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The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
Mid Atlantic Chapter
May 2003 Meeting
The Ninth Annual Technology Exhibition & Presentations
Date: Monday, May 19, 2003
Place:
Hilton
East Brunswick, 3 Tower Center Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816,
Tel: 732-828-2000,
<http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=EWRBHHH>
Itinerary: Exhibits and Presentations - 3:00 to 9:00 pm
Door Prizes:
Protedyne ---
set of Henckels steak knives
LRIG --- Rosewood Pens
Design Systems --- Hand Crafted Art Pottery in the Mission Style (a Bill Clark
original!)
LRIG --- Laser Pointers
BIOPHILE --- I-Cybie robotic Laboratory
Retriever
LRIG --- Photon Keyring Lights
Meso-Scale Discovery --- T-Shirt to the first 50 attendees
Meso-Scale Discovery --- Canvas Carryall to the second 50 attendees
Novagen --- 10 Golf Balls Sets
Molecular Devices --- two $50 Best Buy gift certificates
Millipore --- four "Millipet" stuffed animals
Xyntek --- Pinpoint Oxford long sleeved shirt by Van Heusen
Xyntek --- Portfolio
Biacore --- four Canvas Carryalls
Caliper --- two Golf Shirts
We are accepting door prizes from exhibitors and attendees! Please contact
Andy Zaayenga.
Registration: We have an on-line registration service at <https://www.lab-robotics.org/member/meetings.asp?rid=1>.
There will be drawings from the members who register
on-line for prizes donated by LRIG and exhibitors.
You must register on-line to win the door prizes!
Agenda: An exciting day is
planned with technology exhibits in the main hall. Oral
Presentations will be featured in the seminar areas throughout the day. Over one
hundred exhibitor booths of laboratory automation hardware and software will
exhibit, demonstrating their latest products and services. Extensive hors
d'oeuvre,
courtesy of the exhibitors, will be available as well as cash bars. The
proceeds from this exhibitor funded meeting are used to pay for various costs of
running the group throughout the year. In this way the LRIG can operate without collecting dues.
Please support the group by attending this informative and entertaining meeting.
Last year Exhibition was extremely successful with over 700 attendees and we
hope to surpass that turnout. For more information
contact Andy Zaayenga, .
There are rooms at the Hilton and nearby
hotels for attendees who wish to stay overnight. Parking is paid for by
the LRIG - just tell the attendant that you were attending the LRIG meeting.
Donations for the door prize drawings are gratefully accepted. Open career
positions at your company may be posted on the job board.
There is no fee to attend the meeting.
The Menu!
A highlight of the annual exhibition is the food and refreshments. From 4:00
to 6:00 PM there are buffets of vegetable crudite and cheese, as well as butler
served cold and hot hors d'oeuvre. At 6:00 PM dinner is presented featuring
sushi, roast beef carving board, pasta, and Middle Eastern style grilled
vegetables. A cash bar is available throughout. Coffee and tea is served at 7:30
PM.
The food is free to attendees and sponsored by all of the exhibitors - thank you!
Exhibitors
 | Acumen Bioscience / TTP LabTech |
| Advent Design |
| American Chemical Society |
| Amersham Biosciences |
| Apogent Discoveries |
| Applied Robotics |
| Association for Laboratory Automation |
| AutoDose |
| Axon Instruments |
| BD Biosciences Discovery Labware |
| Beckman Coulter |
| Biacore |
| Bio-Tek Instruments |
| BioMedTech Laboratories |
| BIOPHILE |
| BMG Labtechnologies |
| Brandel |
| Brooks-PRI Automation |
| Carl Zeiss MicroImaging |
| Caliper Technologies |
| Cell & Molecular Technologies |
| Cell Signaling
Technology |
| CEM |
| Chemspeed |
| CIS-US |
| Corning Life Sciences |
| CyBio |
| DataCentric Automation |
| Datect |
| Design Systems |
| Digi-Trax |
| DiscoveRx |
| Discovery Partners |
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| DOT Scientific |
| Dynamic Devices |
| Dynex |
| GeneMachines |
| Genetix |
| Genevac |
| Genomic Solutions |
| Gilson |
| Greiner Bio-One |
| Guava Technologies |
| Hamamatsu Photonic Systems |
| Hamilton Company |
| Horizon Specialty |
| Hudson Control
Group |
| IDBS |
| IGEN |
| ISLAR |
| Isthmus |
| Jouan Robotics |
| Kendro Laboratory
Products |
| Labcyte |
| LEAP Technologies |
| Marsh Bio Products |
| Matrical |
| Meso Scale Discovery |
| Mettler-Toledo
AutoChem |
| Micronic |
| Microscan |
| Millipore |
| MJ Research |
| Molecular BioProducts |
| Molecular Devices |
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| Nalge Nunc |
| National Instruments |
| Novagen |
| NuGenesis |
| Parker Hannifin |
| PerkinElmer Life & Analytical Sciences |
| Pierce Biotechnology |
| pION |
| Popper & Sons |
| Promega |
| Protedyne |
| Remp |
| RNAture / Hitachi Chemical |
| RTS Life Science |
| Schneeberger |
| SciDynamics |
| Sias Xiril |
| Society for Biomolecular Screening |
| SPEX CertiPrep |
| ST Robotics |
| Structural Bioinformatics |
| Tecan |
| TekCel |
| Thermo Electron - Drug Discovery |
| Titertek Instruments |
| Titian Software |
| Tomtec |
| TradeWinds Direct |
| Upstate |
| V&P Scientific |
| Velocity11 |
| Xyntek |
| Zymark |
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Hall Layout
A map of the exhibit hall may be found at:
https://www.lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/meetings/0305_Map.pdf
(PDF format)
https://www.lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/meetings/0305_Map.ppt
(Microsoft Powerpoint format)
Booth assignments by company - https://www.lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/meetings/0305_booths_company.PDF
Booth assignments by booth - https://www.lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/meetings/0305_booths_booth.PDF
Exhibitors -
Click
here for Exhibitor Information
https://www.lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/meetings/0305_exhibit_information.htm
| Time |
Edison Room |
Woodbridge Room |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM |
IQ?Technology: A Universal, Homogeneous, Method for
High-Throughput Screening of Kinase and Phosphatase Activity
Sherri Z. Millis, PhD - Pierce Biotechnology |
Automated Detection and Classification of Systematic Errors
in Array Experiments
John Elling, Datect Inc. |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM |
A Data Management Architecture for Archiving, Retrieval,
Transfer and Report Generation in High Throughput Laboratory Operations
John P. Helfrich, NuGenesis Technologies Corporation |
Autopurification of Nucleic Acids
Thomas E. Strader, Promega Corporation |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM |
Cell Signaling Technology & ctivation-State?Antibodies:
Innovative Tools for Therapeutic Discovery Christopher Bunker, Ph.D., Cell
Signaling Technology |
A New Technology Platform for Drug Discovery
Al Akowitz, PhD, Meso Scale Discovery |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM |
Simultaneous Measurement ?Multiplexing - of Multiple Assays
using Small Biological Sample Volumes
Geoff Alms, Ph.D. Applications Scientist for Upstate USA. |
Advancing Research Through the Integration of Discovery Data
Eric Kaldy, IDBS |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM |
Automating Genomics and Proteomics Applications
Edward M. Alderman, Ph.D. |
XLfit 3 SDK: Powerful Curve-fitting and Statistical Software
Development Package to Create Applications that Suit Your Discovery Data
Needs
Dennis Curran, IDBS, Inc. |
| 5:30 - 6:00 PM |
Integrated Tube- and Plate-Based Sample Management System
for Maximum Flexibility and Discovery Process Control
W. Steven Fillers, Ph.D.; TekCel, Inc. |
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| 6:00 - 6:30 PM |
The Parallab?Workstation Technology a fully automated,
integrated workstation for high-throughput nanoliter volume reactions
Chris Abbott Brooks-PRI Automation, Inc. |
Automated Sample Preparation/Concentration of Biological
Samples prior to Analysis via MALDI-TOF Mass Spectroscopy
Kirby Reed, Gilson, Inc. |
| 6:30 - 7:00 PM |
Improving Luciferase Genes for Use as Genetic Reporters
Erika Hawkins, MSc Promega Corporation, Madison, WI |
ORIGEN?Technology: A highly sensitive
electrochemilunescence detection technology providing an effective format
for a variety of assay applications
Irene C. Griff, Ph.D.; IGEN International, Inc. |
| 7:00 - 7:30 PM |
Automation of a High Throughput Assay for Determination of
Plasma Protein Drug Binding
Tim Blankenship ?Advanced Life Science Specialist ?Millipore Corp. |
Secondary Screening In The Drug Discovery Process: Biacore
Contribution To Smarter And Faster Lead Selection
Jaymie DeWitt, Biacore, Inc. |
| 7:30 - 8:00 PM |
Structure Based Drug Discovery using Advanced Computational
Methods Jeff Hudson, Structural Bioinformatics |
GeminiChemistry:- automating Rapid Analog Synthesis in
solution using a Tecan Genesis Robot.
John Brohan. Traders Micro Montreal
Rejean Fortin Medicinal Chemistry Merck Frosst, Montreal |
| 8:00 - 8:30 PM |
The Discovery Data Explosion: A Lab to Enterprise Data
Storage, Retrieval and Transfer Solution for Drug Discovery through
Manufacturing in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
John P. Helfrich NuGenesis Technologies Corporation |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 PM |
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Click here to see the expanded
agenda and abstracts in PDF format.
Click here to see the expanded
agenda and abstracts in Microsoft Word format..
Directions
The first class Hilton Hotel is located at the crossroads of New Jersey's major arteries at Exit 9 of the NJ Turnpike, just outside New Brunswick. It's central location is just 25 minutes from Newark Int'l Airport, 45 minutes from New York City and less than an hour from Philadelphia. Easy access to all surrounding business areas and attractions makes the Hilton East Brunswick the perfect location for business, pleasure or meetings.
On-line directions may be found at:
http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/directions.jhtml?ctyhocn=EWRBHHH
or look at the Direction Sheet <https://www.lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/0305_hiltoneb_directions.htm>
 Visit The Laboratory Robotics
Interest Group homepage at https://www.lab-robotics.org
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