chemistry

SLAS Discovery

SLAS Discovery is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand SLAS Discovery rather than just read about it. In short: SLAS Discovery (Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) in partnership with SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is Robert M.

Key takeaways

SLAS Discovery belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect SLAS Discovery to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of SLAS Discovery from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

SLAS Discovery (Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) in partnership with SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is Robert M. Campbell, Ph.D. (Eli Lilly and Company). The journal explores how scientists develop and utilize novel technologies and/or approaches to provide and characterize chemical and biological tools to understand and treat human disease. This includes scientific and technical advances in target identification/validation; biomarker discovery; assay development; virtual, medium- or high-throughput screening; lead generation/optimization; chemical biology; and informatics. The journal was published from 1996 through 2016 with the title Journal of Biomolecular Screening. Its name changed in 2017 to more accurately reflect the evolution of its editorial scope.[1]

Abstracting and indexing SLAS Discovery is abstracted and indexed in:

Elsevier BIOBASE Biomolecular Interaction Network Database Biotechnology Citation Index Chemical Abstracts Current Contents/Life Sciences EMBASE EMBiology Index Medicus MEDLINE Science Citation Index Expanded Scopus According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2016 impact factor is 2.444, ranking it 31 out of 76 journals in the "Chemistry, Analytical" category,[2] 67 out of 158 journals in the "Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology" category;[3] and 39 out of 77 journals in the "Biochemical Research Methods" category.[4]

References

1. Eglen, Richard (July 19, 2016). "Coming in the New Year: SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology". Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening. 2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Medical Laboratory Technology." 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017. 3. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Chemistry, Analytical." 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017. 4. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Biochemical Research Methods." 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.

External links Official website Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with SLAS Discovery

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what SLAS Discovery claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to SLAS Discovery before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about SLAS Discovery ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of SLAS Discovery

In research: SLAS Discovery appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses SLAS Discovery in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: SLAS Discovery is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 10 times per year journals, Academic journals established in 1996, Biochemistry journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for SLAS Discovery outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study SLAS Discovery in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what SLAS Discovery means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain SLAS Discovery out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is SLAS Discovery in simple terms?

Why does SLAS Discovery matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study SLAS Discovery?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on SLAS Discovery.