New Matter: Inside the Minds of SLAS Scientists

How do you pivot an academic lab in a single evening? Can you teach DNA to search for antibacterial and antiviral molecules? Tune in for some DELicious science with Prof. Brian Paegel of UC-Irvine. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, California) S...

How does remote lab work change during a pandemic? How can we facilitate open science while maintaining experimental rigor and reproducibility? How come chemists keep drifting into biology later in their careers? Join Matt Hall, Biology Group Lead at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intramural program at the U.S. National Institutes of Health as he and Mike discuss...

Join Gregory Vladimer as he and Mike Tarselli discuss how his company, Allcyte, uses a combination of screening, image analysis, and deep learning models to deliver tailored therapies to cancer patients. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, Califor...

Thi Mui Pham of Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center - Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands) has been named the 2020 SLAS Visiting Graduate Researcher Program Grant recipient.  Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco,...

Congratulations to Ulri Nicole Lee of the University of Washington, this year's SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant award winner. Lee is the fifth winner of the grant and will receive $100,000 over two years to expand her research on the development of a device to collect and store samples for downstream analysis which will help researchers gain a better understanding of environmental ex...

Long time SLAS member and volunteer, Richard M. Eglen PhD, shared his experience of the origins of SLAS and its growth over the last ten years to where we are now.  Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, California) SLAS2027 International Conference...

Innovation Award Winner Joseph de Rutte, University of California, Los Angeles is a Graduate Student Researcher in the Di Carlo Lab working on microparticle-based technologies for next generation diagnostics and therapeutics. He discusses how his research and presentation at SLAS2020 won him the SLAS Innovation Award. The most prestigious award of the conference, the SLAS Innovation Award, was giv...

Iscaffpharma CEO Per Setterberg shares how they are focusing on developing better treatments of aggressive cancers by providing 3D scaffolds mimicking human tumour environment as a platform for research and development. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Fr...

The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing new products that are commercially available within 90 days pre- and post-conference. Products are evaluated by a judging panel who look at a variety of qualifications before and at the conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and the award is promoted through SLAS. V&P Scientific, Inc. (...

The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing new products that are commercially available within 90 days pre- and post-conference. Products are evaluated by a judging panel who look at a variety of qualifications before and at the conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and the award is promoted through SLAS. Bioelectronica (Reno, NV,...

Each year SLAS invites and encourages start-ups and emerging life sciences and technology companies to apply for an exhibition kiosk located within Innovation Ave NEW , a specially designated area within the Exhibition. In this podcast we talk with Synthace, one of the SLAS2020 Innovation Ave NEW companies about their experience. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 202...

The SLAS2020 Student Poster Competition Award winners were chosen out of more than 300 poster abstract submissions and were judged on various content and design themes. The SLAS Student Poster Award recognizes the innovative research by students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates and junior faculty (less than four years in first academic appointment) who are chosen to present a poster du...

FIRST's mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills that inspire innovation and foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. Hear SLAS Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli talk with Alpha Knights Robotics Team 669...

How was SLAS2020? Are you curious what the chairs felt about the show? Take a few minutes to hear our SLAS2020 chairs, Melanie Leveridge, GSK (UK) and Andrew Napper, Evotec share their thoughts. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, California) SLAS...

Martin Jones works in the Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform at the Francis Crick Institute in London, developing new hardware and software for extracting meaning from ever more complex data sets. He and SLAS Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli, explore Extracting Meaning From Big Data in Volume Electron Microscopy. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026)...

Pierre Baillargeon discusses his adaptation and clever fixes to gaps seen in standard automation technology, especially in academic environments. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, California) SLAS2027 International Conference & Exhibition (J...

Sue Crimmin, Vice President Sample Management Technology, GlaxoSmithKline and Michelle Galante, Group Leader, Operations, Evotec discuss Sample Management as a Career, Not a Job. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, California) SLAS2027 Internation...

Juan Caicedo is a Research Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where he investigates the use of deep learning to analyze microscopy images. In this podcast Juan, and Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli discuss how his "Data Bowl" is organized to help humans improve CellProfiler algorithms. Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germa...

Oren Kraus co-founded Phenomic AI. In this podcast, Scientific Director, Mike Tarselli, discusses with Oren his work with Phenomic AI, research and progress with AI-empowered phenotypic screens, and so much more!  Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups Leiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026) Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026) SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisc...

The biggest award of the conference, the SLAS Innovation Award, was given to Christian Soitu, M.Eng. and Ph. D. Candidate at the University of Oxford for his scientific podium presentation, Microfluidic Chambers Using Fluid Walls for Cell Biology . The SLAS Innovation Award recognizes one exceptional and exceedingly innovative podium presentation during the conference. The winning presentation exc...

Andrew Alliance discussed their 2019 SLAS new Product Award win for Andrew+ and Pipette+. The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing a new product that is commercially available within 90 days pre- and/or post-conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and are promoted through SLAS promotional channels.  Upcoming Events: SLAS Meet-Ups L...

NanoView Biosciences walks through their SLAS 2019 New Product Award Win for the ExoView® platform.   The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing a new product that is commercially available within 90 days pre- and/or post-conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and are promoted through SLAS promotional channels.  Upcoming Events: SLA...

2019 New Product Award Winner, Stilla Technologies talks about their wining technology,  the Naica HT & the Opal chip. The New Product Award is given to companies showcasing a new product that is commercially available within 90 days pre- and/or post-conference. Winning products are granted use of the New Product Award designation for a year and are promoted through SLAS promotional channels. ...

SEED Biosciences, a young startup from Switzerland, was recognized as the inaugural SLAS Ignite Award winner for their revolutionary pipette that allows scientists to view single cells at a single cell resolution. The SLAS Ignite Award is given to one company from within Innovation Ave NEW, a specially designated area on the exhibition floor highlighting start-ups and emerging companies. Judging i...

This year’s Student Poster Award winners were chosen out of more than 325 poster abstract submissions and were judged on various content and design themes. The SLAS Student Poster Award recognizes the innovative research by students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates and junior faculty (less than four years in first academic appointment) who are chosen to present a poster during the conf...