Unlocking Tomorrow's Lab Today

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

You're Now Connected: Prepare Your Lab for the Future

Digitalization is now a key indicator of success in modern laboratories, enhancing data accuracy and improving the efficiency of research and analysis. This webinar will explore the crucial roles of data integrity and laboratory connectivity in the lab. Discover cutting-edge lab products that are redefining standards for precision and reliability, such as Sartorius balances equipped with the Ingenix data management system. These sophisticated balances, along with advanced pipettes and calibration solutions, ensure seamless integration and traceability in compliance with the stringent ALCOA principles.

Explore the future of laboratory excellence in this webinar, which will focus on:

1. Data Integrity & Connectivity: Discover how Sartorius balances provide a robust solution for maintaining precise and reliable data. Learn about the advantages of integrating your laboratory instruments with data systems for an efficient workflow.

2. Efficient Digital Management: Explore strategies for managing your balance fleets and pipette calibrations digitally.

3. Future-Proof Labs: Building a lab environment where accuracy, compliance, and traceability are the foundation for scientific success.

Presenters: Victor Kravchuk, Ferencz Paldy, Sandra Söderholm
Sartorius
11:00am-12:00 pm EDT

Automated Sample Preparation with On-line GC/GC-MS Analysis Drives Costs Savings While Improving Data Quality

Analytical laboratories involved in high throughput GC/GC-MS analyses, especially in the environmental and food safety analytical segment, strive to meet the growing demand for high-throughput analytical methodology while achieving the required level of sensitivity, precision, and accuracy of the results, with additional efforts to maintain low operational costs. 

Sample preparation required ahead of GC-MS analysis is crucial and represents the most critical bottleneck for higher sample throughput. Manual sample preparation protocols are not only labor-intensive and time consuming, but also quite expensive, prone to human errors, and may expose the operators to hazardous chemicals. Many laboratories have begun adopting new technology for automated procedures on-line with highly sensitive analytical instrumentation to simplify daily workflow while ensuring appropriate limits of detection. This talk brings you examples on how analytical testing laboratories could achieve significant savings after moving from a manual to automated workflow by: 

• Improving sample throughput with unattended 24/7 operation 

• Enhancing laboratory efficiency with improved data quality 

• Reducing costs with scaled-down solvent and sample volumes
 

Presenter: Dr. Daniela Cavagnino
Thermo Fisher Scientific
12:30-1:30 pm EDT

The Future of Cell Culture: Transforming the Complexities of 3D Cell Culture into Reliable and Translatable Science

Organoids show great promise as a game-changer in disease modeling and drug screening since they better resemble tissue structure and functionality and show more predictive responses to drugs. However, challenges associated with using organoids, such as highly complex assays, reproducibility issues, and the ability to scale up have limited their widespread adoption as a primary screening method in drug discovery. 

In this webinar, experts will share results from automated 3D organoid and 2D cell culture workflows that alleviate the bottlenecks that come with labor-intensive manual protocols. They’ll discuss the benefits of these workflows for drug discovery and disease modeling applications and present how they managed demanding cell culture feeding and passaging schedules to eliminate time in the lab while maintaining a 24/7 schedule for growing and scaling multiple models. Join the webinar to learn how your lab can get the confidence in experimental outcomes using advanced technologies that help researchers make key decisions sooner, achieve milestones faster, and get to clinic earlier.

Presenter: Oksana Sirenko, PhD, and Felix Spira, PhD
Molecular Devices
2:00-3:00 pm EDT

Stretch Your Time and Budget with the Agilent Bravo Liquid Handler for All Your Sample Prep Needs

How much time is spent on manual sample preparation and rework in your lab? For some labs, it may be upwards of 1,250 hours per year. Many of the challenges of sample preparation, like meeting throughput demands, managing workload, upskilling lab analysts, and reducing human error, can be mitigated with automated sample preparation. 

The Agilent Bravo platform is a reliable, compact, and versatile liquid handling system with a unique open deck design that facilitates workflow automation and integration. It aspirates and dispenses liquids with high accuracy and precision over a wide volume range. With many on-deck accessories available and applicated workflows with pre-prepared protocols, the Bravo platform is adaptable and facilitates increased walk-away time for a full spectrum of analytical laboratory applications.

Automated sample preparation may be within reach for your lab’s budget by leveraging flexible financing options or by purchasing a fully tested and warranted Agilent Certified Pre-Owned Bravo platform.

Who should attend:

• Individuals wanting to improve the efficiency of the lab

• Anyone with the need to increase throughput and walk-away time

• Labs looking for flexible budget options to obtain automation capabilities through new, technology access programs

Presenter: Kenda LJ Evans, PhD
Agilent
3:30-4:30 pm EDT