Education Corporate Partners

• GE Healthcare Life Sciences GE Healthcare Life Sciences provides diagnostic pharmaceuticals, drug discovery tools, and protein separation systems. Our diagnostic imaging agents are used during medical scanning procedures to highlight organs and tissues inside the human body, for the early detection, diagnosis and management of disease. Our drug discovery tools enable functional biology to help bring new, more effective drugs to patients through enhanced understanding of cellular and protein analysis, DNA sequencing, gene expression and genetic variation.

  2D electrophoresis products: http://www.gehealthcare.com/dige
  Amersham ECL Western Blotting products: http://www.gehealthcare.com/ecl
  Multi-dimensional liquid chromatography products: http://www.gehealthcare.com/mdlc
  

• Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. (IBI) provides high-content protein analysis services, enabling novel biomarker and proteomic discoveries. IBI characterizes proteins quickly and in high throughput, reducing development time and cutting bottom-line expenses.
  

• Bio-Rad Laboratories has been advancing scientific discovery and improving health care for over 50 years. Bio-Rad Labs provides products and analytical solutions for disease management, genetic research, proteomics research, and biomarker discovery. For more information regarding Bio-Rad Laboratories please see:
  www.discover.bio-rad.com.

  For information regarding Bio-Rad SELDI products, please see
  http://www.bio-rad.com/proteinchip

  For information regarding Bio-Rad protein electrophoresis products, please see
  http://www.bio-rad.com/electrophoresis
  

• Beckman Coulter, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests and supplies that simplify and automate laboratory processes. Spanning the biomedical testing continuum — from pioneering medical research and clinical trials to laboratory diagnostics and point-of-care testing — Beckman Coulter’s 200,000 installed systems provide essential biomedical information to enhance health care around the world. The company, based in Fullerton, Calif., reported 2004 annual sales of $2.4 billion with 64 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits and services. For more information, visit http://www.beckmancoulter.com or call (800) 742-2345 (U.S.). Fax (800) 643-4366 (U.S.)
  

• Bruker Daltonics is a leading supplier of innovative life science tools based on mass spectrometry. We design, manufacture, and market a broad array of novel products for pharma/biotech discovery, proteomics, metabolomics and biomarkers. Small molecule exact mass capability for Empirical Formula determination now available with MicroTOF (ESI TOF) and MicroTOF Q (Qq TOF) with our unique Sigma-Fit isotope correlation software for an additional dimension of confidence. Other MS technologies are MALDI-TOF/TOF, high capacity ion trap and Q-q-FTMS plus comprehensive analysis and bioinformatics software.
  

• Erie Scientific Company is the world leader in the manufacture of flat glass and custom glass products. Through the development of innovative microarray substrates, and more importantly, our customer-focused approach, Erie continues to grow while maintaining a reputation for superior products and service. We have put a great deal of resources into making Erie Scientific an industry leader in microarray, and have received numerous accolades regarding our products and our continued commitment to excellence.
  

• Hamilton's MICROLAB® STAR series represents a new generation of liquid handling workstations. With the introduction of the STAR-Plus and Scheduling software, Hamilton combines the innovative pipetting technology with a high grade of flexibility. Hamilton also can provide validated solutions for the following applications: protein crystallization, MALDI target spotting, PCR setup, genomic DNA purification, ELISA etc.. The key technological innovations implemented in the STAR series are: CORE Tip Attachment Technology, Dynamic Positioning, and Air-filled Liquid Handling.
  

• The Life Science Group of Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. (HTA) assists researchers in finding solutions to their scientific instrument requirements. We are committed to providing the highest quality scientific instruments to the North American market.We support thousands of satisfied customers with a wide range of reliability-proven analytical instrumentation, including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Amino Acid Analyzers, LCMS Systems, and UV-Visible/NIR and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Systems.
  

• Ingenuity Pathways Analysis is a software application and knowledge base that enables researchers to model, analyze and understand complex biological systems foundational to human health and disease. Ingenuity Pathways Analysis, the leading pathway analysis software, is currently used by thousands of biomedical researchers worldwide, and has been featured in >120 scientific publications as a method of discovery. In addition to pathways analysis software, Ingenuity offers knowledge bases for biologists and bioinformaticians, and enterprise knowledge management infrastructure, content and services. Please visit http://www.ingenuity.com for more information.
  

• Michrom Bioresources offers a wide range of innovative products for HPLC and LC/MS analysis of biological and pharmaceutical samples including a full range of HPLC and LC/MS supplies and accessories designed to improve sample preparation and maximize analytical results.