From andy.zaayenga At nospam.com Sun Jan 7 01:51:08 2007 From: andy.zaayenga At nospam.com (Andy Zaayenga) Date: Mon Jan 8 09:39:49 2007 Subject: [Diagnostics] Biorepositories: An Automation Frontier Message-ID: Biorepositories: An Automation Frontier Dear Colleagues, LRIG is hosting a special meeting on biorepositories with an emphasis on how automation may solve problems with expanding collections. The meeting consists of a technology exhibition and social period followed by presentations and discussion. It will take place at the Somerset Marriott in Somerset, NJ from 3:00-9:00 PM on January 11, 2007. Details may be found at . Dr. David Toke, Associate Managing Director of the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository, will share his professional expertise on: * managing large volumes of specimens and data generated from research * enabling public and private organizations to share data to enhance the research process * addressing the short and long term storage and logistics needs of biorepositories * meeting HIPAA and IRB compliance requirements and patient consent restrictions Jim Vaught, Ph.D.; Special Assistant for Biorepository Science, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute will speak about the National Cancer Institute's recent initiatives in biospecimen research and policy including a discussion of NCI's recently published biorepository guidelines. John Williams, Ph.D.; Director, Pfizer Global Research & Development will present on the automated Pfizer Biofluids BioBank. Donald L. Coppock, Ph.D.; Assistant Director of the Coriell Cell Repositories, Coriell Institute for Medical Research will present on the HapMat Project. Stephanie Mohr, Ph.D.; Manager, PSI Materials Repository of the Harvard Institute of Proteomics, Harvard Medical School will discuss Shared Materials Repositories at the Harvard Institute of Proteomics. Exhibitors: ABgene, Thermo Fisher Scientific * ArcticWhite * Artificial Intelligence In Medicine (AIM) * Beckman Coulter * Biomatrica * Cerionx * Computype * CyBio * Genvault * Hamilton Robotics * High Resolution Engineering * Labcyte * Laboratory Automation & Integration, Thermo Fisher Scientific * Manufacturing Applications eXperts * Matrical * Matrix Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific * Metropolitan Business Systems, Inc. (MBSI) * Microplate Instrumentation, Thermo Fisher Scientific * Molecular Devices * Nunc, Thermo Fisher Scientific * Popper & Sons * Princeton Cryotech * Promega * REMP, Tecan Group * RTS Thurnall * Specs ? USA * TekCel * Upstate|Chemicon|Linco, Millipore * USA Scientific * velocity11 * The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) is a continuously growing special interest group focused on laboratory automation. Our membership consists of over 9,000 scientists and engineers. We are a non-profit group. No dues are collected, and no fees are charged to attend meetings. Best regards, Andy Zaayenga Executive Chair The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) www.lab-robotics.org