SLAS Mentorship Program
Meant to provide additional value and opportunity to students and early career professionals attending LabAutomation2011, this program connects young scientists with those established in their careers within the field of laboratory automation. Whether you are a student considering a career in the laboratory automation sciences or you have just made the transition from your student life to your professional life, SLAS is there to help. Utilize the SLAS Mentorship Program to meet a mentor for lunch, take in a session or simply walk the exhibit floor.
Below is a list of SLAS Members that have graciously agreed to serve as mentors at LabAutomation2011. This list will be updated periodically as new mentors become available.
Students and Early Career Professionals — if you are interested in connecting with one (or more) of these mentors, please contact Amy McGorry at amcgorry@slas.org. Be sure to include the following in your email communication:
- Name, School or Company
- Have you attended LabAutomation before?
- Dates you will be attending LabAutomation2011
- The name of the mentor you are interested in connecting with (below)
- A short bio >100 words
Once the mentor has been notified and agrees, the two parties will be connected via email or telephone. Upon that connection taking place, it is the responsibility of the two parties to work within their schedules to set up a connection at LabAutomation2011.
Interested in Becoming a Mentor? Submit a short biography to have your name added to the list of available mentors. Once you are selected by a student or early career professional attending LabAutomation2011, a request will be sent to you via email (or telephone) to connect with that individual.
Questions? Contact Amy McGorry, Senior Manager, Administration and Member Services at amcgorry@slas.org.
Available Mentors:
James R. Beasley, Ph.D., Venenum Biodesign
Attending LabAutomation2011: January 30 and February 2.
Jim Beasley is a research scientist with 13+ years experience working in small pharma companies in the areas of early phase drug discovery including assay development, ultra-high-throughput screening, lead identification, and lead optimization programs. He has extensive experience in evaluation and implementation of new assay technologies, liquid handling instrumentation, and detection instrumentation. He received his B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in chemistry and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in biochemistry. He has been a member of the SBS (now SLAS) since 1999.
Roger Bossé, Ph.D., PerkinElmer BioSignal Inc
Attending LabAutomation2011: January 29 - February 2
Roger Bossé holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). He completed his Post Doctoral training with Marc Caron (Duke University, NC). Dr. Bossé joined BioSignal in 1996 as the R&D Group Leader responsible for the development of the GPCR pipeline. In 1998, he was promoted Associated Director R&D and supervised the development of the AlphaScreen and AlphaLISA platforms. In 2006, he transitioned to new functions in Business and Sales development. Dr. Bossé co-organized the 13th SBS annual meeting in Montreal in 2007. He was elected on the SBS board of directors in 2008.
William Janzen, UNC
Attending LabAutomation2011: January 30
William P. Janzen is Professor and Director of Assay Development and Compound Profiling in the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery. Mr. Janzen has twenty years of experience in innovative drug discovery and has been a leader in high throughput screening for lead generation in startup and large pharmaceutical ventures. His most recent position was President and Chief Operating Officer of Amphora Discovery where he established and managed a team that developed a unique drug discovery process based on microfluidic technologies and ran over 100 high throughput screens to create an SAR quality database for lead discovery.
Dr. Jörg Peter Kutter, Technical University of Denmark
Attending LabAutomation2011: January 29 - February 2
Dr. Jörg P. Kutter holds a PhD from the University of Ulm in Germany in Analytical Chemistry. He did a postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratories working in the field of microfluidics and chemical separations on microchips. Presently, he is professor in lab-on-a-chip based systems for chemical analysis at the Technical University of Denmark. His group focuses on the development of microfluidic devices for applications in life sciences.
Robyn A. Rourick, Genentech
Attending LabAutomation2011: January 29 - February 2
Robyn A. Rourick is a Sr. Manager, Nonclinical Operations at Genentech. Responsible for GLP & non-GLP outsourced non-clinical studies in support of INDs. Liaison between cross functional groups for study requirements as well as develops strategies for operational efficiencies and process gaps in study execution. Prior to Genentech, Director, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kalypsys, Inc. Responsibilities involved analytical and pharmaceutical development activities in support of early phase clinical programs. Prior to Kalypsys, Associate Director of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Research Labs and previous to that was Group Leader, Analytical Technologies at CombiChem, Inc. Prior to CombiChem, positions of increasing responsibility over the course of 10 years at Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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