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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