BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Automating Pharmaceutical Discoveries DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Automating Pharmaceutical Discoveries" IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Dr. Brian Rasnow, Amgen, Principle Scientist in Research & Automation Technologies. This presentation will highlight some of the automated drug discovery platforms and tools used at major corporations such as Amgen. These include custom and commercial systems for compound storage and retrieval, fluidics and microfluidics, cell culture, testing, detection of biomolecular events, and software for controlling instruments and systems, data processing, and decision support. Contact Karl Meier at kmeier@prodigy.net. DTSTART:20070501T190000 DTEND:20070501T200000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR