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The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
Mid Atlantic Chapter

May 2005 Meeting

The Eleventh Annual Technology Exhibition & Presentations

Date:  Tuesday, May 17, 2005   
Place:  Hilton East Brunswick, Three Tower Center Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816, Tel: 732-828-2000 or 1-800-HILTONS,
 <http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=EWRBHHH>
Itinerary: Exhibits and Presentations - 3:00 to 9:00 pm

Door Prizes:
Bio-Tek Instruments ---  iPod mini
LRIG --- Laser Pointers
Journal for the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA) - two commuter coffee mugs
Protedyne - two handpainted "Protini" martini glasses
LRIG ---  Photon Micro-Light II Keyring Lights
Journal for the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA) - two multi-tools
SKF --- Deluxe wine bottle opener kit

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

bulletABgene
bulletAirfiltronix
bulletAmerican Chemical Society
bulletApricot Designs / Biosero
bulletArcticWhite
bulletArt Robbins Instruments
bulletArtel
bulletASDI
bulletAssociation for Laboratory Automation
bulletAurora Biomed
bulletAurora Discovery
bulletBarnstead Genevac
bulletBD Biosciences - Discovery Labware
bulletBeckman Coulter
bulletBiacore
bulletBio-Tek Instruments
bulletBioDot
bulletBioRep
bulletBioVeris
bulletBMG Labtech
bulletCaliper Life Sciences
bulletCell Signaling Technology
bulletCerionX
bulletChemspeed
bulletCIS-US (HTRF Group)
bulletCode Refinery
bulletComputype
bulletCorning
bulletCyBio
bulletDeerac Fluidics
bulletDiscoveRx
bulletFIRST Cybersonics
bulletGE Healthcare
bulletGenomic Solutions
bulletGuava Technologies
bulletHamilton
bulletHigh Resolution Engineering
bulletHudson Control Group
bulletIDBS
bulletInnova Systems
bulletInvitrogen
bulletLabcyte
bulletLiCONiC
bulletLife Science Wireless
bulletManufacturing Applications eXperts
bulletMatriCal
bulletMatrix Technologies
bulletMeCour Temperature Control
bulletMettler Toledo AutoChem
bulletMicroscan Systems
 
bulletMolecular Devices
bulletNanostream
bulletnAscent BioSciences
bulletPerkinElmer LAS
bulletPopper & Sons
bulletProtedyne
bulletReaction Biology
bulletRem Systems - Kardex Engineering
bulletREMP
bulletRTS Thurnall
bulletSigma-Aldrich
bulletSociety for Biomolecular Screening
bulletSSI Robotics
bulletST Robotics International
bulletTecan
bulletTekCel / Biophile
bulletTeranode
bulletThe Automation Partnership
bulletThermo Electron
bulletTitertek Instruments
bulletTomtec
bulletUpstate
bulletVelocity11
bulletXyntek
bulletYamaha Robotics
 


Exhibitors - Click here for Exhibitor Information
https://www.lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic/meetings/0505_exhibit_information.htm

Presentations

Time Edison Room Woodbridge Room
3:30 - 4:30 PM   LRIG Philadelphia Chapter
Note to our Philadelphia area members --- we will hold an organizing meeting to move forward the formation of our LRIG Philly chapter. Please attend AND VOLUNTEER to help in forming this chapter, and to serve on the board or committee.
4:30 - 5:00 PM FIRST Cybersonics
FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology and engineering.
PocketTips
Jeff Karg
nAscent BioSciences
5:00 - 5:45 PM Automation of Filtration Assays for Drug Discovery Using Positive Pressure
Lynn Jordan1, Aldo Pitt2, Marcy Engelstein2, and Libby Kellard2
1Caliper Life Sciences, Hopkinton, MA
2Millipore Corporation, Bioscience Division, Danvers, MA
The CellLux
Greg Warner
PerkinElmer
5:45 - 6:30 PM Increased efficiency in chemical process R&D: The synthesis of Pigment Red 57 - Lithol Rubine conversion
Josef G. Schroer
Chemspeed
Using the ELx405 Select CW to Wash Loosely Adherent Tissue Culture Cells
Paul Held
Bio-Tek Instruments
6:30 - 7:15 PM CerionX Tipcharger Technology
Paul Hensley
Smart lead characterization: Binding Kinetics with Biacore
Andrew Chow, PhD Applications Scientist
Biacore, Inc.
7:15 - 8:00 PM
High Resolution Engineering
Acoustic Liquid Transfer Technology
Joe Olechno
Labcyte
8:00 - 8:45 PM Enabling Optimized Implementation of High Throughput Protein Expression and Analysis Strategies
Jeremy Lambert
PhyNexus
 

click here for abstracts

Student Poster Contest

LRIG Mid Atlantic is holding a student poster contest at this meeting. All student poster entrants receive a LRIG branded Photon Micro-Light II Keyring Light.  As well there are prizes for first, second, and third place of $200, $100, and $50.

All college-level students are invited to participate. The poster content does NOT need to be related to robotics or automation. Any topic in biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, or engineering will be welcome.

To enter a poster, please contact Kevin Olsen at Montclair State University, 973-655-4076 or [email protected]

Mipha L. Koh, Montclair State University
Inhibition of Xylella Fastidiosa Biofilm Formation via Metal Chelators.

Janice D. Thomas, Montclair State University
Site Directed rpfa Gene Disruption in Xylella Fastidiosa: Effect on Biofilm Formation via Quorum - Sensing in Pierce's Disease.

Anne Marie Petrock, Tara L. Alvarez, Bassem Gayed, Stanley Reisman, John L. Semmlow, Biomedical Engineering, NJIT
Divergence Eye Movements Are Dependent on Initial Stimulus Conditions

Nancy A. Price, Dr. Kathy Sedia, The Richard Stockton College of NJ
The Role of Calcium Oxalate Crystals as a Defense Against Predation in Common House Plants

Member Posters

Synergy HT, A Robotic Compatible Microplate Multidetection Reader Designed for Today Luminescence Research Needs
Paul Held, Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc, Winooski, Vermont 05404

Convenient , accurate and precise dispensing of 95% of catalogue solid chemicals.
Thomas Stiglic, Chemspeed.

High-Throughput Automation of a Dual Reporter Assay in Low-Volume 384 & 1536-Well Plate Formats using the Deerac Fluidics?Equator NS 808 - Eight Tip Pipetting System, Promega Chroma-Luc Technology, and BMG LABTECH PHERAstar Microplate Reader
David Lorenz, Aoife Gallagher, Brad Larson (Promega Corporation), Tracy Worzella (Promega Corporation), Michael Bjerke (Promega Corporation, and Eric Matthews (BMG Labtech), Deerac Fluidics

Rapid Analysis of 7-Hydroxycoumarin Glucuronide Using Micro Parallel Liquid Chromatrography
Kevin Crellin, Senior Applications Chemist, Nanostream, Inc.

High-Throughput LC-based Assays for Screening of Caspase Inhibitors
Jeff Koehler, Courtney Coyne, Nanostream

A comparison of sample preparation methods as measured by LDH activity, nucleic acid yields, sample homogeneity, and sample throughput
Andoria Tjondrokoesoemo1, Andrew I. Brooks2, Charles Grant3, and David Burden1
1 BT&C, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ; 2 Bionomics Research and Technology Center, UMDNJ/Rutgers, Piscataway, NJ; 3 SP Industries, Inc., Warminster, PA

Monoclonal Antibodies
BioVeris

Improving Automated Liquid Handler Performance through Reliable Volume Delivery Measurements
Artel

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/0505_hiltoneb_directions.htm>

Reservations

The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group has hotel rooms blocked for 5/16 and 5/17 at the Hilton. Please call the hotel and ask for the "Lab Robotics" rate. If you have any difficulties confirming the rate, ask to speak with Maria Bambino at the hotel.

Exhibitor Technology Seminars

Caliper Life Sciences is holding a Science Social from 12:30 to 2:30 pm including lunch.  The topic is iLink Pro - Automation Software for Method Development, Scheduling and Operation. For more information please contact Christine O'Neil at 508-497-2224 or register online at: http://www.caliperls.com/registration

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