SCIENCE2007 Life Sciences Supplier Showcase Final Invitation

This is a final reminder and invitation for the University of Pittsburgh SCIENCE2007 Life Sciences Supplier Showcase. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 10, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Petersen Events Center.

The Supplier Showcase is being held in support of the Health Sciences Department “SCIENCE2007” seventh annual regional celebration of local science and technology scheduled for October 11th 12th at Alumni Hall.

Representatives from forty-four companies, both University-wide contracted suppliers and other key suppliers to the University in the areas of scientific and medical equipment, supplies and services, will be exhibiting.

The Supplier Showcase will also feature thirty (30) minute Break-Out Sessions, sponsored by the supplier exhibitors, on specific scientific topics related to new research, new technology, and the associated equipment and supplies. The Break-Out Session schedule is listed below for your convenience.

Complementary lunch will be provided to attendees. University celebrity guest appearances and multiple prize drawings, sponsored by the Supplier Management Department, are being scheduled throughout the Showcase.

Round trip shuttle service to the event will be available and offer easy access to the exhibit venue via Shuttles #10A, #10B (Upper Campus) and #15A (OC Lot).

Pre-Registration for the SCIENCE2007 Life Sciences Supplier Showcase, which is required for lunch, can be completed at http://www.bc.pitt.edu/purchasing/SupplierRegistration/index.html or on the Science2007 website at http://www.science2007.pitt.edu/register.htm.

This event is a University sponsored event and complies with the new SOHS industry relations policy.

Break-Out Session Topic / Host Exhibitor / Schedule
Trends in LC/MS Analysis (Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry) / Agilent Technologies / 10:30 a.m.
Novel Approaches in Method Development For Protein Purification / GE Healthcare (Amersham) / 10:30 a.m.
Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology / Bio-Rad Laboratories / 10:30 a.m.
Medical Imaging / Centre Business Products / 11:15 a.m.
Microplate Reader Technology / DAI Scientific Equipment / 11:15 a.m.
New Techniques for Stem Cell Research / Invitrogen / 11:15 a.m.
Virtual Instrumentation in Biomedical Engineering / National Instruments / Noon
Cylinder Safety / Penn Oxygen & Supply Company / Noon
3D Techniques Add New Dimension To Cell Culture / Invitrogen / Noon
QIAcub – Automate All Qiagen Spin Column Chemistry Now! / Qiagen / 12:45 p.m.
Universal Probe Library: Expand Your
Possibilities! Real Time qPCR Assays Overnight / Roche Applied Sciences / 12:45 p.m.
shRNA Technology / Sigma Aldrich / 12:45 p.m.
Feeder – Independent Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells / StemCell Technologies / 1:30 p.m.
Chromatography / Varian, Inc. / 1:30 p.m.