Member Profiles

	"I was able to find a lot of contacts in industry, which is important for sending resumes." — Irena Nikcevic, B.S., Student, ALA Student & Early Career Professionals Committee

	"I value the way that ALA brings my pharma, diagnostic and clinical colleagues together to talk about emerging instrumentation. ALA allows us to join together and explore how new technologies affect genome, proteome and metabolome analysis; this is important to me." — Patrick Merel, Ph.D., Plateforme d'Innovation Biomédicale, University Hospital of Bordeaux, France

	"As a volunteer for ALA, I'm double-rewarded for my participation. First, as a full member I receive all the benefits that come with my membership. Second, because I volunteer I can network with my peers and work to advance not only ALA but my own career, too." — Maureen Stone, Senior Account Representative, Tecan US, Inc.

	"As an active ALA member and a member of ALA's emerging food and agriculture industry, the similarities between food and agriculture and other lab automation industries are clear. Research and discovery, and the appropriate understanding and utilization of leading-edge automated strategies and innovative technologies in this research, play an indispensable role in food and agricultural product development in the same way these technologies have been valuable in drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, and genetic engineering." — Stephen R. Hughes, Ph.D., USDA, NCAUR, ARS, BBC

	"As a co-founder, I know ALA from its early childhood, and I have seen it growing to a huge and fertile family. ALA members count the smartest scientists, educators, manufacturers, engineers in the realm of automation dedicated to life-sciences and medicine, searching breathlessly for innovation, new knowledge and intellectual blood. The generosity of ALA in helping young scientists in many ways, contributes significantly to the developments of new drugs and medical care around the world." — Alain Donzel, Ph.D., President, Scitec S.A.

	"My ALA membership enables me to stay in close touch with the latest developments in automation technologies. LabAutomation conferences, JALA, The Lab Man Blog, and LabSnap are just a few of the ways that I stay connected. Attending LabAutomation has given me some of the best professional networking opportunities with users and developers in the field. And, In many aspects of my daily job, I rely frequently on the contacts I've made through my ALA membership. I count on this community for many things ranging from finding best solutions in our product design to recruiting new staff." — Andrea Chow, Vice President of Microfluidics R&D, Caliper Life Sciences