Send us a text Have you ever wondered what it takes to put on a large event like the SLAS international conference an exhibition? If so, then you're in for a very special episode! Joining New Matter Host and SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., is the SLAS Director, Global Events & Corporate Partnerships Amy Wilkinson, CMP, DES to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on to plan the SLAS conferences and events. Wilkinson shares insightful answers to questions like: What...
Oct 17, 2022•28 min•Ep. 126
Send us a text SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., is joined by Karius Chief Technology Officer Sivan Bercovici, Ph.D. , to discuss Karius' involvement in making the monumental pig-to-human heart transplant possible. Bercovici shares his expertise to shed light on the importance of understanding infectious diseases, and how Karius is using advanced machine learning algorithms to combat these diseases with the Karius Test™ – a liquid biopsy that can non-invasively and rapidly detect...
Oct 03, 2022•49 min•Ep. 125
Send us a text SLAS Scientific Manager Hannah Rosen, Ph.D., is joined by Sapient Founder and CEO Mo Jain, M.D., Ph.D. , for an insightful discussion on small molecule biomarkers. Did you know that methods of identifying biomarkers date all the way back to ancient Greece? You'll be surprised to hear how along with the many ways these biomarkers are shaping drug discovery and other applications. Jain also shares his background with small molecule biomarkers that led to him creating Sapient al...
Sep 26, 2022•40 min•Ep. 124
Send us a text In this special episode, we explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing automation including chemistry automation with Del Ray Jackson, Ph.D., and Rick Sidler, Ph.D., of Unchained Labs . Jackson and Sidler share how Unchained Labs is involved in making new advancements in the life sciences and automation spaces, along with the UNique naming convention of their products like Big Kahuna and Junior . Catch Unchained Labs and their products on display at the upcoming SLAS 20...
Sep 19, 2022•32 min•Ep. 123
Send us a text Daniel Levner, Ph.D., joins Hannah to discuss Organ-chip technology from Emulate . Levner explains the "origin story" of organ-on-chip technology, the research applications and how this evolving technology can emulate human biology. Also, Levner shares what the future holds for this technology and how it will allow researchers to develop new solutions. To learn more about Emulate, visit: https://emulatebio.com/ About Daniel Levner, Ph.D.: Levner is the Chief Technology O...
Sep 12, 2022•36 min•Ep. 122
Send us a text In this special episode, CEO Jean Marois, and Vice President, Product and Strategy Chatura Jayakody, of Scigilian join Hannah for a discussion on Scigilian's compound management products that are designed to help customers with tracking inventory globally ( Store ) and assist with requesting samples for studies ( Request ). We also get an inside look at Scigilian's other complimentary products: Analyze and Visualize. Catch Scigilian and their software on display at the u...
Aug 29, 2022•24 min•Ep. 121
Send us a text Andrew Ridley, Ph.D. , joins Hannah to discuss Cellink's achievement in winning the New Product Award at SLAS Europe 2022. Ridley explains what 3D bioprinting is and how BIO CELLX , the innovative biodispenser from Cellink , is shaping the future of drug discovery and tissue engineering. Also, Ridley shares a glimpse into what Cellink has in store for future products and how Cellink can provide to anyone wanting to use their technology without any tissue engineering experienc...
Aug 22, 2022•23 min•Ep. 120
Send us a text We're joined by Ferrologix Inc.'s Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Coleman Murray, Ph.D., to talk about the company's digital magnetic cell sorting technology (DMS). Murray provides background on DMS by comparing it to traditional magnetic cell sorting and the applications of DMS. Similar to the discovery of penicillin and the microwave, hear how an accidental discovery became Murray's thesis and eventually led to a start-up company. Want to try out this ...
Aug 15, 2022•25 min•Ep. 119
Send us a text Mahrukh Banday, Ph.D. , is the current vice president of product and marketing at Curiox , but did you know she also was a surgical neurophysiologist? You might be asking, "How is that possible?" Banday is a lifelong believer in being able to pursue any career path as long as you're willing to learn. Banday shares her incredible story of leaving India to come to the United States to pursue a Ph.D. in molecular genetics, the nerves of being in the operating room for ...
Aug 08, 2022•39 min•Ep. 118
Send us a text Roland Terborg, Ph.D., Shinephi, joins Hannah to discuss Shinephi's achievement in winning the SLAS Ignite Award at SLAS Europe 2022. Terborg explains the early career path that led him to the research he conducts today at Shinephi in live-cell imaging. He also shares his experience at SLAS Europe 2022 and why the conference is an excellent opportunity for newer companies to participate in and attend. If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for research, then you...
Aug 01, 2022•28 min•Ep. 117
Send us a text We're joined by Mass Spectrometry (Mass Spec) expert, Michelle Dubuke, Ph.D., to learn all about mass spec! From learning the practical applications of mass spec to how researchers are using the tool to discover new insight into biological aging and cancer development, Dubuke breaks it all down to showcase how expansive mass spec is. About Michelle Dubuke: Michelle Dubuke is currently the Manager, Field Application Scientist at Seer . Dubuke is a mass spectrometrist and prote...
Jul 18, 2022•29 min•Ep. 116
Send us a text In this installment of Innovative New Technologies, we're joined by Kirstin Elgass, Ph.D., of ZEISS to learn about the ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7 . Hannah and Kirstin take a deep dive into light sheet fluorescence microscopy, the applications of this technology, and everything you need to know to use the ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7 in your research. To learn more about the vesicle trafficking images to results story referenced in the episode, click here. SLAS (Society for Labo...
Jul 11, 2022•35 min•Ep. 115
Send us a text Previous SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant 2020 award winner, Ulri Lee , Ph.D., returns to the podcast after recently successfully defending her doctoral thesis. In a follow up discussion, Ulri provides Hannah insight on her research in air sampling, how the COVID-19 virus influenced her research, and how the SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant helped advance Ulri's air sampling device. Join us as we learn more about air sampling and microdroplets, and what her po...
Jul 04, 2022•38 min•Ep. 114
Send us a text We've brought our SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant 2021 winner, David McIntyre , from Boston University, back to the New Matter Podcast for a follow-up discussion. David provides an update on his research with automating the design of microfluidics through rapid prototyping and machine learning for use in screening synthetic biological systems. We learn what interested him in microfluidic research, the uses cases for his systems and why David wants to work for a start...
Jun 27, 2022•23 min•Ep. 113
Send us a text We're joined by SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant 2019 winner, Carine Nemr , Ph.D., to see what's new since her first appearance on the New Matter Podcast. Carine walks us through her research funded by the SLAS grant in developing miniaturized diagnostic tools for the rapid diagnosis of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. She also shares an experience during her research that stresses the importance of not to follow a "linear path," but to adapt ...
Jun 20, 2022•27 min•Ep. 112
Send us a text Santosh Paidi was the SLAS Fellowship Grant Winner in 2018. Now that he is a postdoctoral scholar at University of California, Berkeley, we brought him on to tell us what he been up to since he was working on his graduate degree on diagnostics tools . Thanks to Santosh, Hannah gets an in depth understanding of what Raman spectroscopy is and how it can be applied, his work on developing a holistic view of examining all the tissues in living organisms, and his work on developing opt...
Jun 13, 2022•31 min•Ep. 111
Send us a text Have you ever noticed that music and maths often tie themselves together? Our guest this week is an excellent example of this, with his passionate start with the euphonium to his career in physics and engineering. In this continuation of our series on career trajectories, David Jennions walks us through the differences in education between the UK and US systems, his work in brining science and engineering together, and the importance of hands on apprenticeships in lab automation. ...
Jun 06, 2022•38 min•Ep. 110
Send us a text Mei Wu has had some amazing support in her road to getting a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This episode in our career trajectories series dives into the balancing act that Mei experiences while working full time while obtaining a Ph.D.. Listeners hear another opinion on how having a Ph.D. affects job prospects in the life sciences fields. Keep an ear out for Mei's advice on how to decide what level of education to pursue. Upcoming SLAS Events: SLAS Europe 2025 ...
May 30, 2022•34 min•Ep. 109
Send us a text Aoi Senju , Co-Founder/CEO at Colabra , sits down with Hannah to talk about how he went from researching next-generation battery chemistries to collaborative lab software. In this first episode diving into career trajectories we get to hear how a degree in chemical and biological engineering transferred into software and product design. Listen in to find out what being a marathoner, a concert pianist, a scientist, and an entrepreneur have in common. Want to take a peek at the blog...
May 23, 2022•33 min•Ep. 108
Send us a text SLAS2022 New Product Award Winner Kebotix joined Hannah to talk about their win for ReactionSage, an artificial intelligence-powered software solution for predicting novel and diverse sets of reaction pathways for forward and retro synthesis. Christoph Kreisbeck, Chief Commercial Officer at Kebotix shares the inspiration behind Reaction Sage, the uses for it, and how it's secret sauce in combining AI and lab automation can make life easier for chemists. Upcoming SLAS Events: ...
May 18, 2022•27 min•Ep. 107
Send us a text SLAS2022 Innovation AveNEW company A4Cell join us to us to talk about their new technology, the CytoCHECK SPAchip pH single-detection Kit . Antonio Quilez , High Content Screening Manager at A4Cell gives Hannah an inside look at how this new and innovative technology analyzes cells without affecting cell physiology, the optimal uses of SPAchip, and the ideal research situations in which to use it. Listen in to hear how this detector inside living cells improvs cell sensing. Upcomi...
May 09, 2022•30 min•Ep. 106
Send us a text Today we talk beer with Maciej Grajewski ( SGPapertronics ). Hannah learns about his lab in a box Beer-O-Meter , which streamlines the quality control process. Maciej shares how he identified the new and adaptable systems needed for testing, and the way in which the Beer-O-Meter fits in with a changing market. This new and innovative lab in a box is meant for practitioners who do not have a lot of lab experience, and is aimed at replacing wet chemical testing labs. Upcoming SLAS E...
May 02, 2022•36 min•Ep. 105
Send us a text Today we hear about another cool new innovation as our SLAS2022 New Product Award Winner, SEED Biosciences discusses their new DISPENCELL ALL-in-ONE. Hannah and Georges Muller , SEED Bioscience CEO compare the DISPENCELL with other single cell isolation methods, the research it can be used for, and the future applications of SEED Biosciences technology. A fair warning to other technology providers listening, SEED's goal is to win the New Product Award every year. They are ste...
Apr 25, 2022•19 min•Ep. 104
Send us a text In this first podcast of our series on new technologies, we welcomed back Iscaffpharma by chatting with Per Setterberg, CEO and Professor Göran Landberg, CMO. Göran talks to us about how pre-clinical testing in human tumor microenvironment and synthetic copies of the same adds value to drug screening of oncology drugs. The model creates a pre-clinical fingerprint that mimics the potential effect a drug will have in humans, as well as reduces the need for animal models. Dive in wit...
Apr 04, 2022•30 min•Ep. 103
Send us a text This fun podcast is a mix of recording from SLAS2022 on site excitement, and some follow up with some of the winners afterwards. Tune in to hear from the following award winners: Student Poster Award Winners Antra Ganguly, PhD Student, University of Texas At Dallas for A novel, non-culture based electrochemical sensor for multiplexed biomarker quantification towards rapid Urinary Tract Infection management Jeong Hyun Lee, Post Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia for La...
Mar 28, 2022•22 min•Ep. 102
Send us a text In this first episode with our new host, SLAS Scientific Manager, Hannah Rosen, we talk to Steven Graves , CEO and Founder at BennuBio, Inc about their new, high-throughput, multiple parallel stream system for flow cytometry. Steve shares their biggest challenges in developing this technology and their goal in getting it out into commercial world where it can do the most good. Listen in to find out how their new system, the Velocyt®, can change research in flow cytometry and what ...
Mar 16, 2022•15 min•Ep. 101
Send us a text Today Vicki sits in as host and talks with Mike Tarselli, Chief Scientific Officer and Bill Hobbib, Chief Marketing Officer from TetraScience on the importance of being pragmatic and continuing to advance science through in person collaboration. Nothing replaces the serendipity of meeting in person, and they discuss the importance of pushing out of our pandemic comfort levels and making new habits to live in an endemic environment, including meeting in person to share scientific a...
Jan 26, 2022•27 min•Ep. 100
Send us a text David Weinkove , CEO of Magnitude Biosciences joins us to talk to us about their work with C. elegans - tiny worms used to test compounds for health. We learn about the difference between a lifespan and a healthspan and how using these tiny worms to study the effects of compounds on aging is helpful. David shares Magnitude's work as a CRO and how they translate their work into an industrial setting. Finally, find out a cool fact you might not have known about worms. Stay thro...
Jan 25, 2022•20 min•Ep. 99
Send us a text Are you interested in neuroscience? Have you ever thought about how the immune system talks to the brain? Want to learn about dissecting functions of brain circuitry? Today is your chance! We are joined by Dr. Randy Blakely from Florida Atlantic University Brain Institute who walks us through all the really cool work the Brain Institute focuses on, such as: the developing brain, brain behavior, health, and diseases. In addition, find out how Dr. Blakely started as a humanist, tran...
Jan 17, 2022•37 min•Ep. 98
Send us a text What does 30 years of providing innovative bioanalytical technology solutions look like? Oksana Sirenko , Ph.D., Senior Scientist at Molecular Devices , can tell you all about it. She shares the cool collaborations they have been involved with in biologics , high-content imaging , stem cell technologies , and automation . Click below to learn more about the technologies, research, and discoveries discussed with Dr. Sirenko: Organoids for Disease Modeling and In Vitro Drug Screenin...
Jan 10, 2022•24 min•Ep. 97
