SLAS Discovery Author Insights

Sep 13 2023 7
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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

Sep 13 2023 8 mins  
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

Behind the Article: A Perspective on the Discovery of Enzyme Activators

Mar 29 2023 9 mins  
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 a

New at SLAS: Protocols In Drug Discovery

Feb 22 2023 12 mins  
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

Behind the Scenes at SLAS Europe: Special Interview with Jonathan Wingfield

Sep 21 2022 12 mins  
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

Behind the Scenes at SLAS Europe: Special Interview with Timothy Spicer

Jul 20 2022 15 mins  
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 co

Special Issue: 3D Cell Culture Approaches of Microphysiologically Relevant Models

Apr 26 2022 15 mins  
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 vit

SLAS Discovery x Assay Guidance Manual: Robust or Go Bust

Dec 15 2021 19 mins  
SLAS Discovery Editor-in-Chief Bob Campbell (Twentyeight-seven Therapeutics) welcomes Sarine Markossian, Ph.D. (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)) and G. Sitta Sittampalam, Ph.D. (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)) to discuss the research featured in the latest Special Issue of SLAS Discovery. Titled “Assay Guidance Manual for

In Conversation: SLAS Editors on Open Access

Oct 27 2021 13 mins  
Join Jill Hronek, SLAS Director of Marketing and Communications, and Ally Jump, SLAS Publishing Manager, as they speak with SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology’s respective Editors-in-Chief, Robert M. Campbell, Ph.D., (Twentyeight-Seven Therapeutics, Boston, MA USA) and Edward Kai-Hua Chow, Ph.D., (National University of Singapore, Singapore) about SLAS’s new Open Access model f

Special Issue: Applications of Biophysics in Early Drug Discovery

Sep 22 2021 14 mins  
Podcast Editor Rob Howes chats with Geoffrey A. Holdgate, Ph.D. (AstraZeneca) and Christian Bergsdorf, Ph.D. (Novartis), Guest Editors of the Special Collection: Applications of Biophysics in Early Drug Discovery. This special collection explores the use of biophysical methods in the identification and characterization of molecules in early drug discovery. The biophysical methods t

Approaches for Prioritizing High-Quality Chemical Matter in Chemical Probe and Drug Discovery

Aug 18 2021 19 mins  
Volume 26 Issue 7, August 2021Podcast Editor Rob Howes chats with Jayme L. Dahlin, MD, Ph.D. (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)), Guest Editor of the Special Collection: Approaches for Prioritizing High-Quality Chemical Matter in Chemical Probe and Drug Discovery.This Special Issue of SLAS Discovery discusses the art and science of identifying high-qualit