Abstract
Although it was filled with surprises and great uncertainty at times, 2009 was a compelling and often exciting year. From the upheaval that shook the world's economy to the inauguration of the first African-American president of the United States, we all experienced that change about which science fiction author Frank Herbert so eloquently spoke: “Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
Change brings challenges and choices. As the field of laboratory automation continues to evolve and change, we welcome even more creative multidisciplinary collaborators to our ranks. They come from labs in academia, government, and commercial organizations, and their unique perspectives promise to inspire an expanded perspective and to invigorate new energy to the core disciplines we have practiced for years.
This year, JALA published 43 peer-reviewed scientific papers by 214 different authors, which were thoughtfully evaluated and re-evaluated by 146 different scientific manuscript reviewers. Two special issues, in particular, marked milestones and demonstrated ALA's growing sphere of influence throughout an increasingly diverse catalog of industries. In June, JALA Guest Editor David Pechter of Schering-Plough Research Institute coordinated a collection of papers that addressed issues of biosecurity and biosafety. In August, JALA Guest Editor W. Jeffrey Hurst of the Hershey Company shared illustrative examples of how familiar lab automation technology is used inventively to further research achievements in food and agricultural labs. The new boundaries of innovation that have been forged by these issues complement the groundbreaking work in diagnostics, drug discovery, and advanced automation that has consistently served as the foundation of JALA.
The hands-on experience that JALA authors document offers JALA readers a wealth of new ideas and inspiration—meaningful technological breakthroughs that can spark significant change and achievement at many levels and in any number of arenas. More than ever before, ALA and JALA have become the intersection at which the vitality of like minds not only connects, but combusts and creates.
Here's to 2009, and best wishes for 2010!
Sincerely,
Dean Ho, Ph.D.
Thank you
JALA is the product of an impressive coalition of thinkers; generous volunteers who contribute their knowledge and experience to advance the greater good of our profession. JALA is grateful to this rich assembly of talent and enthusiasm. Thanks to the thought-provoking insight of JALA authors and the careful and critical consideration of JALA manuscript reviewers, JALA was once again able to publish six meaningful and memorable issues in 2009.
Thank you 2009 jala guest editors
David Pechter, MSME
Schering-Plough Research Institute Kenilworth, NJ
Special Issue: Automation for Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiatives (JALA 14.3 June 2009)
W. Jeffrey Hurst, Ph.D.
The Hershey Company Hershey, PA
Special Issue: Automation in Food and Agricultural Laboratories (JALA 14.4 August 2009)
Thank you 2009 jala authors
Ralph Adams
Jonathan Adams
E. Alarousu
Mariam Alexander
M. Liakat Ali
Carolyn Anderson
Lyndall Angel
David Ashley
Lisa Astuto Gribble
Opeyemi Awoyemi
Jinyoung Baek
Moungi Bawendi
Kenneth Behr
Jacki Benfield
Neil Benn
Kennth Bischoff
Kevin Blake
Chris Bock
E. Bois
Leonard Bond
Darryl Bornhop
Martin Brandl
Mark Brdley
Maxim Brevnov
Achim Brinker
Derek Brown
Cynthia Bruckner-Lea
Julia Busik
Tauseef Butt
Phillip Bwititi
B. Capolaghi
Owen Chan
Leo Chan
Gang Chen
J.C. Chevelder
Harvey Cohen
G. Colombier
Michael Cotta
Elby Cox
Brian Cunningham
Jack Dawson
Ron DePauw
Dustin Diemert
Bruce Dien
Scott Dixon
Brian Dockendorff
Robert Doebler
Kennth Doll
Claude Dufresne
Greg Dummer
Barbara Erwin
David Evans
Robin Felder
A. Ferre
Kristin Finch
Goril Flaten
Maria Foster
Stephen Fox
Takehiro Fukami
Elio Furlano
Manohar Furtado
Vincent Gau
Jennifer Gaudioso
Beilei Ge
Linda George
Larry Gold
Jay Grate
Mark Gray
Meryn Griffiths
David Haake
Nan Hallock
Steve Hamilton
Guy Harris
Todd Hartley
Ronald Hector
James Heeres
Paul Hergenrother
David Herold
Mark Herrmann
Anna Hickerson
Dean Ho
P. Hosek
Stephen Hughes
Jeff Hurst
Bruce Irvine
John Jackson
Jeff Janes
Klavs Jensen
Rudolph Johnson
Geert Kalusche
Gary Kath
Tracy Keeney
Heidi Kildee
Jun-Tae Kim
Frederick King
Stephan Kraemer
Amanda Kussrow
Joshua LaBaer
Eric Last
Kenneth Lau
Walson Lawi
Alastair Lawson
Joseph Liao
Albert Liberski
Daniel Lightwood
Joe Liscouski
Sean Liu
Siqing Liu
Mike Lizzi
Bridget Lollo
Yiqi Luo
Kristina Luthman
Todd Lydic
Felipa Mapa
Samuel Marre
Babetta Marrone
Ulrich Massing
D. Masson
Melissa Matzke
Jose Mejia
Divakara Meka
Jianghong Meng
Jason Meredith
S. Miraille
Parsa Mirhaji
D. Morin
Janna Mundt
David Munroe
Vic Myer
R. Myllyla
Ali Nadim
Christopher Napolitano
Malti Nikrad
Ikuko Nishimura
Pornwaratt Niyomrattanakitand
Kevin Olsen
J.L. Orsonneau
Stanley Owsley
Rich Ozanich
Jongnam Park
David Pechter
Brent Pohl
Gregory Porter
Jeffrey Porter
Gerald Posakony
Shalini Prasad
Suvira Prashar
James Douglas Procunier
T. Prykari
Nasib Qureshi
Sarita Raengpradub
Gavin Reid
Rebecca Renis
Joseph Rich
Robert Roeven
Maren Roush
Peter Roy
Erik Rubin
Badal Saha
Reynolds Salerno
Christopher Sandlin
James Schilling
Douglas Selinger
Terry Semrow
Jaiprakash Shewale
Mike Shillinglaw
Kennth Sikaris
Daniel Sipes
Timothy Smith
Steven Snyder
Hyongsok (Tom) Soh
Martin Stanton
Jim Sterling
David Sterner
Claudia Stewart
Robin Stewart
Alex Stewart
Timothy Straub
George Streitberg
Yu Sun
Leigh Swaim
Kerstin Thurow
Simon Tickle
Lynda Treat-Clemons
Alain Truchaud
Brian Uhrig
Bruce Ulrich
Catherine Valdez
Patrick Valdez
Nancy Valentine
John Vaught
Vinu Venkatraman
Jeffrey Walker
Wenhui Wang
Qing-Yin Wang
Fang Wang
Cynthia Warner
Hilmar Weinmann
John Whitin
Chris Wiita
Stephen Williams
Michael Wismer
Danielle Wolfe
David Wong
Pak-Kin Wong
Denice Woyski
Hua Wu
Songyun Xu
Taro Yamashita
Tom Yu
Rong Zhang
Fengyan Zhang
Yi Zhou
C. Zingler
Thank you 2009 jala manuscript reviewers
Gernot Abel
Nitin Agrawal
Gordon Alton
Mike Ashley
Arezou Azarani
Mark Beggs
Neil Benn
Veit Bergendahl
Russell Berman
Russell Berman
Tony Beugelsdijk
Rex Bitner
Craig Blackhart
John Bradshaw
David Brandt
Christine Brideau
Annette Brodte
Justin Buckland
Andrew Bullen
Sandra Calarota
Neil Campbell
Andrew Carmen
Owen Chan
Karina Chmielewski
Thomas Crevier
Raymond Dessy
Robert Doebler
Jonathan Dordick
David Dorsett
Dieter Drexler
Ping Du
Marshall Edgell
Todd Edwards
Andrew Ellington
Richard Ellson
Tze Kiong Er
Tom Ewart
xingwang fang
Ye Fang
John Fay
Robin Felder
W. Fillers
Kevin Fisher
Rob Fitzgerald
Carolyn Flint
Chantal Frégeau
Wu Fu-shiuan
Peter Gascoyne
Peter Gates
Vincent Gau
Jennifer Gaudioso
Jordan Gerton
Oliver Geschke
James Gill
Mike Greig
Douglas Gurevitch
Steve Hamilton
Rifat Hamoudi
Robert Harkness
Clifford Harris
Thomas Hartmann
David Herold
Mark Herrmann
David Ho
Dean Ho
Cheng-En Ho
Steven Hoffman
Christopher Hogan
Ying Huang
Tony Jun Huang
Gary Hughes
Stephen Hughes
Jeffrey Hurst
Sukhanya Jayachandra
Kenneth C Jensen
Michael Johnson
Paul Kaplita
Paul Kayne
Frederick King
Steve Kubala
Lance Larka
Hyeseung Lee
Tanguy LeNeel
Na Li
Chuck Li
Wen J. Li
Nan Li
Zhili Lin
Elliott Liu
Anthony Lozada
Kuo-Sheng Ma
Rodney Markin
R. Scott Martin
Verónica Martins
Bob McDowall
John McGiven
Roger McIntosh
Dennis Meng
Frederick Monsma
Ben Moshiri
Carl Murray
Tal Murthy
Vinay Nagaraj
Peyman Najmabadi
David Nirschl
Laura Pajak
James Paulson
David Pechter
Erik Pierstorff
Shalini Prasad
Justin Provchy
Lynn Rasmussen
Steve Richmond
Erik Robinson
Alexander Roth
Kara Rubin
Giles Sanders
Burkhard Schaefer
Reinhold Schaefer
Toshiyuki Shiina
Peter Simpson
Tom Soh
William Sonnefeld
John Souverijn
Dana Spence
Torsten Staab
Claudia Stewart
Norbert Stoll
Tom Strader
Tetsuro Sugiura
Helming Tan
Paul Taylor
Michael Thomas
Kerstin Thurow
Alain Truchaud
Hideaki Tsutsui
John Venit
Sabeth Verpoorte
Richard Wagner
Ken Wells
Pak Wong
Tak Wong
Andy Zaayenga
Xueqing Zhang
Tong Zhu
Juergen Zimmermann