Featuring 100 exhibitors, keynote and podium speakers, behind-the-scenes access to a leading biotech campus, and a rich networking program, SLAS Europe 2026 is designed for professionals at every stage of their careers.
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The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) has unveiled the Ignite Award finalists: eight pioneering lab automation and drug discovery start-ups competing for $5,000 at SLAS 2026 in Boston, 7-11 February 2026.
British gene and cell therapy manufacturing specialist Cellular Origins Ltd has entered into a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson to develop a scalable, end-to-end automated platform for autologous CAR-T cell manufacturing.
The Spanish BIO-CAT cluster has launched a new accelerator called ATMP Catalyst, which will support six preclinical gene and cell therapy projects per year in each of three annual calls to support translation into clinical development.
British company Wildcat Laboratory Solutions Ltd and Hamburg-based mo:re GmbH have received the New Product Award from the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) in recognition of new technologies with potential to drive industry transformation. The award for the most promising start-up was conferred upon Swiss firm Oryl Photonics SA.
Organised by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), SLAS Europe currently is taking place in Hamburg from 20–22 May. As part of a special series, European Biotechnology Magazine is profiling twelve of the most innovative exhibiting SMEs supported under the SLAS AveNew programme. Among them is US-based ThirdLaw Molecular Inc.
Organized by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), the premier automation conference in Europe, the SLAS Europe 2025 (20-22. May 2025), will showcase the latest technologies and drug discovery enablers. As part of its preview series, European Biotechnology Magazine profiles 12 of Europe’s most innovative AveNew SMEs – this edition features Austrian LifeTaq-Analytics GmbH.



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