SLAS Call for Papers: Robotics in Laboratory Automation

The SLAS Technology Guest Editorial Board invites the submission of manuscripts covering novel advances and applications in robotics for laboratory workflow automation for publication in a Special Issue. SLAS Technology has a 2.813 Impact Factor and authors participating in the Special Issue will receive a 50% open access fee discount.

Members of the Guest Editorial Board include:

• Kerstin Thurow, Ph.D. (Center for Life Science Automation at the University of Rostock)
• Oliver Peter, Ph.D. (Idorsia Pharmaceuticals)
• Patrick Courtney, Ph.D. (Association Consortium Standardization in Lab Automation (SiLA))
• Károly Széll, Ph.D. (Alba Regia Technical Faculty of the Óbuda University)
• Ádám Wolf, Ph.D. (Takeda)

SLAS Technology is seeking high-quality reviews, innovative implementation reports and perspectives on supportive robotics solutions in life science laboratory workflow automation. Manuscript proposals (abstracts) are welcome from academia, industry and vendors. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

• Novel robotics solutions for supportive laboratory activities. Applications may include:
  • labware transportation,
  • cleaning,
  • disinfection,
  • error detection and handling
  • and collaborative applications
• Corresponding aspects of the automation framework such as:
  • integration approaches,
  • physical and logical interoperability,
  • knowledge representation,
  • ontologies,
  • process control,
  • simulation
  • and optimization
• Historical perspectives

Submit your completed manuscript before January 15, 2024.  

(Source: SLAS Publications)