Automation Solutions for Analytical Measurements

Heidi Fleischer is Head of the Research Group "Life Science Automation - Processes" at the University of Rostock. She studied information technology and computer engineering at the Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Rostock (Germany). In 2011, Heidi Fleischer obtained her Ph.D. in life science engineering and in 2016 the habilitation in automation engineering at the University of Rostock. She teaches lectures, seminars and practical trainings in the fields of measurement technique and automation engineering, sensors and actuators, life science systems and technologies, and process automation. Kerstin Thurow is Director of the Center for Life Science Automation at the University of Rostock, Germany. She obtained her Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and the habilitation in measurement and control in 1999 from the University of Rostock. In 1999 she was appointed a professorship for Life Science Automation. Since that time her scientific work is dedicated to the automation of life science processes. Professor Thurow has authored more than 170 scientific publications. She is a founding member of the academy of sciences Hamburg and member of the technical academy Germany (acatech).

INTRODUCTION
Automation - A Definition
Life Sciences - A Definition

AUTOMATION IN LIFE SCIENCES - A CRITICAL REVIEW
Automation in Biological Sciences
Automation in Analytical Applications
Requirements for Automating Analytical Procedures

AUTOMATION CONCEPTS FOR LIFE SCIENCES
Classical Automation Concepts
Automation Concepts for Analytical Measurements
Role of Robots in Automation Concepts for Analytical Measurements

REALIZATION OF AUTOMATION CONCEPTS FOR ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT
Centralized, Closed System
Centralized, Open System
Decentralized, Closed System
Decentralized, Open System

AUTOMATED DATA ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
Requirements for Automated Data Analysis in Life Sciences
System Concept and Realization
Data Analysis in Elemental and Structural Measurement
Data Analysis for Chiral Analysis

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