Notice: LRIG SouthEast Meeting

When: Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Where: Sheraton Imperial

4700 Emperor Blvd.

Durham, North Carolina 27703

Phone: (919) 941-5050

Fax: (919) 941-2958

Website: www.sheratonrtp.com

Overview:

This event will be a symposia with invited talks on microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip and new detection technologies.

Poster presentations will cover the entire realm of laboratory automation, assay technologies, and supporting technologies.

Local scientists are especially encouraged to share posters presented in the last year at meetings such as ISLAR, SBS, LabAutomation, etc.

Itinerary:

10:00 to 10:30 Registration

10:30 to 12:00 PM - Presentations and Discussion

12:00 to 1:30 PM - Lunch and poster viewing

1:30 to 3:00PM - Presentations and Discussion

3:00 to 4:00 PM - Poster Viewing and Social Period with Snacks and Drinks

Free registration!

Morning Presentations: (View Abstracts)

Rodney Turner of Fluidigm Corporation: "How will microfluidics using integral pumps and valves radically change your science?"

Paul Bernasconi of Amphora Discovery Corporation: "Microfluidics in the Real World"

Afternoon Presentations: (View Abstracts)

Jennings Worley (Amphora): "IonWorksTMHT - A New High-Throughput Electrophysiology Measurement Platform"

Mark Paulik (Departments of Metabolic Diseases and Technology Development, GlaxoSmithKline, RTP, NC): "Thermogenic Imaging- Novel in vitro and in vivo Assay Platforms for Measuring Metabolic Changes Associated with Drug Therapies"

Scientists and vendors are invited to register to exhibit a poster related to laboratory automation. Only a limited number of vender posters will be allowed on a first to submit title and abstract basis. If you would like to present a poster you may submit that request to Becky Laskody. Be sure to include title, abstract, authors, and presenters (if different from authors). There is no fee to exhibit a poster but please honor your request to present a poster.

You may arrive after 9 AM on the morning of Tuesday, July 16th to set up your poster. General registration will begin at 10 AM. One side of a 4 ft. x 8 ft. poster board and thumbtacks will be available.

Lunch will be served to all attendees.

If you would like to be a food sponsor please contact Susan Ballard.

The meeting is free to all attendees. However, to better gauge how much food we'll need for lunch, we do ask that you pre-register by contacting by contacting Joel Erickson with a list of all attendees from your group.

To encourage local scientists to bring in posters, we'll have a drawing for a gift certificate from the pool of non-vendor poster presentors.