TheThe UpstateUpstate NewNew YorkYork LaboratoryLaboratory RoboticsRobotics InterestInterest GroupGroup GlennGlenn SaundersSaunders President,President, UpstateUpstate NewNew YorkYork LRIG,LRIG, Inc.Inc. What is LRIG? What does LRIG Do? A Non-profit, volunteer organization: Professionally run, The Upstate New York LRIG provides networking opportunities, membership-driven unbiased technical support and educational programs • Regional Chapters worldwide; including Upstate New York Networking: We also proudly support four regional US FIRST We organize and present semi-annual • Over 9,000 members: scientists, lab managers, researchers and Robotics teams symposia and vendor exhibitions on engineers laboratory automation topics • Membership drawn from pharmaceutical, biotechnology, genomics, Technical Support: chemical, agricultural, cosmetics and other industries. We provide a moderated, un-biased Team 1493: The Falcons forum where end-users and suppliers Team 20: The Rocketeers Albany High School Mission: • Involvement from Industrial, Government and Academic sectors. can communicate on laboratory Shenendehowa High School automation issues To provide an open and unbiased forum for users and The name “Laboratory Robotics” doesn’t capture all activities and interests: Robotics, Education: Team 1665: The Weapons providers of laboratory automation to communicate and automation, instrumentation, high-throughput screening, drug discovery, compound of Mass Construction exchange ideas* management, compound purification, compound distribution, bioinformatics, We provide opportunities for vendor Hudson High School combinatorial chemistry, chemical synthesis, data management, validation, training seminars pharmaceutical form sample preparation, dissolution testing, toxicity testing and Team 250: The Dynamos Capital Region Robotics *See www.lab-robotics.org for a more complete mission statement product formulation among others. The LRIG Business Model Some Sponsors: Typical Meeting Format • Free Membership • Free attendance at exhibitions • Free food • Unbiased • One evening event: ~3pm to ~9pm – free admission • Vendor funded • Social hour (networking with free food) • Membership data vigorously protected • Vendor exhibits: 10-50 tables (with more free food) • Mailing lists are not shared • 3-5 scientific presentations (with still more free food) • Moderated forum • Online Forums: • Vendor workshops Discussion Swap Shop Career Center LRIG is a pseudo-franchise of affiliated non-profits October 26, 2006 Laboratory Automation Technologies June 25, 2007 Albany Area Laboratory Automation Upstate NY LRIG Background and Practices: An Overview Review and Social • October 2006: Incorporated; 501 (c)(3) “Laboratory Automation Strategies”, Dr. Steve Fillers, “Drug Discovery and Development: Applications of Robotics and High- TekCel Throughput Instrumentation”, Brian T. Gregg, Ph.D., Research Fellow, • October 2006: Inaugural meeting and vendor Medicinal Chemistry, AMRI, Inc. exhibition, “Laboratory Automation Technologies and Practices: An Overview” “Automation Analysis of Edible Oils and Lubricants by “Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies”, Robert J. Linhardt, FTIR Spectroscopy-Problems and Solutions”, Dr. F.R. Constellation Chair, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • June 2007: Meeting and Vendor Exhibition, “Albany Van de Voort, McGill University Area Laboratory Automation Review and Social” “Center for Functional Genomics (CFG)”, John Tine, Ph.D., Director, Molecular Genetics Laboratory • November 2007: Meeting and Vendor Exhibition, “High Throughput Crystallization System “The Future of Genomics: How the X PRIZE Will Development at Bristol-Myers Squibb”, Dr. Anne I. “Science in the Pursuit of Health”, Carmen Mannella, Wadsworth Center, NYS Song, BMS Department of Health Revolutionize Sequencing” Upstate New York LRIG Attendance: 68 Membership: 750 • June 2008: Meeting and Vendor Exhibition, “Microarray Biochips for High-Throughput Drug “NYSP Forensic Investigation Center”, Danielle J. Brownell, Forensic Scientist Vendor Tables: 5 “Applications and Advances in Automation for Screening”, III (DNA), NYSP Forensic Investigation Center Forensics” Dr. Moo-Yeal Lee, Solidus Biosciences “Eight Years of HTS Research at GE”, Dr. Donald Wisenhunt Jr., Manager, Posters: Combinatorial Chemistry Lab “Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope”, Dr. Benjamin Potsaid, CATS President: Treasurer: Secretary: “Laboratory Automation at Taconic’s Molecular Analysis Laboratory”, “New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center: Automated DNA Casework”, Danielle Brownell Stephen Festin, Ph.D., Senior Manager Molecular Analysis Services, Taconic Glenn Saunders Michael P. Ryan Joanne I. Brown “New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center: Automated DNA Databank”, Brian J. Murphy Attendance: 120 Labs Research Engineer Assistant Director Marketing Communications Manager “Vari Syringe: Different Volumes in Each Vial”, John Brohan, Traders Micro Center for Automation Technologies Division of Laboratory Quality Certification Applied Robotics, Inc. Vendor Tables: 42 and Systems Wadsworth Center “From the Factory to the Lab: Flexible Automation Solutions Provide Quality and Quantity”, Applied Robotics “Applied Robotics” Rensselaer November 5, 2007 The Future of Genomics: How the X Coming Up: Applications and Advances in Automation June 25, 2008 PRIZE will Revolutionize Sequencing for Forensics Desmond Hotel and Conference Center 3:00 – 5:00 Vendor exhibition 3:00 – 5:00 Networking – full gourmet menu provided “The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics: Ushering in a New 5:00 – 7:00 Technical Program Era of Personalized Medicine, Through Competition”, Mr. • Robotics Marc Hodosh, Senior Director of the Archon X PRIZE for Attendance: 65 Genomics • LIMS Vendor Tables: 17 • Expert Systems “What Will it Take to Sequence the Human Genome Error- Free, In Minutes, For Pennies?”, Dr. Sadeg M. Faris and Dr. • Future Directions James N. Eakin, Reveo, Inc. “Technology Advances for DNA Sequencing – A Speakers from: Perspective from the University Core Lab”, Dr. Peter Schweitzer, Director of the Cornell DNA Sequencing and • New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center Genotyping Laboratory Contact Information: www.lab-robotics.org/upstate • Forensic Identification and Profiling, Inc. [email protected] • Perkin Elmer.