The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) was a

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, organized as a

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501(c)(3), for the medical, chemical and biological laboratory

automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...

industry. It was the publisher of the

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Journal of Laboratory Automation ''SLAS Technology'' (Translating Life Sciences Innovation) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening in partnership with Elsevier . The editor-in-chief is Edward Kai-Hua Chow, Ph.D. (Nati ...

. In 2010, it merged with the

Society for Biomolecular Sciences The Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) was an international learned society, originally established as the Society for Biomolecular Screening in 1994, for scientists and technologists in academia, government and industry, headquartered in Danb ...

to form the

Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is a scientific and professional society formed in 2010 as a merger between the Association for Laboratory Automation and the Society for Biomolecular Sciences. The mission of SLAS is "to brin ...

. The ALA's mission was to advance science and education related to laboratory automation by encouraging the study, advancing the science, and improving the practice of medical and laboratory automation. Its focus is on the benefits and utilization of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence in order to improve the quality, efficiency, and relevance of laboratory analysis.

External links

Association for Lab Automation web site

Journal of Laboratory Automation web site

LabAutopedia
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