paa Event Invitation
 You are invited to a seminar event at Hinxton Hall, Cambridge, UK on 12th January 2010

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Date:

Tuesday 12 January 2010

Venue:

Hinxton Hall - Cambridge, UK

Time:

9:30 am Start

Fee:

£40 + VAT

 

 

Lab automation is key to the success of drug discovery, DNA screening, product development and bio-medical assays

This conference follows last years successful meeting and introduces many new and exciting developments in European academia and seeks to address the constantly changing needs of industry. The speaker programme features leading academics in laboratory automation and will be of interest to academics and industrialists. Presentations will provide practical insights and detailed case studies by scientists for scientists.

Delegates will learn about different approaches to automation which will prove invaluable particularly those planning new automation projects or struggling to get the performance that they require. Accompanying the programme of presentations will be a poster session and exhibition featuring leading suppliers of automation equipment.

This conference will be of interest to academic scientists, research institutes, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies working in the field of laboratory automation and high content screening.

 

 

Speakers will include:

 

Prof Ross King
Department of Computer Science, University of Wales Aberystwyth

'Automating Science '

 

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Dr Jon Wingfield
AstraZeneca

'Opportunities to bridge the technology gap between academia and industry, the view from one pharma'

 

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Prof  Reinhold Schaefer
RheinMain University of Applied Science, Wiesbaden

'Workflows controlling all essential laboratory activities - Analysis planning, data acquisition, automated error recovery, information retrieval, and evaluations, all in one'

 

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Dr Chris Bakal
The Institute of Cancer Research

'Using High-throughput Genetics to Describe Complex Systems'

 

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Dr Chris Lovell
Southampton University

'Autonomous Experimentation: Coupling Machine Learning with Computer Controlled Microfluidics'

 

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Dr Matt Simms
Medical Research Council

'From biosample to genetic loci: automating epidemiology in a small laboratory'

 

Speaker to be announced
Dundee University

'Aspects of Hit and Lead Discovery in an Academic Setting'

 

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Dr Rob Harkness
Process Analysis and Automation Ltd

'New Solutions for Scheduling Assays'

 

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Exhibitors currently include: BMG Labtech, Destaco, FluidX,  Matrical, Miltenyi Biotec, Molecular Devices and Qiagen

There are still opportunities to present posters, to exhibit and for sponsorship please contact info@paa.co.uk

 

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Process Analysis and Automation Ltd, Fernhill Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU52 6HE, UK
Tel: +44 1252 37 3000 Fax: +44 1252 37 1922  Web: www.paa.co.uk