Unlocking Lab Automation - Sudha Gollapudi & Madeline Wolf of The Automated Lab

Sudha Gollapudi & Madeline Wolf (ex Genentech, Ginkgo Bioworks, Calico/Alphabet) are lab automation experts and co-founders of The Automated Lab: an open resource and contract engineering service for building automated labs. See below for episode links and chapters.

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Episode Links:

The Automated Lab Open Source Resource Page Vivo Hamilton Liquid Handler Chatbot Automated Lab Patreon Sudha's LinkedIn Madeline's LinkedIn ELISA Biochemistry Assay Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)

Chapters:

(00:00) - Teaser (00:54) - Episode Introduction & Preview (05:38) - Sudha and Madeline’s Academic + Professional Experience (06:53) - Madeline’s Path Into Biotech Lab Automation (09:40) - Sudha’s Path Into Biotech Lab Automation (10:55) - Career Pathways Into Lab Automation (15:38) - What Encompasses Lab Automation? (17:29) - Lab Automation Example: Workcell for ELISA Immunological Assay (22:19) - Environmental Impact of Lab Automation (27:31) - SLAS Conference Hot Takes; Move to Smaller Footprint Products (36:28) - Modular-First Design In Lab Automation (41:51) - LIMs, ELNs, And Making Data More Accessible (46:10) - Solving the Human-Robot Interface With NLP, Flexible Data Infrastructure (52:23) - Automation For R&D vs Manufacturing (57:07) - Adapting The Culture of Science To Increased Automation (01:00:29) - Standardizing Scientific Language (01:08:02) - How To Partner With The Automated Lab

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