SLAS2017 Short Course Program
The SLAS2017 Short Course Program provides in-depth instruction on topics, issues and techniques related to the laboratory science and technology community.
Please click the course title below to see further details regarding each SLAS2017 Short Course.
Short Course Only registration is available; you need not be registered for the SLAS2017 Conference and Exhibition to attend a short course, but must register for the individual course that you wish to attend.
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING COURSE MATERIALS:
- Courses below listed as 'Laptop Required' require registrants to bring their own computer. Internet and charging stations are provided free of charge in each course room. Software specifics are included within each individual course description. SLAS does not provide computers for course participants.
- Printed course materials (books, handouts, etc…) will not be available for SLAS2017 short courses. Registered participants will receive access to download materials for the individual course(s) for which they are registered in advance of SLAS2017 and should plan to either print these materials on their own or to bring their own laptop or tablet device to view and take notes within the electronic (PDF) materials during their SLAS2017 course. Charging stations will be available for student laptops/devices free of charge in all SLAS2017 course rooms.
Register Now for SLAS2017 Short Courses.
| Course Title |
Course Hours |
Member |
Non-Member |
Student |
| Saturday, February 4, 2017 - One Day Courses |
| 3D Cell-Based Assays for Drug De-Risking |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Introduction to Laboratory Automation |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Lab-on-a-Chip: From Technology to Bioanalysis on Chip |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Sunday, February 5, 2017 - One Day Courses |
| Affinity-based, Biophysical Methods for Screening and Mechanistic Studies: How to Effectively Use a Growing Biophysical Toolbox to Find and Characterize Chemical Leads |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Data Management in the Age of Big Data, Mobile, and the Cloud |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Derivation, Maintenance, and Characterization Techniques for Human iPS Cells Used in Drug Discovery and Disease Modeling |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Establishing Cell-Based Assays for Screening |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| High Content Screening: An Introduction to Instrumentation, Assay Development, Screening, Image and Data Analysis |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Liquid Handling Essentials (Interactive Course) |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$850 |
$950 |
N/A |
| Multi parametric Analysis of High Content Screening Data (Laptop Required) |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Next Generation Sequencing Technology Fundamentals and Applications |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Pharmacology in Drug Discovery and Development: New Lives for Receptors as Drug Targets Through Allostery and Biased Signaling (NEW!) |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Sample Management: Best Practice, Trends and Challenges |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$650 |
$750 |
$75 |
| Sunday, February 5, 2017 - Half Day Courses |
| Data Analytic Concepts for High Throughput Screening & Biomarker Applications (NEW!) |
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
$325 |
$375 |
$75 |
| Introduction to Flow Cytometry (NEW!) |
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
$325 |
$375 |
$75 |
| Lead Generation: A Critical Discussion of Hypothesis & Empirical Strategies |
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
$325 |
$375 |
$75 |
| Advanced Flow Cytometry (NEW!) |
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
$325 |
$375 |
$75 |
| An Introduction to Mass Spectrometry and its Applications within Drug Discovery (NEW!) |
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
$325 |
$375 |
$75 |
| Gene Editing for Drug Discovery |
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
$325 |
$375 |
$75 |
| Saturday, February 4 & Sunday, February 5, 2017 - Two Day Course |
| Getting Started with Excel & VBA in the Laboratory (Laptop Required) |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
$1,300 |
$1,500 |
$150 |
*Student registrants must provide copy of valid/current student ID during registration.
SLAS2017 Short Course Planning Committee
William Neil, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Robyn Rourick, Genentech
Mark Russo, Bristol-Myers Squibb
John Thomas Bradshaw, Artel
Questions?
Meghan Schofield, SLAS Short Course Coordinator
[email protected]
