Four: Drug Repurposing and Systems Pharmacology (Chair: Tero Aittokallio, Ph.D., University of Helsinki) Explore the Advances in Drug Discovery presentations: https://lnkd.in/eYdcGWeE.

Reminder: Join SLAS and Tecan at the Irish Cultural Center in Paris on Friday 21 March for the first SLAS Meet-Up of 2025. Thierry Dorval, Ph.D., Head of Data Science and Data Management at Servier, will discuss how image-based cellular profiling is changing drug discovery while representatives from Institut Curie will share insights into their LabEx DEEP program. Attend for the science and stay for the networking apéro following the discussions. View the full details and reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/eE5e5heW.