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Ramisa Fariha, Ph.D. student at Brown University, joins Hannah to discuss her experiences and perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues in the lab. 

Ramisa shares her professional journey from Bangladesh to the United States and discusses how her various identities — including gender, race and religious background— have influenced her interactions and perceptions.

The conversation sheds light on the challenges individuals with intersecting identities face in navigating societal expectations and organizational structures, highlighting the importance of creating inclusive environments that accommodate diverse experiences and perspectives.

Additionally, she shares insights into her upcoming book, "What the Fari," which explores her journey from adversity to resilience and the importance of unapologetically being oneself.

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About SLAS
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building. 

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

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Our Sponsor for this Episode
Benchling creates the software that powers the biotechnology industry. More than 200,000 scientists at over 1,200 companies globally —  from cutting-edge start-ups to 20+ of the 50 largest global biopharma — rely on the Benchling R&D Cloud as their central source of truth for scientific data, analysis, and collaboration. Benchling is on a mission to accelerate scientific progress through advanced software that's purpose-built for biology.

To learn more,  visit: Benchling.com

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Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

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In this episode, we're joined by Venomtech Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Steve Trim, for a lesson on the use of venoms in drug discovery and other fields! He explains the many uses of animal venom including cosmetics and crop protection. Also, Trim shares the story of the Ventomtech exclusive hot sauce that simulated a venomous spider bite!

Key Learning Points:

• Why venom isn't widely used for drug development
• What the ethical implications of using venoms are
• What you need to know to use venom in your own research

About Steve Trim:
Trim is the Founder and CSO of Venomtech, where he leads the scientific efforts to produce automation-compatible biological libraries, targeted to drug discovery therapeutic areas to maximize hit potential and a wide range of biopesticides. He founded Venomtech to deliver value to drug discovery programs struggling to find novel lead material after 10 years as a pharmaceutical molecular biologist and safety delegate, followed by a research associate position in a comparative genomics lab.

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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

For Students:
Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.

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Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

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Our guest for this episode is ViQi Inc. AI Engineer and Data Scientist Rupert Dodkins, Ph.D., who shares his story on how a visit to the Jodrell Bank Observatory as a child inspired him to pursue a career in astrophysics before transitioning into the life sciences field. Also, Dodkins explains what it was like to achieve the Guinness world record for the most consecutive heelflips while he was still a Ph.D. student!

Key Learning Points:

• The criteria for selecting the best-fit institution for grad school
• The importance of setting a destination for your goals
• What goes into preparing for setting a new world record

About Rupert Dodkins, Ph.D.:
While Dodkins was completing his Ph.D. at the University of Oxford, and his postdoc at the University of California, Dodkins applied machine learning to exoplanet imaging with single-photon cryogenic-detectors. At ViQi, Inc, he develops machine learning algorithms for high-content virology assays. A unique accomplishment of Dodkins' is that he jointly owns the Guinness World Record for Most Skateboard Heelflips in One Minute.

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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

For Students:
Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

View the full events calendar

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's the typical timeline look like for planning an SLAS conference?
• How does planning a conference differ from a symposium?
• How has COVID-19 affected SLAS events and the industry? 

If you're feeling pumped up and ready to attend an exhibition after listening to this discussion, then we invite you to Sunny San Diego, CA for SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition February 25 - March 1, 2023!

To see a full list of upcoming SLAS conferences, events and more, visit: https://www.slas.org/events-calendar/

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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

For Students:
Visit the SLAS Student Resources to find information on student-focused SLAS awards, grants, scholarships, digital educational content, podcasts and more.

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

View the full events calendar

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 over 1000 pathogens causing both deep-seated and bloodstream infections from a single blood sample.  

To learn more about Karius, visit: https://kariusdx.com/

About Sivan Bercovici, Ph.D.:
Sivan is an innovator in artificial intelligence, pioneering the development of complex computational and data platforms, as well as novel machine-learning models designed to address critical challenges in human disease. Recently, his team made news in the New England Journal of Medicine for the Karius Test™ used in the analytics of the pig heart transplant in a human.

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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS2023 International Conference and Exhibition

• February 25 - March 1, 2023
• San Diego, CA, USA

SLAS Europe 2023 Conference and Exhibition

• 23-26 May 2023
• Brussels, Belgium

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

View the full events calendar

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 upcoming  SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium!

About Scigilian:
Scigilian is a leading life science solutions provider specializing in solutions that address the collaboration challenges of a distributed lab research environment. Scigilian enables life science organizations to accelerate their discovery efforts and optimize their lab operations by providing solutions that orchestrate and streamline their internal and external workflows. From managing sample inventory to performing sample logistics, scheduling assays to analyzing and viewing results, Scigilian's Discovery Platform’s powerful life science solutions are carefully designed to meet the software technology needs of pharmaceutical, biotech and scientific research organizations of today and tomorrow.

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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium

• September 15-16, 2022
• La Jolla, CA, USA

SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium

• September 26-27, 2022
• Seattle, WA, USA

SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Sympos

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

View the full events calendar

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 experience. 

To learn more about Cellink, visit: https://www.cellink.com/

About Andrew Ridley, Ph.D.:
Ridley is an experienced Product Manager/Sales Director with a Ph.D. focused in Molecular and Cellular Biology and has a history of working in the biotechnology industry. Skilled in molecular/cell biology with a focus on cutting-edge technologies including microfluidics and 3D bioprinting.

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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium

• September 15-16, 2022
• La Jolla, CA, USA

SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium

• September 26-27, 2022
• Seattle, WA, USA

SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium

• 27-28 October 2022
• Brussels, Belgium

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

View the full events calendar

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 innovative DMS technology from Ferrologix? Visit their website to learn about their beta testing program and schedule a demo!

About Coleman Murray, Ph.D.:
Murray serves as the chief operating officer and co-founder of Ferrologix Inc. He has a background in lab automation and applying microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to healthcare products. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 under the mentorship of Professor Dino Di Carlo where he developed the ratcheting cytometry platform which formed Ferrologix's core technology. Aside from his role at Ferrologix, Murray is a current member of the SLAS board of directors where he assists with the planning and development of the society. 

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About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

Upcoming SLAS Events:
SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium

• September 15-16, 2022
• La Jolla, CA, USA

SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium

• September 26-27, 2022
• Seattle, WA, USA

SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

View the full events calendar

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 protein biochemist focused on translational Precision Medicine workflows. Her previous experience was in varied areas of mass spectrometry, including small molecule LC-MS/MS, targeted and untargeted proteomics, DESI imaging, and intact protein analysis in an academic core facility. She has an established publication record in protein biochemistry, bottom-up proteomics, and targeted metabolomics.

About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

Upcoming SLAS Events:

SLAS Building Biology in 3D Symposium

• April 16-17, 2024
• Jupiter, FL, USA

SLAS Europe 2024 Conference and Exhibition

• May 27-29, 2024
• Barcelona, Spain

View the full events calendar

Guitarist Kara Gordon who now goes by the stage name Jimi Kara, regularly performs around the country and never seems to slow down.  He's opened for Slash, Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, George Clinton, toured New Zealand, Australia and the UK with Alabama 3, performed many times with Fly My Pretties and has recently been a part of the tribute shows for the late Aaron Tokona.  He's a big character, an unforgettable presence and has even claimed to be Jimi Hendrix re-incarnate.  This one's a wild ride and reveals a thoughtful and quieter side of this larger than life character.  Enjoy!

SHOW: 399

DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian continue the "Four for Four Hundred" shows, with a focus on following the money in cloud computing. Then Brian talks with Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig, Cloud Economist @ Duckbill Group) about the economic realities of being all-in on the public cloud.

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• Corey on Eps.307 of The Cloudcast
• Last Week in AWS (Newsletter)
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SHOW NOTES:

Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. You’ve become a multi-media star since your last appeared (newsletter, podcasting, stand-up comedy, co-hosting theCUBE, live blogger, etc.). 

Topic 2 - In case you haven’t noticed, revenues in the public cloud have grown quite a bit in the last few years. And not a day goes by without some web company announcing their monthly AWS spend. Walk us through the world of an organization that is a reasonably heavy spender in the public cloud. Are there steak dinners and rounds of golf still involved? 

Topic 3 - We hear about long-term contracts being negotiated with public cloud providers. How do these negotiations go, and where are customer’s leverage points?

Topic 4 - What are the typical stages of Cloud Adoption and Cloud Grief? 

• Excitement - bypass IT, everything seems cheap
• Curiosity - so many new services to explore and use
• Confusion - so many services, they don’t all fit on the dashboard, where are the neglected services running?
• Fear - the bills come in and they are more than we expected

Topic 5 - Do you find that legacy IT is actually brought along on the journey to large-scale public cloud usage? If so, what is the transition process for people/groups used to CAPEX and Hardware and ELAs and Data Centers? 

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SHOW: 391

DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Gustavo Franco (@stratus, Customer Reliability Engineer at Google) about real-world experience as SRE/SRE Manager and CRE Manager, a discussion about how to measure SRE success, as well as how to onboard the SRE/CRE concepts and processes to new teams. 

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• Kubernetes v1.14 released - Adds Windows Container support
• Google introduces Cloud-based (streaming) Gaming Service called Stadia
• UPS To Send Nurses For In-Home Vaccinations

SHOW INTERVIEW LINKS:

Gustavo's Background: https://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity/vl-ca/public/schedule/speaker/150125

• “Scaling SRE, the Journey from 1 to Many Teams” (Gustavo’s talk at Velocity) 
• DevOps and SRE
• Tuning up SLIs 

SHOW NOTES:

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background, and some of the things you work on today as it relates to SRE and CRE teams. 

Topic 2 - Let's talk about what SRE is intended to do, and maybe how it differs (or is the same) from existing teams that might be labeled "Ops" or "DevOps". Maybe we can also talk about some of the types of skills that highlight what SRE does.

Topic 3 - What are some of the ways to avoid an SRE (or CRE) team just becoming the band-aid team to fix all the things that developers don't want to put into code because they are under deadlines (security, bug fixed, scalability, etc.)?

Topic 4 - We're hearing more about these terms "AIOps" and "ChaosEngineering". How much can SRE/CRE teams augment applications through tools that either bring deeper insight (e.g. AIOps) or create scenarios that developers can't emulate (e.g. Chaos)?

Topic 5 - You've been around SRE/CRE for a while now. What are some of the positive and negative lessons you've learned and could share with the audience?

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