Call for Sponsors and Exhibitors
Space available for exhibitors is very limited and we expect it to be heavily oversubscribed. So please contact us as soon as possible to receive information about exhibition & sponsorship opportunities:
Paul Raggett, Exhibition Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1787 315117
E-mail: paul.raggett@selectbiosciences.com
Corporate Bag Sponsor
Invitrogen
Invitrogen provides products and services that support academic and government research institutions and pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide in their efforts to improve the human condition. The company provides essential life science technologies for disease research, drug discovery, and commercial bio-production. For more information about Invitrogen, visit the company's web site at www.invitrogen.com
Booth # 7
Corporate Sponsors
Dolomite
Dolomite is a world leading microfluidic application centre focussed on the design and manufacture of chips, instruments and systems. Our expertise covers a wide range of applications relating to control and measurements of fluids at a micro scale. Dolomite is a service business and we are keen to work with partners in any application space.
Booth # 1
febit biotech gmbh 
febit biotech develops and manufactures innovative microarray technologies with it’s GENIOM® DNA-analyzer: Create your own focussed biochips and detect every kind of DNA by microarray analysis in your own lab within only one day!
GENIOM® – The Instrument! For your dedicated microarray application from Expression Analysis through SNP Genotyping to ChIP-chip, application led innovation.
Booth # 2
Fluidigm
Fluidigm develops systems based on integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs). These unique biochips have on the order of 10,000 integrated channels, chambers, and valves, facilitating high-throughput nano-volume reactions. We offer the following IFCs: TOPAZ® dynamic arrays for protein crystallization, Biomark™ dynamic arrays for measuring levels of expressed transcripts and proteins, and BioMark digital arrays for detecting mutations and quantitating cDNA number.
GenTel® BioSciences
GenTel® BioSciences, Inc. is a multiplex immunoassay-based life sciences company. GenTel's multiplex immunoassay development services combine custom content with robust multiplex immunoassays. GenTel’s multiplex immunoassays deliver better precision, dynamic range and sensitivity by printing arrays of antibodies on our ultra-thin nitrocellulose film slides. GenTel’s assays combine the expertise of validated multiplex immunoassays in a single universal platform that is broadly applicable in the life sciences industry.
Booth # 8
Hamamatsu
Hamamatsu Photonics is a world-leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art opto-electronic components and systems, designed to cover the entire optical spectrum.
At Lab-on-a-Chip, we will be unveiling advanced avalanche photodiode detector technology for Photon Counting Applications; the new Multi-pixel photon counter (MPPC) series. Also on show, our extensive range of CCD and BT-CCD sensors, Photomultiplier Tubes and TDI sensors and cameras.
Booth # 6
KREATECH 
Non-enzymatic target labeling with KREATECH’s proprietary Universal Linkage System (ULS™)
KREATECH Biotechnology has committed itself to develop a unique range of tools for labeling and detection of DNA, RNA and proteins. This labeling technology is the basis for a number of products for simple, fast, cost-effective and robust direct labeling for accurate and reliable analysis on DNA-, Protein-, Tissue - and DNA microarrays.
Contact us to explore our products and your licensing opportunities, at www.kreatech.com
Booth # 5
Roche Applied Science 
Roche Applied Science provides systems and reagents for life-science research. Excellence in reagents for molecular investigations is combined with innovative instrumentation to facilitate experiments and analysis in different research fields. The Genome Sequencer FLX System is the new second-generation sequencing platform for high throughput sequencing. This ultra-fast nanotechnology–based system can sequence more than 100 million bases per 7.5 hour instrument run.
Booth # 3
Rosetta Biosoftware
Rosetta Biosoftware develops informatics solutions and provides services that enable research organizations to efficiently and effectively conduct life-saving discoveries and develop drugs. Our mission is to be the premier provider of scalable software solutions to empower research that improves the quality of human life. We provide value to discovery and development efforts by offering customizable informatics solutions and services that are adaptable to your needs.
Booth # 4
Badge Sponsor
Tecan
Tecan is a leading player in the Life Sciences supply industry that specializes in the development, production, and distribution of solutions enabling drug discovery genomics, proteomics, and diagnostics. Through its subsidiary REMP, Tecan is a leading supplier of compound and sample storage, managerial and logistic solutions. The company maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries.
Booth # 33
Exhibitors
Almac Diagnostics
As an Authorised Affymetrix Service Provider, Almac Diagnostics delivers microarray and bioinformatics services to pharmaceutical, biotech and academic sectors. Almac also provides access to the unique, proprietary microarray technology - DSA™ (patent pending). These DSA™ research tools provide the most complete view available of the transcriptome of a chosen disease.
Booth # 30
Applied Maths
Applied Maths is the pioneer in bioinformatics which gained worldwide recognition for their databasing and comparison software for biological data.
With GelComparII and BioNumerics, Applied Maths set the standard for fingerprint analysis and integral analysis of complex biological datasets. With GeneMathsXT and Kodon the need for modern BioInformatics tools, dealing with large datasets from microarrays or genome sequences, is covered.
Booth # 12
Arrayjet
Arrayjet is an innovative young company specialising in the application of inkjet technology to microarray manufacturing. Since launching a suite of new products to the microarray market, Arrayjet have implemented new developments including automated fault recovery and .gal file output, and have begun exploring new applications for their patented technology.
Booth # 23
Auto Q Biosciences
Auto Q Biosciences specialises in the supply of bioprocess automation solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic and life science research industries.
Auto Q Biosciences is delighted to introduce the new ABBIS HS4 Hybridization module at the AMT 2007 conference. The HS4 system allows complete automation of slide processing for FISH and array applications such as Comparative Genomic Hybridisation(CGH). Based on a modular design, the HS4 System can be expanded to accommodate up to 12 units with a sample capacity of 48 slides with independent hybridisation condition control.
Booth # 21
Biobase
BIOBASE (www.biobase-international.com), based in Wolfenbüttel (Germany), with branch offices in Beverly, MA (USA) and Bangalore (India) is a leading provider of expertly curated biological databases for the life science industry. BIOBASE’s product portfolio, referred as the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (BKL), includes industry standards such as TRANSFAC®, TRANSPATH®, YPD™ and HumanPSD™ databases. In combination with BIOBASE’s powerful systems biology tool, ExPlain™, the BKL can be used to analyze complex regulatory networks and identify key molecules linked to human disease.
Booth # 27
CombimatrixEurope GmbH
Combimatrix- a unique system for in-situ synthesis of oligonucleotide microarrays made to your specifications.
-bioinfo for the array is included free of charge
-minimum order is just 1 array
-every CustomArrayTM is quality tested by hybridizing a Cy5-labeled random 9-mer to 544 on-array control probes
-Combimatrix CustomArrayTM fits into all existing microarray scanners
-turnaround time for design and delivery of arrays is 30 days
-visit us for more details on the new electrochemical detection system and B3 synthesiser
Booth # 11
Exiqon
Exiqon is a leading provider of innovative and enabling products for microRNA and other short nucleic acid targets. Using the nucleic acid analog Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA™), Exiqon provides research tools for miRNA in situ detection, functional analysis by miRNA knockdown and genome-wide miRNA profiling on arrays. We also offer a miRNA profiling service. Exiqon markets its products via our headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark, our sales office in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA and through our international distributors. Please visit www.exiqon.com for more information.
Booth # 29
GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare’s expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceuticals is dedicated to detecting disease earlier and tailoring treatment for individual patients.
Booth # 37
Genewave
Genewave develops and sells a range of innovative biophotonic instruments and consumables for genomics and proteomics research. This includes high sensitivity microarray slides, compact biochip readers, and systems with integrated fluidics as well as components for lab-on-a-chip devices. The Company also offers surface functionalization services.
New AmpliSlide™ fluorescence-amplifying reflective microarray slides provide up to 16-fold signal enhancement in double colour microarray applications, and up to 30-fold in single colour experiments.
Booth # 14
Genomic Solutions
Genomic Solutions offers instrumentation and hands on expertise for genomics, proteomics, protein crystallization, low volume liquid handling and high throughput screening. Genomic Solutions products are currently being used by thousands of researchers in more than 30 countries around the world.
Booth # 9
GenOptics
GenOptics is a laboratory instrumentation company focused on the development of high performance systems with advanced optical imaging (SPRi) to quantify and monitor biomolecular interactions. GenOptics systems have direct applications in the demanding fields of proteomics, drug screening and drug discovery.
SPRi is used to monitor up to several hundreds of protein-ligand interactions in parallel and in real-time. Once processed, the images provide valuable information about the quantification, the affinity and the kinetics of the molecules.
Booth # 18
GeSiM
GeSiM offers a broad range of micro pipetting stations featuring piezoelectric tips. The instruments are able to spot bio arrays on slides, membranes or on the bottom of a micro plate well. Covering a volume range from 100 pico litres up to a few micro litres miniaturized assays are feasible. A dedicated accessory line supports even complex applications: Chillers, humidifiers and air conditioned plate hotels are available.
Further GeSiM developes customized microfluidic systems like a microscope inspection set with valves, pumps and a dedicated software.
Booth # 13
GRI
GRI are specialists in microarray technology! As a specialist distributor, we work with market leading manufacturers to bring you the very best and latest cutting edge services and technology in this field. Companies we represent include, NimbleGen, Alpha Innotech, Kreatech, Full Moon Biosystems, SciGene, BioMicro and many more. We look forward to discussing your applications and requirements.
Booth # 36
Innopsys
Innopsys designs and manufactures fluorescence scanners for microarrays and image analysis software. InnoScan700 is a simultaneous dual-color scanner for all standard slide. Based on innovative motorization, it is the fastest scanner (3.5 min for the 2 channels detection). It uses a dynamic autofocus associated with confocal PMT detection which give excellent photometric performances (high sensitivity and better signal-to-noise ratio). Due to its resolution of 3 um, our scanner is able to scan high density slides keeping high quality.
Booth # 11
Integrated DNA Technologies
Serving the areas of academic research, biotechnology, clinical diagnostics and pharmaceutical development, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is the largest manufacturer of custom oligo products in the United States. From oligos in plates to Dicer-Substrate RNAi duplexes in TriFECTa™ kits to dual-labeled DNA probes, IDT offers the best quality, customer service and turnaround time.
Booth # 15
LGC
LGC is an international science service company and a leading independent provider of chemical and biochemical analytical and diagnostic services. LGC’s Life and Food Sciences Division provides DNA sequencing services to support the biotech and pharmaceutical research markets, diagnostics services to the healthcare sector and pharmacogenetic testing to help predict a patient’s response to medication. LGC’s proprietary DNA probe technology HyBeacons® addresses the rapid detection of genetic variation and has applications in the diagnosis of human disease and human and animal genetic profiling.
Booth # 35
LifeLineLab
Lifelinelab is a leading company in Microarrays which owns a patent designed to covalently bind either Protein or Nucleic acids and allowing the development of sophisticated analysis in the emerging applications of proteomics and genomics.
Microarrays applications include studies and development of human
and veterinary diseases, drug discovery, genetic screening,
clinical and food diagnostics.
A new age in Microarrays has now begun.
Booth # 28
Link Technologies Ltd
Link Technologies Ltd, based in Scotland, is a leading manufacturer of reagents for oligonucleotide synthesis and modification (DNA, RNA & LNA). The company has a diverse catalogue that includes phosphoramidites, solid supports, modifiers, labels, and bioconjugation & oligo-immobilisation products. Link also works collaboratively with other companies developing new products in areas such as diagnostics and microarrays.
Booth # 34
microfluidic ChipShop
To bring Lab-on-a-Chip systems into daily laboratory life – this is microfluidic ChipShop’s mission. To fulfil this task, microfluidic ChipShop offers off-the-shelf microfluidic systems as well as development & manufacturing services: From product development up to volume production – from simple microfluidic chips to complex lab-on-a-chip-systems. The comprehensive product catalogue comprises single chips, microfluidic support kits, and complete solutions like PCR chips with thermocycler.
Booth # 20
Micronit Microfluidics
Micronit Microfluidics designs, develops and manufactures lab-on-a-chip devices of glass. Micronit focuses on rapid prototyping as well as high-volume manufacturing of glass chips and interconnection tools. The devices can have various functionalities, like micro reactions, mixing, electrophoresis and detection. Applications can be found in drug discovery, point-of-care diagnostics, DNA analysis and protein analysis. For more information please visit www.micronit.com
Booth # 19
Miltenyi Biotec
Miltenyi Biotec provides comprehensive systems and services for biomedical research and clinical applications, as well as state-of-the-art products for cell separation, cell analysis, cell culture, and molecular biology. The MACSmolecular business unit offers innovative reagents, instruments, and services for molecular cell analysis. This includes highly specific molecule purifications and revolutionary in-column enzymatic reactions with convenient MACS® Technology, single-cell analysis, as well as cutting-edge gene expression profiling products and services.
Booth # 16
Molecular Devices
Molecular Devices provides innovative solutions that accelerate and improve drug discovery and life sciences research. The GenePix™ microarray scanning and analysis platform has long been hailed as the industry leader in performance, features and ease-of-use. GenePix scanners set the highest standard for microarray instrumentation with powerful features for superior multi-spectral imaging, data accuracy, and high duty-cycle usage. GenePix Pro software is the industry standard microarray image analysis software because of its powerful and flexible imaging and analysis tools, visualizations, automation capabilities, and ease-of-use. Acuity microarray data warehouse and informatics software provides clustering, statistics, and other advanced analysis of large microarray datasets. GenePix scanners, GenePix Pro, and Acuity are fully integrated into a single streamlined microarray data management and analysis solution.
Booth # 10
NuGEN Technologies Inc
NuGEN Technologies Inc develops and commercializes nucleic acid amplification and labelling systems. NuGEN now introduces a system designed to access the critical biological information contained within precious FFPE (formalinfixed, paraffin-embedded) tissue samples collected and banked through years of clinical studies and cancer research. The NuGEN WT-Ovation™ FFPE System is the first and only whole transcriptome amplification system that generates cDNA for analysis on Affymetrix GeneChip® microarrays and qPCR enabling global gene expression analysis on vast archives of small and degraded samples. Earlier, NuGEN launched the WT-Ovation™ Pico RNA Amplification System (whole transcript amplification form picograms input material) and the Ovation™ WB Reagent for the Ovation™ Whole Blood Solution. The latter product is part of a solution that includes two other NuGEN products, enabling gene expression analysis of as little as 20 nanograms of whole blood RNA on GeneChip® arrays in just one day, without the need for Globin reduction. Please visit our booth to discuss your plans.
Booth # 17
Operon
On the basis of 20 years of experience in DNA synthesis, Operon Biotechnologies has developed key technologies for longmer synthesis and provides a broad range of modifications. The high-throughput synthesis capability and the outstanding design service support Operon as a world-leading supplier of high-quality oligonucleotides and microarray products
Booth # 32
Parker Hannifin
Parker Life Sciences develops motion control and fluidic control solutions for drug discovery and bio-analytical sciences. With products such as the revolutionary, portable Smart Syringe that stores methods internally, miniature liquid and gas valves, and electronic pressure controllers that create non-pulsatile flow for lab-on-a-chip applications, Parker Life Sciences helps prototype developers and OEM instrument builders speed products to market and lower overall cost of ownership.
Booth # 24
SCHOTT
The product group Microarray Solutions at SCHOTT JENAer Glas GmbH develops and produces coated and uncoated glass substrates, reagents and kits for the biotechnology market under the brand Nexterion®. They are used for the manufacture of high quality DNA and protein microarrays and are found mainly in pharmaceutical and in diagnostics research.
Booth # 31
Scienion
SCIENION is your competent partner for high-end microarray hardware and services. We offer complex solutions for parallel bioanalytics in functional genomic and proteomic research.
Our customers are biotech, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic companies as well as academic research institutions.
Booth # 22
Scottish Microelectronics Centre
The Scottish Microelectronics Centre is Scotland’s World class centre in the Semi-conductor and MEMS Industry.
From it’s modern facilities within the Campus, of Edinburgh University at the King’s Buildings. The SMC provides Research & Development, Analytical, Processing and Assembly activities for both Internal and external customers relating to the development of MEMS and Microelectronics.
The SMC delivers specialist support to companies ranging from Start-ups through to Multi National corporations.
From its State of the Art facility, which includes both office and clean room space, an extensive tool set, first class support programmes, and networking opportunities and access to academic support from the 5 star rated Institute of Micro and Nano Technology of Edinburgh University.
Booth # 26
Stretton Scientific
Stretton Scientific brings together complementary technologies. We distribute the high speed high resolution microarray scanner Innoscan 700 from Innopsys. We also supply the Customarray products and services of Combimatrix, the most flexible and cost effective custom oligo-arrays in the market. Please see our complete product range at strettonscientific.co.uk.
Booth # 11
Vidar Systems
VIDAR Systems Corporation develops and markets high-quality imaging systems for the life-science research industry. With over 20 years of experience as a leading provider in biomedical and wide-format imaging, VIDAR brings innovative, products and solutions that improve customer workflow, productivity, and data generation for downstream applications based in genomics and proteomics.
Booth # 25