SLAS Travel Award Winners (Poster)

Gaurav Agarwal, University of California Santa Barbara 
Microfluidic Platforms for Investigating Extremophiles
Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Oluwaseun Ajayi, University of Georgia Athens
Systematic Cofactor Reconstitution of AprL Aminotransferase Enables Antibiotic Biosynthesis Studies
Assay Development and Screening

Maciej Andrzejewski, University of Warsaw
Ultra-high Throughput Droplet Microfluidic Image-based Sorting for Selection of Proteolytic Bacteria
Assay Development and Screening

Perry Azougi
ANUBIS: A Fully Autonomous Work Cell for High-Throughput Vial Weighing and Data Logging
Automation Technologies

Hemza Abdel Fettah Berkani, Edinburgh Napier University
Lab-on-a-Chip ELISA: A Portable Approach for Environmental Water Monitoring
Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Rachel Bibiu, Brown University
Ultrasound-Assisted Dissociation of Spheroids and Larger Tissue Biopsies for High-Throughput Single-Cell Preparation
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Daniel Boahmah, North Carolina State University
Ultrasensitive PFAS Detection via Polymerization in Sensing
Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Maria Clavijo Perez, Mimetas
The OrganoPlate 3-lane UniFlow: Pumpless, Scalable Organ-on-a-Chip for Modelling Vasculature and BBB Under Physiologically-Relevant Unidirectional Flow
Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Luuk De Haan
A Scalable Human Primary Liver Model to Study Cell-cell Interactions
Cellular Technologies

M Esakkimuthukumar
JSS University A Nano-Enabled Synergistic Strategy for Diabetic Wound Healing: Small Molecule HIF-1α Stabilization and Zinc Oxide Action in Diabetic wounds
Data Science and AI

Sinan Golhan, GolTech
Automated Wwelling and Degradation Testing for Hydrogels
Automation Technologies

Ruth Hartke, NCATS/NIH
Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Activities of Synthetic Natural Product ZJ-101 Series Compounds
New Modalities

Zhaowei Jiang, Pfizer
A Novel Method for Normalizing Data from DNA-Encoded Library Selections
Assay Development and Screening

Rishika Khanna, University of Texas At Austin
High-content Imaging and Predictive Gastrointestinal Drug Toxicity Modeling with Human Intestinal Organoids on the Microfluidic OrganoidChip
Cellular Technologies

Geunhee Kim
Radiation Response Profiling and Radioresistance Mechanisms in 3D Tumor Models
Cellular Technologies

Józef Krzak, University of Warsaw
Barcoding Droplet Composition in Droplet Screen-seq: A New Platform for Ultra-High Throughput Microbial Consortia Analysis
Assay Development and Screening

Ankit Kumar, Texas A&M University
VitaVision: AI-enabled Automated and Label-Free Tissue Health Monitoring for Microphysiological Systems and New Approach Methods
Data Science and AI

Gi Yoon Lee, Seoul National University
Integrated Platform for Ultra-rapid Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Bloodstream Infection
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Ruotong Li, Emory University
Myhre Target Discovery and Development through High-throughput Screening of Rewired SMAD4 Interactome
Assay Development and Screening

Marcin Malkowski, University of Warsaw
Ultra-high-throughput Droplet Microfluidics for scRNA-seq
Assay Development and Screening

Jeanet Mante, University of Texas At Austin
High Throughput Pipeline for Creation and Characterization of Genetic Variants
Assay Development and Screening

Geovana Mendes, UFG
A Low-Cost Spinner-actuated Microfluidic Platform for Isothermal Amplification-based Pathogen Detection in Resource-limited Settings
Assay Development and Screening

Wayne Monteiro, Johns Hopkins University
Protease Substrate Profiling Using Molecular Indexing of Proteins by Self-assembly
Assay Development and Screening

Anna Popova, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
From Few Cells to Actionable Insights: DMA for Functional Precision Oncology
Assay Development and Screening

Jonathan Potter, Carnegie Mellon University
A Frugal Self-driving Lab on Opentrons OT-2: Closed0loop Color Matching and Acid-base “Battleship"
Automation Technologies

Padmaja Rai, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad
Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Silicon Uptake in Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) via CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Editing
Omics and Spatial Omics

Anju Rana Magar, The University of Akron
A Scalable Hybrid Hydrogel to Investigate Mechanical and Biochemical Effects of the Breast Tumor Microenvironment on Cancer Cell invasiveness
Cellular Technologies

Christian Reinhardt, University of Michigan
A Low-cost and Scalable pH Assay for Microplate-based Growth Experiments
Assay Development and Screening

Gabriel Rodrigues, UFSC
Photodegradation Evaluation and Voltammetric Detection of Nifedipine in Pharmaceutical Products Using Screen-printed Carbon Electrodes
Assay Development and Screening

Renate Roeterink
A 96-Well-compatible Device for Investigating Mechanosensitive GPCR Signaling in a Dynamic Fluid Flow System
Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Nicklas Rondot, Dublin City University
Towards a Portable and Affordable Sample-to-Answer qPCR Platform
Automation Technologies

Davi Sampaio , Universidade Federal De Goi
Integration of LAMP and Electrochemical Detection for Rapid Differentiation and Quantification of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Subtypes at the Point of Care
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Isobel Shoffren, GlaxoSmithKline
Developing Robust Protocols for Ultra-high-throughput Experimentation to Prepare Reaction Datasets for Machine Learning
Automation Technologies

Aleksandra Skiba, Warsaw University of Technology
Scalable Printed Biosensor Platforms for Rapid Multiplex Detection of Resistance Genes
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Lucas  Sousa, Universidade Federal De Goi
Affordable Office Paper-based Analytical Devices for Prostate Cancer Screening, Drug Monitoring, and Anemia Testing in the Point-of-Care
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Pawel Stanczak, Warsaw University of Technology
Reductase-like Nanozymes for Signal Generation in Paper-based Immunoassays
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Anna Szymczyk-Drozd
Toward Mixed-Phase DNA Biosensors for Detecting DON Mycotoxin and Fusarium Genetic Biomarkers
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Laura Tool, Mimetas
Blocking Complement as a Preventative Measure for Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: Insights from a Human Kidney-on-a-Chip Study
Cellular Technologies

Gabriela Ulanowicz, Warsaw University of Technology
Construction of a Microfluidic Gut-on-a-Chip System Mimicking Intestinal Architecture
Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Sandra Vlachovsky, Universidad De Buenos Aires
Engineering for Rapid Readout of DNA Amplification Reactions: A Microfluidic Device for Point-of-Care Disease diagnosis
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Yining Wang, National Institutes of Health
High-throughput Functional Neurotoxicity Assay Using Brain Region-specific Neural Spheroid Models
Cellular Technologies

Solita Wilsonsolita
High-throughput Electrochemical Nitration Enabled by Robotic Automation and DESI-MS Screening
Automation Technologies

Jianzhi Xu
Vibration-assisted Magnetic (VibroMag) Cell Separation for Robotic Liquid Handling Platforms
Automation Technologies

Izabela Zaras, Warsaw University of Technology
Challenging Gold-based Transducers: Electrochemical Detection of a Drug with a Narrow Therapeutic Range Using Aptasensors
Screening Applications and Biomarker Diagnostics

Wenyu Zhang, University of British Columbia
Open-Source Interoperable Framework for Rapid Workflow Design in Laboratory Automation
Automation Technologies