Liquid Handling Programme :
Session Chairs Introductions : Kevin Moore, Wendy Lauber
Toby Winchester, Pfizer Production of Accurate Serialisation Plates from Small Volume inputs and the issues faced.
Dale Larson, Draper Laboratory Development of a Frozen Sample Aliquotter to avoid Freeze-Thaw Cycling of Serum and Plasma samples
Josie Goodall, London University Automated Liquid and Nanoparticle Slurry Handling Combinatorial Nanoceramics Synthesis Robot
Darren Rimmer, GSK High Frequency Focused Acoustic Technology: Implementation in Compound Management
Snapshot Presentations : Bellbrook, Caliper, Cybio, Hamilton, Labcyte, TTP,
Tecan, Thermo
LUNCH + EXHIBITION VIEWING + POSTER VIEWING
Daniel Thomas, GSK Non-contact Picoliter Dispense Technology to Eliminate Serial
Dilution
John Bradshaw, Artel Is Your Automated Liquid Handler Working For Your Assays –
Understanding Device Behavior
COFFEE BREAK - EXHIBITION
Jorg Kittelmann, Karlsruhe Institute
of Tech, Germany High throughput process development and the implication for Liquid Handling
Neil Campbell, Liverpool University Liquid Handling and Automated Liquid Class Optimisation of
Complex Fluids
Label-free Detection Technologies Programme :
Session Chairs Introductions : Adrian Kinkaid, Jo Woodward
Manfred Auer, Edinburgh University Label free and fluorescence detection in molecular recognition
science - why we need both
Phil Rawlins, AstraZeneca An Overview of Label-Free Technologies: Stairway to Heaven or The
Song Remains the Same?
COFFEE BREAK – EXHIBITION
Jeff Jerman, GSK Probing for 7TMR native signalling
Richard Farndale, Cambridge University The use of label-free methodology to measure collagen receptor activity in live activity in live cells.
Keith Abayasiriwardana, Pfizer Label Free real time assessment of cell adhesion and proliferation using impedance based technology
Snapshot Presentations : PharmaDiagnostics, Fortebio, Corning, Bionas
LUNCH + EXHIBITION VIEWING + POSTER VIEWING
Evi Kostenis, Bonn University Dynamic mass redistribution: fascinating insight into cellular
signaling or black box?
Stephan Geschwinder, AstraZeneca Industrial biophysics in the search for new leads
COFFEE BREAK - EXHIBITION
Michel Vivaudou, Grenoble Bio-inspired sensors based on the assembly of receptors and ion
channels for label-free receptor characterization and drug screening
Prof. Hywel Morgan, Southampton University Impedance spectroscopy
CLOSE - PRIZE DRAW
