Helical Brew

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

The Helical Brew Crew is back with a new episode and also back on schedule with weekly releases. Enjoy!

In this episode: 

-Why half days at school are basically get nothing done days.

-How some recently proposed appointments are taking their toll on life science and healthcare stocks. The future of insurance covered pharmaceuticals is potentially up in the air.

-Consolidations and acquisitions we've all seen over the years. All rolled up in to one stock. We talk through some of the stability that this has brought, but also the cost of having all eggs in one basket.

-Recruiters vs. Direct hiring and the challenges of hiring for positions in the tech industry.

-Meanwhile surgical stocks like Intuitive with a known and insurance covered surgical procedure portfolio are seeing a steady surge in value.

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

The Helical Brew Crew is back with a new episode and also back on schedule with weekly releases. Enjoy!

In this episode: 

-Form over function or function over form. We reflect on some of the different approaches to design of some widely popular instruments.

-FIRST Robotics is a fantastic STEM program for students to learn about professionalism, robotics, teamwork and more. Learn how to support the program by volunteering at: https://www.firstinspires.org

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

The Helical Brew Crew is back with a new episode and also back on schedule with weekly releases. Enjoy!

In this episode: 

-Recalling some of the robots we have seen out in the wild. Boston Dynamics Spot, The Knightscope Autonomous Security Robot, Shark Firefighting Robots.

-What happened to google glass and the promise of augmented reality devices? Are we doomed to a future of pure virtual reality?

-We recorded this on Halloween...are clowns really that scary? Folks weigh in!

-Closet Swifties, secret fans, and actually getting tickets to a Taylor Swift concert.

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

The Helical Brew Crew is back with a new episode and also back on schedule with weekly releases. Enjoy!

In this episode: 

-Sura and Mike are in an unofficial competition for who does more episodes out of hotel rooms.  Sura 1 Mike 2

-Jeff talks about how crazy of a concept it is to let other people populate his calendar with the Bookings app.  A new trend is upon us!

-Mike is trying to get everybody to move to Nevada.  

-We do a quick review of LRIG, Future Labs, and local meetup events happening in the laboratory automation community.  Elizabeth talks about how LRIG Canada is growing and expanding its reach.  

-For the main topic, the Brew Crew scratches the surface of a topic that comes up often in laboratory automation:  “Automation Friendly”.  It’s a concept that has so many different interpretations and meanings mainly because it’s left to the vendors to define what those words mean to their products.  

-Helical Brew is planning to do a show on the road in the near future, with all four of us in the same room together! 

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

The Helical Brew Crew is back with a new episode and also back on schedule with weekly releases. Enjoy!

In this episode: 

-We dig into cloud architecture and how it's being used in the increasingly data heavy pharmaceutical research space. Applications include experiment design and image analysis. Later in the show we review some of the areas that don't make sense for cloud based software such as the scheduling and operational side of things.

-In the second half of the show, Jeff and Mike are surprised to find out that they are both fans of the GORUCK program and training by carrying weight.

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

The Helical Brew Crew is back with a new episode and also back on schedule with weekly releases. Enjoy!

In this episode: 

-Building out labs with automation in mind. What are the challenges and how are they being addressed. We also take a deep dive into some examples of both starting with a completely new facility versus a budget limited rework of an existing space.

-In the second half of the show, we switch gears into current events and how the recent longshoremen strike rekindled the "fear of automation" theme that seems to pop up alongside major labor strikes. We share some views on how this oversimplified and mostly irrational view is more political than it is real by taking a look how incredibly difficult it would be to replace labor in these jobs.

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

We might have taken a break after episode 1 but we back on the air with a packed episode 2 where we dive into standardization in the lab automation industry.

In this episode: 

-Instrument interface driver standardization efforts. We talk through the efforts to standardize driver interfaces for instrumentation including what has worked and what has not.

-What are some of the challenges in dealing with all the data generated and getting that data into the diverse range data handling systems used by the various Pharma companies.

Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

Welcome to episode 1 our new podcast!

In this episode:

-Why haven't industrial robots had any significant traction in the laboratory automation research industry?

-Robot + Mobile Robot = Mobile Manipulator (aka MoMa) We share some thoughts on how these new machines can and can't transform automation in the laboratory.

-Discussing our observations of how expert automation resources have been going between the vendor side to the end user side and visa versa.