ALA Names $10,000 Innovation Award Finalists For LabAutomation2010.pdf

The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) has announced the top candidates for its $10,000 Innovation Award at LabAutomation2010. The finalists are:

Jason Haaheim, M.S., Skokie, IL, USA, NanoInk – Dip Pen Nanolithography for Cell-Signaling: Towards Automated Nanolithography
Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D., Cambridge, MA, USA, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Microengineered Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Bioengineering
Abe Lee, Ph.D., Irvine, CA, USA, University of California, Irvine – Microfluidic Acoustically-Activated Air-Liquid Cavities for On-Chip Integration of Sample Preparation and Sample Detection
Darren Link, Ph.D., Lexington, MA, USA, RainDance Technologies – Multiplexing Assays with Droplet Libraries
Richard Mathies, Ph.D., Berkeley, CA, USA, University of California, Berkeley – Integrated Microfluidic Systems for High Performance Biochemical and Genetic Analysis
Zheng Ouyang, Ph.D., West Lafayette, IN, USA, Purdue University – Development of Miniature Mass Spectrometry Analysis Systems
Juan Santiago, Stanford, CA, USA, Stanford University – Rapid Chemical Detection and Identification with a Hand Held Device
Gary Siuzdak, Ph.D., La Jolla, CA, USA, The Scripps Research Institute – Tissue Imaging with Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS)
Robin Smith, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, ArtusLabs, Inc. – A New Paradigm for Results and Analytics, the Leap from Data Storage to Knowledge
Pak Kin Wong, Ph.D., Tucson, AZ, USA, University of Arizona – A 5-in-1 Bioprocessor for Electrokinetic Sample Preparation and Electrochemical Detection

The ALA Innovation Award recognizes outstanding innovation and contributions to the exploration of automation technologies in the laboratory. The panel of judges will evaluate each presentation at LabAutomation2010 and select the overall best presentation for the $10,000 award. The winner will be announced on January 27, 2010, during the closing plenary session. Each of the top candidates is also invited to present their work at ACHEMAsia 2010 in Beijing, China, in June 2010.