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In the July/August 2018 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Sharlette Anderson and author Nicole Stigall discuss her article "Abdominal Adiposity Measured by Sonography as a Tool for Determining Disease Risk." To view this article, click here.

Guest Editor James M. Gill, II, Ph.D., of BFL Consulting (Madison, CT) talks about how the October 2018 issue of SLAS Technology showcases life sciences researchers who are pioneering the use of powerful yet accessible and low-cost IoT technologies in their laboratories. Ten articles illustrate how IoT is being used to optimize factors such as throughput, cost, uptime and result quality.

In the May/June 2018 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Kathryn E. Zale and author Pamela Foy discuss her article "Sonography and Women’s Health." To view this article, click here.

UCLA’s Coleman Murray, Ph.D., talks about his contribution to the August 2018 special issue of SLAS Technology on Enabling Technology in Cell-Based Therapies by guest editor Chris Puleo and his associates at General Electric Global Research. Murray’s article illustrates an important example of how new technologies are changing automation and processing in cell therapy manufacturing.

In the March/April 2018 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Kerry E. Weinberg and author Robert Sean Dima discuss his article "Feasibility of an Audit System for Canadian Sonographers in Generalist Ultrasound." To view this article, click here.

In the January/February 2018 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Phillip J. Bendick and author Ashley Barry discuss her article "Sonography’s Role in the Diagnosis of May–Thurner Syndrome." To view this article, click here.

In the November/December 2017 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Sharlette D. Anderson and author Jennifer E. Bagley discuss her article "The Use of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography for the Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions." To view this article, click here.

Guest Editor Anand D. Jeyasekharan, Ph.D., of the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Centre for Translational Medicine, talks about the SLAS Technology special issue on Quantitative Imaging in Life Sciences and Biomedical Research. His insight and the articles in this special issue offer a meaningful glimpse into the potential and applicability of quantitative imaging as life sciences and biomedical research move into an era of big data and high-content experiments.

Christian Pylatiuk, Prof. Dr. med., of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, discusses his new article, which describes a zebrafish embryo sorting system with two cameras and image processing based on template-matching algorithms.

Meet Elodie Sollier-Christen of Vortex Biosciences as she talks with SLAS Podcast Editor David Pechter about the groundbreaking technology that earned her the 2017 SLAS Innovation Award.

Listen to author Weian Zhao of the University of California, Irvine, as he talks about his new review article, which summarizes and analyzes representative emerging micro- and nanotechnologies and automated systems for bacterial ID/AST, including phenotypic and molecular methods; discusses representative point-of-care systems that integrate sample processing, fluid handling, and detection for rapid bacterial ID/AST; and highlights major challenges and potential future endeavors toward improving clinical outcomes.

Dr. Elzbieta Jastrzebska of Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) talks about how microsystems can be used to understand processes in heart tissue in detail and to test newly developed compounds applied in the treatment of cardiac diseases.

In the September/October 2017 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Shawn Roll and author Cathie Scholl discuss the article "Barriers to Performing Ergonomic Scanning Techniques for Sonographers." To view this article, click here.

In the July/August 2017 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Derek Butler and author Michael Rampoldi discuss the article "The Role of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Ventricular Septal Rupture Postmyocardial Infarction." To view this article, click here.

Dr. Amar Basu of Wayne State University talks with SLAS Technology Podcasts Editor David Pechter about his in-depth, two-part review on digital assays (partitioning statistics and digital PCR; digital protein and cell assays).

In the May/June 2017 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Angela Butwin and author Jenny Sim discuss the article "Understanding Sonography Clinical Decision-Making Learning Through Student Voices." To view this article, click here.

SLAS Technology 22.3 June 2017 Special issue guest editors Dean Ho, Ph.D. and Ali Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of California, Los Angeles, talk about the state of personalized and precision medicine and the 11 reviews and reports that explore innovation from a cross section of the disciplines driving major advances in PPM.

SLAS Technology 22.2 April 2017 2016 SLAS Innovation Award Winner Shana O. Kelley talks about new solutions for faster bacterial identification and analysis, and recent advances in managing infectious disease by leveraging single-cell analysis, microfluidic concentration and detection strategies, and ultrasensitive readout mechanisms.

In the March/April 2017 JDMS podcast, Editor Kevin Evans and author Kevin Volz discuss the article, "Targeted Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Inflammation Detection: A Review of Current Evidence." To view this article, click here.

In the January/February 2017 JDMS podcast, Associate Editor Dora DiGiacinto and author Nelangi Pinto discuss the article, "Sonographer-Identified Barriers and Facilitators to Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease: A Mixed Methods Study." To view this article, click here.