▶️ Hosts: Mike Ouren & Elizabeth Rodziewicz

🎙️ Recorded live from the show floor at SLAS Europe 2025 in Hamburg

📻 In this wrap-up edition of Helical Brew, Mike and Elizabeth unpack two packed days in Hamburg - from record-setting product launches to UI upgrades we didn’t see coming. If you like benchtop deployables, centrifuges that finally make sense, or just nerding out over perfect API reuse, this one’s for you.

🔹 The rise of deployable benchtop automation at SLAS Europe

🔹 Liquametrics’ Lumina makes its home-country debut

🔹 Closed-loop volume verification via Lab Services’ Heron

🔹 The Veya device - massive touchscreen, real-time data

🔹 Readers, centrifuges, and robots finally getting along

🔹 Yokogawa’s CQ3000 and the biggest booth in Hamburg

🔹 Smart layouts, perfect logistics, and a convention center next to a train station

🔹 “Don’t hate, automate” - the best button in biotech

🔹 Passport-to-Prizes, harbor cruises, and the wildest luggage line we’ve seen

🍻 Whether you missed the show or just want the inside scoop on what actually matters in automation, this episode captures the real energy of SLAS 2025 Europe.

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🎁 PICKS OF THE WEEK

🎫 New SLAS Europe 2025 Badge - shoutout to Amy & team📎 “Don’t Hate, Automate” Button - by Beyond (Spain), subtle and clever

⚙️ Liquametrics Lumina - now officially on its home turf

🧪 Lab Services Heron - closed-loop verification on display

📺 CQ3000 by Yokogawa - big booth, even bigger upgrade

🚄 Hamburg Train Station Proximity - best logistics we’ve had

🧳 Largest luggage check in SLAS history?

⏱️ EPISODE CHAPTERS – NAVIGATE THE EPISODE

00:00 - Cold Open: Live from SLAS Europe 2025

00:32 - First impressions of Hamburg & event logistics

02:00 - Best-attended SLAS Europe yet?

03:05 - Favorite product launches: Lumina, “CutePicks”, and more

04:45 - Closed-loop verification via Lab Services Heron

06:10 - chickenVIA’s massive screen + data-rich UI

07:35 - Robot-friendly instruments: past vs present

08:50 - Molecular Devices & the reader-hotel integration

10:10 - Centrifuge upgrades: flat fingers, temperature control, and shared API

12:05 - Yokogawa CQ3000 & the most sophisticated booth

13:10 - “Don’t Hate, Automate” button + badge shoutout

14:25 - SLAS extras: luggage check, harbor cruise, and local vendors

15:20 - What’s next: Helical Brew heads to Vancouver

15:55 - Wrap-up & where to watch

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