What is the Lab of the Future? | A New Series Exploring the Lab of the Future (Sponsored by TheWell Bioscience)

Welcome to the first episode of our new series: "Lab of the Future."We begin this series by centering our discussion on the foundation of this evolutionary concept:What is the “Lab of the Future”?What does the Lab of the Future look like for academia vs industry?What barriers are preventing people from utilizing current technologies in unique ways?What role does academia have in training individuals for the Lab of the Future?Our guests for this momentous episode are Rishi Mahajan, M.S., lead R&D engineer at Regeneron, and Mike Tarselli, Ph.D., chief scientific & knowledge officer at TetraScience. Listen as they exchange their viewpoints on the current state of the concept and share their predictions and prospective outlook for the Lab of the Future.Our Sponsor for this EpisodeTheWell Bioscience – developer of VitroGel, a next-generation xeno-free 3D extracellular matrix (ECM), enables scientists to shift from 2D to 3D cell culture and help drive innovations for precision medicine, cell therapy and biomanufacturing by getting faster and more accurate data than animal-based systems.Learn more about TheWell Bioscience by visiting: www.thewellbio.comNew from SLAS - the Lab of the Future Short Course on Demand!SLAS has recently launched Lab of the Future, a new short course on demand offering to educate new laboratory technologies and applications to make any laboratory more advanced!To learn more about the Lab of the Future short course including availability, pricing and the instructors, visit:https://www.slas.org/education/slas-short-courses/lab-of-the-future/Stay connected with SLASOnline at www.slas.orgFacebookTwitter @SLAS_OrgLinkedInInstagram @slas_orgYouTubeAbout SLASSLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and global community building.  For more information about SLAS, visit www.slas.org.SLAS publishes two peer-reviewed and MEDLINE-indexed scientific journals, SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology. For more information about SLAS and its journals, visit www.slas.org/publications.Upcoming Events:SLAS Meet-UpsLeiden, Netherlands (10 September 2026)Tübingen, Germany (20 October 2026)SLAS 2026 Sample Management Symposium (October 21-22, 2026 | South San Francisco, California)SLAS2027 International Conference & Exhibition (January 30 - February 3, 2027 | San Diego, California)Thrive in Science: A Women's Leadership Forum 2027 (January 31, 2027 | San Diego, California)View the full events calendar