Mission Statement
The Sample Management special interest group provides a forum for
discussing sample library management issues in the modern drug discovery
HTS laboratory. Sample libraries include discrete compounds, defined
compound mixtures, and natural product extracts. Topics of critical
importance include:
- Sample Collection Issues:
Sample acquisition, structural
diversity, physical storage, physical manipulation, sample purity
and stability.
- Materials Management Issues:
Logistics, information
technology, customer support, quality control, and
systems integration.
- Instrumentation and Laboratory Automation Issues:
Sample
preparation, sample retrieval, screening set creation, nano-scale
technologies, and analytical methodologies.
Active contributors include society members from both academic
and industrial laboratories.
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