http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/podcast.cfm en-us ℗ & © 2006 The Association for Laboratory Automation A monthly digest of The Association for Laboratory Automation's Ask The Lab Man discussion forum The Lab Man The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) is proud to bring you The Lab Man Podcast. This brief monthly digest of ALA's online Ask The Lab Man discussion forum offers a glimpse of interesting and significant questions, answers and ideas emanating from the online discussion board in any particular month. The Lab Man also will acknowledge and thank leading contributors as well as members of our volunteer scientific experts. The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) is proud to bring you The Lab Man Podcast. This brief monthly digest of ALA's online Ask The Lab Man discussion forum offers a glimpse of interesting and significant questions, answers and ideas emanating from the online discussion board in any particular month. The Lab Man also will acknowledge and thank leading contributors as well as members of our volunteer scientific experts. The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) AskTheLabMan@labautomation.org no The Lab Man The debut of The Lab Man Podcast in which ALA president Anne Kopf-Sill, Ph.D. introduces The Lab Man. Then The Lab Man answers the Question of the Month for August, which is "What standards exist covering the integration of laboratory automation?" http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_august2006.mp3 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:00:00 GMT 4:01 laboratory,automation,ala,NIST,standards,drug discovery,labman The Lab Man In this month's edition, The Lab Man answers a question frequently asked in ALA's popular short course, Liquid Handling Boot Camp: "What are the proper techniques to accurately pipetting DMSO based solutions?" http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_september2006.mp3 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:00:00 GMT 1:56 laboratory,automation,ala,liquid,handling,DMSO,drug discovery,labman The Lab Man This month, The Lab Man examines the hits and misses of microfluidics technology. A well recognized expert the field, Dr. Sabeth Verpoorte, provides her insight to the discussion. Also, Agilent's new LCMS instrument utilizing a credit card-sized chip is profiled. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_october2006.mp3 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:00:00 GMT 3:15 microfluidics,LCMS,Agilent,laboratory automation,lab automation,labautomation,ala,drug discovery,labman The Lab Man Laboratory automation sourcing is covered in this month's Lab Man Podcast. This is the fist in a series of upcoming podcasts examining the results from ALA's annual survey on the state of industrial laboratory automation. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_november2006.mp3 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT 2:18 lab automation sourcing,off-the-shelf,OTS,ALA,survey,labman,Lan Man The Lab Man This month, the Lab Man brings you the second segment of results from the recent ALA survey on the state of industrial laboratory automation. These questions cover why organizations use lab automation, what obstacles limit lab automation, and what impact lab automation has had. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_december2006.mp3 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:00:00 GMT 1:53 ALA,survey,labman,Lan Man The Lab Man The third and final installment of the Lab Man's discussion on the results from the recent ALA survey on the state of industrial laboratory automation. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_january2007.mp3 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:00:00 GMT 1:25 ALA The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of three episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2007 exhibit floor, and each featuring one of the ALA New Product Award (NPA) Designation winners. This episode features Corning. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2007_1.mp3 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:00:00 GMT 6:34 ALA,Corning,LabAutomation The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of three episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2007 exhibit floor, and each featuring one of the ALA New Product Award (NPA) Designation winners. This episode features Qiagen. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2007_2.mp3 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:00:00 GMT 4:02 ALA,Qiagen,LabAutomation The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of three episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2007 exhibit floor, and each featuring one of the ALA New Product Award (NPA) Designation winners. This episode features Symyx. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2007_3.mp3 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:00:00 GMT 4:28 ALA,Symyx,LabAutomation The Lab Man The Lab Man interviews the closing speaker of LabAutomation2007, Daniel H. Wilson, author of "How to Survive a Robot Uprising." http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_march2007.mp3 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:00:00 GMT 9:32 ALA,Symyx,LabAutomation The Lab Man This month, the Lab Man has a discussion about the impact on laboratory automation of new Operating Systems such as Windows Vista with software development engineer Bob Burger of Beckman Coulter. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_april2007.mp3 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:00:00 GMT 6:54 ALA,LabAutomation,Beckman Coulter,Windows Vista,Vista,Windows,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man This month, The Lab Man talks with Kevin Hrusovsky, president and CEO of Caliper Life Sciences and former ALA board member, about the perceived trend that technology providing companies are migrating more into the business of service and partnership to the life sciences industry. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_may2007.mp3 Tue, 15 May 2007 19:00:00 GMT 8:37 ALA,LabAutomation,Caliper,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man If your organization isn't developing its Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) strategy, then you're at risk of falling behind the curve. ELN's are here and being implemented by mainstream organizations, not just early "bleeding edge" adopters. But it's not all simple and easy just yet, as we are told in this podcast conversation with Michael Elliott of Atrium Research. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_june2007.mp3 Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:00:00 GMT 12:52 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man Spotlight on Putting Lab Automation to Work: The recent ALA survey on Industrial Laboratory Automation indicated that the challenge has shifted from simply implementing fast, reliable automation tools to the complexities of doing new and better science with those tools. The Lab Man speaks with ALA President Reinhold Schaefer about the new ALA Spotlight Series of workshops, which are designed specifically to shine a "spotlight" on the evolving challenge of putting automation to work to do science. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_july2007.mp3 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:00:00 GMT 8:08 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man Is Your Industry Going Hollywood? The Lab Man discusses a recent article published in The Scientist which proposes that the future business model for Pharma should be patterned after the movie industry. Together with Charles R. Powell, Chief Commercial Officer of Aurora Biotechnologies, The Lab Man ponders the effect such a business model might have on laboratory automation. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_august2007.mp3 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:00:00 GMT 10:42 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man The return of RFID? The Lab Man talks to Rick Pestian of the RFID Solutions Center about whether Radio Frequency ID will make a lab comeback via improved technology and dramatically lowered cost as it is doing in the shipping and retail industry. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_september2007.mp3 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:00:00 GMT 12:01 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man Vision Systems Evaluate Behavior: The LabMan talks to Dr. Lucas Noldus, CEO of Noldus Information Technology in the Netherlands, about recent software advances that make it possible to conduct advanced evalutions of animal and human behavior. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_october2007.mp3 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:00:00 GMT 11:47 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man Interview with Dean Kamen: The LabMan talks with Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway human transport device, about technology education and FIRST. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_november2007.mp3 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMT 10:17 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man Microsoft a player in bioinformatics? We're all aware of Microsoft products for our PC's, but did you know that the company is becoming much more active in the bioinformatics field? The LabMan has a conversation with Rudy Potenzone, Industry Technology Strategist for Microsoft, about the Microsoft BioIT Alliance initiative. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_december2007.mp3 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:00:00 GMT 10:13 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man Teaching Microplates New Tricks: What's new with microplates other than squeezing more wells into the same footprint? The Lab Man talks to Lane Niles, an independent consultant in the field of Assay Biophysics, about new developments in microplate material science. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_january2008.mp3 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:00:00 GMT 13:53 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of five episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2008 exhibit floor. This episode features ALA New Product Award Winner Qiagen. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2008_qiagen.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:00:00 GMT 8:02 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of five episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2008 exhibit floor. This episode features ALA New Product Award Winner Formulatrix. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2008_formulatrix.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT 6:56 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of five episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2008 exhibit floor. This episode features ALA New Product Award Winner Viaflow http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2008_viaflow.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT 6:27 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of five episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2008 exhibit floor. This episode features Student Poster Winner Nicole Tolan http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2008_ntolan.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:00:00 GMT 7:21 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man This month's Lab Man Podcast consists of five episodes, all recorded live on the LabAutomation2008 exhibit floor. This episode features PharmaLogics Recruiting president and founder Megan Driscoll http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_february2008_mdriscol.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT 8:58 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation The Lab Man A New Location for LabAutomation? The Lab Man talks to Brenda Dreier, the ALA Director of Event Management and to Jim Sterling, the current ALA president, about the history and future of the LabAutomation conference. http://www.labautomation.org/labsnap/askthelabman/audio/podcast_march2008.mp3 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT 10:46 ALA,LabAutomation,laboratory automation,laboratory,automation