New Matter: Inside the Minds of SLAS Scientists

Roland Terborg, Ph.D., Shinephi, joins Hannah to discuss Shinephi's achievement in winning the SLAS Ignite Award at SLAS Europe 2022. Terborg explains the early career path that led him to the research he conducts today at Shinephi in live-cell imaging. He also shares his experience at SLAS Europe 2022 and why the conference is an excellent opportunity for newer companies to participate in and attend. If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for research, then you'll benefit from the tips that Terborg shares for scientists who want to take their research beyond academia. 

To learn more about Shinephi, visit: https://shinephi.tech/

About Roland Terborg, Ph.D.:
Roland A. Terborg, Ph.D., obtained his degree in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) studying photonics at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). Terborg's research areas include structured light beams, holography and biosensing. Dr. Terborg is a person driven by his motivation to bring solutions to society that will have a positive impact. He is currently working as an entrepreneur at the ICFO Launchpad, coordinating a scientific research team and carrying out the business development of a spin-off project in the Life-Science sector.

About SLAS:
SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.

SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.

SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium

• September 15-16, 2022
• La Jolla, CA, USA

SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium

• September 26-27, 2022
• Seattle, WA, USA

SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium

• 27-28 October 2022
• Brussels, Belgium

The SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium program is next month in La Jolla, CA!
Register by visiting: https://www.slas.org/events-calendar/slas-2022-americas-sample-management-symposium/attend/register/

Mei Wu has had some amazing support in her road to getting a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This episode in our career trajectories series dives into the balancing act that Mei experiences while working full time while obtaining a Ph.D.. Listeners hear another opinion on how having a Ph.D. affects job prospects in the life sciences fields. Keep an ear out for Mei's advice on how to decide what level of education to pursue.

SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium

• September 15-16, 2022
• La Jolla, CA, USA

SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium

• September 26-27, 2022
• Seattle, WA, USA

SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium

• 27-28 October 2022
• Brussels, Belgium

The SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium program is next month in La Jolla, CA!
Register by visiting: https://www.slas.org/events-calendar/slas-2022-americas-sample-management-symposium/attend/register/

Are you interested in neuroscience? Have you ever thought about how the immune system talks to the brain? Want to learn about dissecting functions of brain circuitry? Today is your chance! We are joined by Dr. Randy Blakely from Florida Atlantic University Brain Institute who walks us through all the really cool work the Brain Institute focuses on, such as: the developing brain, brain behavior, health, and diseases. In addition, find out how Dr. Blakely started as a humanist, transitioned to medicine, and settled and grew an extraordinary career as a neuroscientist. Finally, we learn about how worms can be used as such important tools for studying brain circuitry. 

Dr. Randy Blakely is the Executive Director, Florida Atlantic University Brain Institute, Professor of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. He spoke at our Building Biology in 3D Symposium this past fall on Autism Spectrum Disorder - From Molecule(s) to Drug Candidate - A 30 Year Journey Propelled by a 60-Year-Old Biomarker.

SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium

• September 15-16, 2022
• La Jolla, CA, USA

SLAS 2022 AI Data Pipelines for Life Sciences Symposium

• September 26-27, 2022
• Seattle, WA, USA

SLAS 2022 Bio Entrepreneurship Symposium

• 27-28 October 2022
• Brussels, Belgium

The SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium program is next month in La Jolla, CA!
Register by visiting: https://www.slas.org/events-calendar/slas-2022-americas-sample-management-symposium/attend/register/