18 episodes
SLAS Discovery Author Insights Rob Howes, Ph.D.
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We invite you "behind the science" with SLAS Discovery Editorial Board Member and Podcast Editor Rob Howes, Ph.D. (Rosalind Franklin Laboratory, Leamington Spa, UK) to hear from our featured SLAS Discovery authors! This podcast series is a chance for readers to meet the people behind the journal science and hear directly from them about their work, their motivations, as well as the context and potential impact of their work. Watch for a new featured author interview with each SLAS Discovery Special Issue, as well as interviews with other people who impact the journal.
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Behind the Scenes at SLAS2023: Special Interview with Davide Gianni
Recorded onsite at SLAS2023 in San Diego, California, podcast Editor Rob Howes speaks with Davide Gianni, Ph.D. (AstraZeneca) to learn more about Gianni's protocol paper, "A multi-parametric high throughput assay for detecting beta-cell proliferation in dispersed primary islets," published in Volume 28, Issue 2 of SLAS Discovery. Here Davide describes the development of a 384-well plate-based multi-parametric imaging assay designed to capture ex vivo primary islet proliferation, a known ...
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Behind the Article: A Perspective on the Discovery of Enzyme Activators
Welcome to the SLAS Discovery Author Insights podcast! Today we are joined by Antonia Turberville and Geoffrey A. Holdgate to discuss their recent perspective article titled "A perspective on the discovery of enzyme activators". This article sheds light on the largely under-explored area of enzyme activation in drug discovery.Despite the successful application of enzyme activators in various therapeutic interventions, the field remains under-represented and poorly exploited. Antonia and Geoff...
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New at SLAS: Protocols In Drug Discovery
Traditionally, SLAS Discovery has focused on publishing original research papers and reviews. With the introduction of this latest special issue, the journal is expanding its scope to include protocol articles. These articles are designed to provide a detailed, step-by-step guide to a particular experimental technique or methodology, enabling other researchers to replicate the work and build upon it.In this episode, we spoke with one of the special issue Guest Editors, Adam Zweifach, Ph.D. (U...
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Behind the Scenes at SLAS Europe: Special Interview with Jonathan Wingfield
Tune in to this special episode of SLAS Discovery Author Insights, recorded onsite at SLAS Europe in Dublin, Ireland. Join podcast Editor Rob Howes as he chats with Jonathan Wingfield, Ph.D. (AstraZeneca UK) about the return to in-person meetings, his experience working as a global researcher, and his latest research projects and collaborations. Learn about his journey from a start in microbiology and academia, and his path leading to a role as Principal Scientist at AstraZeneca with a f...
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Behind the Scenes at SLAS Europe: Special Interview with Timothy Spicer
Tune in to this special episode of SLAS Discovery Author Insights, which was recorded onsite at SLAS Europe in Dublin, Ireland. Join podcast Editor Rob Howes as he chats with Timothy Spicer, Ph.D. (Scripps Florida) about his myriad roles within SLAS as President, Associate Editor, volunteer, and even author. Hear more about his journey to becoming SLAS President, his significant contributions to SLAS Discovery, as well as his latest research and collaborations. For more information about...
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Special Issue: 3D Cell Culture Approaches of Microphysiologically Relevant Models
Volume 27 Issue 3, April 2022Behind April's Special Issue: Join podcast host Rob Howes (Rosalind Franklin Laboratory) as he invites Guest Editor Glauco Souza (Greiner Bio-One) to discuss the special issue covering 3D Cell Culture. They cover the timeliness of this issue as the world recovers from a global pandemic that revealed the need for more realistic and predictive in vitro models for biology, as well as the demand for more efficient technologies as researchers catch up on their benchwor...