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The Laboratory Robotics
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The Laboratory Robotics Interest GroupFebruary 1999 MeetingAgricultural & Analytical ApplicationsDate: Monday, February 22, 1999
Agenda: This is a combined session meeting focusing on Agricultural Applications and Analytical Applications. The Social Period will feature food and refreshments. Members interested in presenting a poster are encouraged to do so. Open career positions at your company may be announced or posted. There is no fee to attend the meeting. Bring a business card to drop in the registration fishbowl - it eases registration and qualifies you for the rosewood pen set drawing. Sharon Reed is chairing the Agricultural Session. Bill Haller is the chair for Analytical Applications. Their contact information is listed below.
Agricultural Session
Presentation: Custom
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Diet Media for Insecticide Discovery in Agricultural Biotechnology.
Presentation: Migration From a Traditional AgChem Screen
to a Miniaturized HTS Program
Presentation: The AMPLE(TM) Multiplex Synthesis Device
Poster: FLUORESCENCE DETECTION TO MONITOR FUNGAL GROWTH
IN MICROPLATE-BASED
Analytical Session
Presentation: LABORATORY
AUTOMATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM Incredibly, the use of laboratory automation and robotics in pharmaceutical analysis and drug development is almost twenty years old. There are many reported examples of success stories, trials and tribulations of pharmaceutical dosage form automation. More recently, the automation wave has hit the drug discovery area quite hard and it is amazing to see the rapid implementation of automation and robotics in areas such as high throughput screening and combinatorial chemistry. If one compares the "ramps of utilization" between discovery and development, one will find (without surprise) that discovery has far outstripped development in it’s utilization of automation. The question to be asked is…WHY? I have asked myself the aforementioned question and have tried to answer it by factoring in the rigidities we in development are confronted with such as regulatory methods, cGMP compliance, method, system and computer validation, documentation and training. Indeed, if any or all of these factors are contributing to the non-usage of robotics in drug development and pharmaceutical analysis, their contribution is almost certainly small. One must begin to ask the question: "If we in development are indeed going to integrate robotics into our repertoire of analytical tools and techniques, what needs to be done to make this happen?" Having joined a new organization less than a year ago helps one establish a perspective and gives a new beginning and new ideas. One approach being tried is to firmly "build automation in" when designing methods and sample preparation schemes. This accomplishes several things. 1) It shifts the paradigm of conventional sample preparation to that compatible with automation (i.e. homogenization) 2) Translating/transferring manual methods to an automated system becomes more facile and 3) Persons utilizing both see more equivalency between them and hence, usage is more readily accepted. A tangential approach to the implementation of "classic automation" is the development of new analytical instrumentation based on high throughput technology, which holds great promise as one of the premier analytical techniques of tomorrow. Using several examples, aspects of automation applied to the challenges we all face as we move into the 21st century will be highlighted.
For more information contact:
Directions (on-line directions): The Raritan Valley Community College campus lies at the crossroads of Central New
Jersey, with Routes 22, 202 and 206 and Interstates 287 and 78 just minutes away. The
College is situated on the north side of Route 28 in North Branch. From INTERSTATE 287 SOUTH - (From Morristown Area): Take Interstate 287 SOUTH to Interstate 78 WEST. Proceed on 78 WEST for approx. 3 miles to Exit 26 (Lamington/North Branch). At light make a left onto Lamington Road. Proceed on Lamington Road til it ends (approx. 3 miles). At STOP sign make a left onto Route 28 EAST. Entrance to the College will be on your left approx. 1/8 of a mile. From GARDEN STATE PARKWAY SOUTH - (From North Jersey): Take Exit 142 for Interstate 78 WEST. Proceed on 78 WEST for approx. 26 miles to Exit 26 (Lamington/North Branch). At light make a left onto Lamington Road. Proceed on Lamington Road til it ends (approx. 3 miles). At STOP sign make a left onto Route 28 EAST. Entrance to the College will be on your left approx. 1/8 of a mile.
FROM THE SOUTH From INTERSTATE 287 NORTH - (From Edison Area): Take Interstate 287 NORTH to the Route 22 WEST exit. After approx. 7 miles (just before the 5th light), exit onto Orr Drive. At the end of Orr Drive make a left at the STOP sign. Make first right into the College. From GARDEN STATE PARKWAY NORTH - (From the Shore area): Take Exit 127 to Interstate 287 NORTH. Proceed on 287 NORTH to the Route 22 WEST exit. After approx. 7 miles (just before the 5th light), exit onto Orr Drive. At the end of Orr Drive make a left at the STOP sign. Make first right into the College. From ROUTE 206 NORTH - (From Princeton Area): Take Route 206 NORTH to the Somerville Circle. At the Somerville Circle exit onto Route 28 WEST. Proceed on Route 28 WEST for approx. 4 miles. Entrance to the College will be on your right.
FROM THE EAST From INTERSTATE 78 WEST - (From Newark Area): Take Interstate 78 WEST. Proceed on 78 WEST and get off at Exit 26 (Lamington/North Branch). At light make a left onto Lamington Road. Take Lamington Road til it ends (approx. 3 miles). At STOP sign make a left onto Route 28 EAST. Entrance to College will be on your left approx. 1/8 of a mile.
FROM THE WEST From INTERSTATE 78 EAST - (From Clinton Area): Take Interstate 78 EAST to Exit 26 (Lamington/North Branch). Turn right at light onto Lamington Road. Proceed on Lamington Road til it ends (approx. 3 miles). At STOP sign make a left onto Route 28 EAST. Entrance to the College will be on your left approx. 1/8 of a mile.
FROM OTHER AREAS From NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE - Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 10. After toll, bear left, exit onto Interstate 287 NORTH. Proceed on 287 NORTH to the Route 22 WEST exit. After approx. 7 miles (just before the 5th light), exit onto Orr Drive. At the end of Orr Drive make a left at the STOP sign. Make first right into the College. From ROUTE 31 NORTH - Take Route 31 NORTH to Route 202 NORTH. Stay on Route 202 NORTH for approx. 10 miles til you come to the Somerville Circle. At the Somerville Circle exit onto Route 28 WEST. Proceed on Rt 28 WEST for approx. 4 miles. Entrance to the College will be on your right. From PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE - Take either Route 78 East, or Route 22 East to Route 78 East. Follow directions above "FROM THE WEST" (From Clinton Area).
FROM THE PARKING LOT (see map of campus) Follow signs to parking lot #2.
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