http://events.dechema.de/AchemAsia_Satellite_Symposium

November 29, 2005 Shanghai, China

Automation Solutions in Biotechnology

29 November 2005

Shanghai New International Expo Center

in cooperation with Interkama Asia ( 28 November - 1 December 2005, Shanghai)

Programme as pdf-file

With 1.3 billion people China is a country with an unlimited capacity for manual labour. Does this mean that all processing can be handled by only man power? Can you imagine processes like high throughput purification of genomic DNA from plant materials or purification of nucleic acid carried out with only two hands? Can we exactly disperse five nanolitres liquid manually? Is pipetting three hundred eighty four-wells with high precision and high speed by humans possible? Can you imagine fermentation now days without automation? The answers are certainly no.

Laboratory automation solutions are now a crucial component of pharmaceutical drug discovery, biotechnology and clinical specimen processing. They are not only free scientists from the need to perform repetitive tasks, but also have enabled the development of technologies and analysis that speed up life science and drug research. Companies involved in lab automation include instrument manufacturers (e.g. pipetting instruments, cytometers, spectrometers), manufacturers of disposable plastic containers including microtiter plates, motion control providers (including robots) bioinformatics, as well as providers of turnkey system solutions.

The entire lab automation industry generated over US$1.2B worldwide in 2000 and is growing at 15% yearly. Liquid-handling robots are estimated to make up over 40% of the revenues. The main reasons for automating laboratory processes are

accelerating research and discovery
elimination of human errors
tracking large number of samples
improving sterile conditions

Research in molecular biology and drug discovery has now reached the point where procedures are being developed which simply cannot be manually performed. What does lab automation technology look like today? What can we learn from our experiences in lab automation solutions? The AchemAsia Satellite Symposium will give you the opportunity to learn about the newest developments in this area. You can communicate and share ideas across diverse industries and scientific disciplines. For this reason we are pleased to invite you to participate in AchemAsia Satellite Symposium 2005 on 29. November 2005 in Shanghai at the New International Expo Centre. This Symposium will be a one day meeting with no entrance fee. After the event you can visit the Exhibition ?Interkama Asia?. Please contact Mrs. Huang in Frankfurt am Main 0049-69-7564 276, DECHEMA or Mr. Pan in Shanghai 0086-21-64731200, Shanghai Society of Chemistry and Chemical Industry.

Chinesisch

Programme as pdf-file can be downloaded here

For further information, please contact
Ms Sinian Huang

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