Welcome to SBS 2011 - SLAS

Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center | March 27–31, 2011 | Orlando, Florida, USA
Wednesday, March 30
7:30 am – 5:30 pm Registration Open; Location: Lobby
8:00 – 8:55 am Exhibitor Tutorials
» ADP-Glo Bioluminescent ADP Detection Platform: Sensitive Screening and Profiling
of Kinases and ATPases; Sponsored by: Promega; Location: Tampa
» Approaches to Automatable High Content Assays in 3D Extracellular Matrices;
Sponsored by: BellBrook Labs; Location: Naples 1–2
» Scaling up Your HCS Operations With Genedata Screener High Content Analyzer;
Sponsored by: Genedata; Location: Osceola 5–6
» Stem Cell Toxicology and Drug Discovery Applications: iCell Cardiomyocytes
Plus Molecular Devices Screening Platforms; Sponsored by: Molecular Devices, Inc.;
Location: Sarasota
» Epigenetics Drug Discovery: Success Delivered by BioFocus; Sponsored by:
BioFocus; Location: Osceola 1–2
» An In Vitro Model of Acute Epilepsy Suitable for MTS: Synchronized Repetitive
Calcium Oscillations in Primary Neurons Cultured in a 384- Well Microplate;
Sponsored by Hamamatsu; Location: Miami 1–2
9:00 am – 12:00 pm Technical Sessions
» Track I: Session 3: Critical Reagents and Technologies in HTS to Lead Efforts;
Location: Osceola A
» Track II: Session 3: Molecular Discovery in Non-Traditional, Neglected and Rare
Diseases; Location: Osceola C
» Track III: Session 3: Applications in Consumer Products, Cosmetics, Nutraceuticals
and Agriculture; Location: Osceola B
10:00 am Coffee Break; Location: Osceola Foyer
11:30 am SLAS New Product Award Announcement; Location: Exhibit Hall
12:00 – 1:30 pm Poster Session 3 and Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
12:00 – 5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
12:30 – 1:25 pm Exhibitor Tutorials
» Shifting Ligand Binding Assay Paradigm With Tag-Lite; Sponsored by: CisBio
Bioassays; Location: Sarasota
» Understanding The Dynamics Of Cell-Based Assays—From Designing The Assay
To Finding Out What Went Wrong; Sponsored by: Corning Inc.; Location: Tampa
» Best Practices: Microplate Washing Methodologies and Optimizing Liquid Handler
Performance; Sponsored by: BioTek Instruments, Inc.; Location: Osceola 1–2
» Use of Disposable Label-Free Real-Time Biosensors in the Drug Discovery of
Monoclonal Antibodies; Sponsored by: ForteBio; Location: Osceola 3–4
» RNAi Genetic Screening for Drug Target Discovery; Sponsored by: Cellecta;
Location: Osceola 5–6
» Screening of Enzymes and Ion Channels Through a Combination of Unique
Instrumentation, Reagents, and Software; Sponsored by: BMG LABTECH, Hudson
Robotics and Life Technologies; Location: Tallahassee
» Label-Free Compound Screening and Characterization of Interactions With Novel
Membrane Receptor Targets Using Biacore SPR and MicroCal ITC Instruments
From GE Healthcare; Sponsored by: GE Healthcare; Location: Naples 1–2
» Meganucleases and TAL Nucleases: Efficient Tools to Engineer Isogenic Cell Lines
for Drug Discovery; Sponsored by: Cellectis Bioresearch; Location: Miami
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