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February 07, 2007

Dr. Al Kolb, President, The Society for Biomolecular Sciences, 2-8-07


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Dr. Al Kolb is President of The Society for Biomolecular Sciences and President of the drug discovery consulting firm KeyTech Solutions. He has worked for Beckman, Packard and a number of smaller companies specializing in assay technologies and automation. Dr. Kolb received his doctorate from the University of California, Irvine, in molecular biology and biochemistry, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Roche Institute for Molecular Biology.

Throughout his career, Dr. Kolb has been involved with high-throughput screening—specifically, in the development of assay technologies, microplates, readers, imagers, liquid handling and automation, with a special interest in assay miniaturization. As a consultant, he has continued working in these areas to assist companies in evaluating, developing and launching new drug discovery technologies.

Dr. Kolb was one of the organizers of SBS and served twice on the society’s Board of Directors, including the first Board He has continued to support and serve the Society in various capacities, including the annual conference, his current tenure as President, and as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biomolecular Screening.

# The Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the science and art of biomolecular screening internationally. Incorporated in September 1994, SBS is focused on promoting contacts, education and professionalism among the specialists that comprise this new multidisciplinary field. In 12 years SBS has succeeded in building membership to over 2000 scientists and specialists from over 24 countries. Members are kept abreast of new developments related to

  • The design and implementation of assay systems, computer applications and data management systems, instrumentation and robotics systems

  • The acquisition of test substance resources, including traditional, natural product, and combinatorial chemistry synthesis

  • Functional genomics and proteomics in biomolecular screening

  • High-throughput toxicology/ADME

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