Course Overview
Are you someone who wants to hit the ground running with your first job in a laboratory? Or a company seeking to enhance the skills of your liquid handling specialists?
Enroll in our Applied Liquid Handling Boot Camp to learn from industry-focused instructors about operating liquid handling automation equipment, the drug discovery processes and developments. Take advantage of this ONE-TIME opportunity to participate in this limited-enrollment beta test of the program for only $150.
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Course Highlights
When: NEW DATE AND LOCATION! May 29-30, 2025
Where: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Cost: $150 (introductory rate ends March 24, 2025)
What this course will provide:
- An increased understanding of automation in laboratory sciences with a specific focus on developing skills needed to run liquid handling automation equipment in an academic, biotech and/or industry setting.
- Exposure to a variety of actively used liquid handling automation equipment in functional automation laboratories
- Participation in hands-on training experiments aimed at understanding the fundamentals of liquid handling chemistry
- Education and awareness of the drug development and discovery process.
- Understanding the different stages of drug development
- Pre-clinical development
- High-throughput screening and hit-to-lead validation
- Clinical development
- Investigational New Drug (IND) filing
- How and why automation and liquid handling biology are essential to the process
- Career selection and preparation for a successful transition into liquid handling automation.
- Exposure to the required skills outside of the laboratory for a successful transition into this sector
- Data analysis skills
- Excellent communication
- Time management
- Troubleshooting processes
Completion of this course will grant participants the ability to:
- Evaluate the potential benefits of automation
- Utilize the best automation approach for a successful implementation plan
- Monitor and improve the automation setup
- Determine the best application of machine learning for an experimental procedure
- Determine the appropriate hardware for their experimentation processes
- Identify the potential strengths and weaknesses of a proposed automation solution
Hear more about the course from SLAS Scientific Director, Lesley Granberg, Ph.D., on a special episode of the New Matter podcast.
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Enter into a rewarding professional career by acquiring the necessary skills in liquid handling to accelerate the scientific discovery process.
This course is designed for:
- Individuals who have completed an undergraduate degree in a science-related field
- Anyone looking to upskill to a full-time lab position
- Graduate students and post-docs looking to explore a hands-on career in lab automation and drug discovery
This comprehensive course will prepare you for an entry-level position in the growing lab automation and liquid handling field. The course allows for hands-on training on a variety of lab equipment, as well as gold-standard classroom instruction and significant peer group interaction.
- Pre-program and post-program knowledge assessments
- An introductory self-paced online learning program before the in-person event
- A two-day in-person program (approximately one-day classroom with interactive learning modules and one day in an actual lab)
- A glossary of terms, quizzes, interactive exercises and resource materials
- Wrap-up online learning program
- Select office hours with members of our expert faculty for clarification and follow-up
- Certificate of completion
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This program is a perfect opportunity to upskill your organization's newly hired or incumbent workers.
This course is ideal for:
- Those who have graduated with a science-related undergraduate degree or are in their first lab position
- Those looking to excel as an Automated Liquid Handling Specialist or Technician position in a lab
- Graduate students and post-docs looking to explore a hands-on career in lab automation and drug discovery
This comprehensive course will prepare participants for an entry-level position in the growing lab automation and liquid handling field. The course allows for hands-on training on a variety of lab equipment, as well as gold-standard classroom instruction and significant peer group interaction.
- Pre- and post- knowledge assessments
- Self-paced e-learning (online module)
- Two-day in-person program (one-day classroom with interactive learning modules; one day in lab)
- Includes quizzes, interactive activities and downloadable resources
- Glossary of terms and visual glossary with examples of equipment and instruments
- Final self-paced e-learning module highlighting critical elements of the program
- Certificate of completion
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