GE Healthcare  provides innovative enabling tools to facilitate drug discovery, spanning target identification through primary and secondary screening to lead profiling. Integrated instrumentation, software, reagents, training and technical support enables customers to improve productivity and produce better hits faster.

Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company since 1945. Through SIGMA® Life Science we have developed tools enabling researchers to accelerate discovery across the entire drug development research workflow including bioactive small molecules, approved drugs, validated antibodies, and RNAi technologies. See it all at booth # 901 or visit www.sigma.com/lifescience.

Cisbio international, has pioneered fluorescence applied to biomolecular interaction study for over 15 years. Its proprietary technology, HTRF® (homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence), is now a leading methodology applied to all steps of Drug Discovery and particularly to HTS. More information about HTRF® products and services at www.htrf.com.

SRU Biosystems is a life science company delivering novel, label-free tools that answer important biological questions in biomedical research and pharmaceutical drug discovery. The BIND™ System can rapidly analyze the interactions of antibody, peptide or small molecule compound libraries against a wide range of cellular or protein targets. BIND™ represents a fundamental advance in the ability to directly monitor and analyze biomolecular interactions.

Roche Applied Science is a market-leading manufacturer and supplier of technologies for life science research, including biomolecular screening applications for drug discovery and development. Roche’s enabling technologies for transfection, real-time PCR, and real-time cellular analysis provide sensitive and specific results, simplify complex procedures, and increase productivity.

For over 50 years, Bio-Rad Laboratories has provided instrumentation and reagents supporting life science research. ProteOn™ XPR36 protein interaction array system focuses on providing detailed kinetic profiles of bimolecular interactions in real time. The ProteinChip SELDI System combines MALDI MS with retentate chromatography to create the ultimate biomarker discovery platform.

Invitrogen Corporation develops technologies for life science research, drug development, and commercial bioproduction. We strive to accelerate biological understanding through technologies and services that include leading industry names such as GIBCO, Molecular Probes, Dynal, Quantum Dot, Zymed, and BioSource. Our product and service portfolio spans the breadth of drug discovery and development applications, as well as emerging areas such as diagnostics, nanotechnology, and regenerative medicine.

SpinX is commercializing a bench-top integrated assay assembly and detection system. The user adds assay components in the low microliter range to reservoirs arrayed in a 384-well format. The systems' unique valve technology and flow control meters nanoliter volumes, enabling protocols, such as IC50 curve generation, that automatically dilute and mix reagents, incubate and read.

Hamamatsu Corporation, a leader in optoelectronic components and advanced detector systems, is committed to improving the quality of life through innovative products. Its drug discovery system, the FDSS6000, provides fluorescence and luminescence detection with high-throughput assays, multiplexing capabilities for more versatile data analysis, plus exceptional durability and reliability.

DiscoveRx is a fast growing innovative company that is dedicated to the development and commercialization of proprietary assays and services to study GPCRs, Kinases, NHR and other major drug target classes. Many of their innovative biochemical and cell based assays and profiling services have been widely adopted in pharmaceutical and biotech drug screening laboratories worldwide.

ForteBio, Inc. develops and sells label-free, real-time systems for protein kinetic analysis and rapid quantitation. Its systems use optical biosensors that can measure multiple molecular interactions (protein-protein, protein-peptide, and protein–small molecule) without labeling. ForteBio’s Octet Systems enable biomolecular interaction analysis to be performed easily, quickly, and inexpensively, as a routine laboratory procedure by any user, including non-experts in drug development.

PerkinElmer, a global leader in Health Sciences, provides instruments, reagents, software and services for drug discovery/development, genetic screening, environmental testing, quality assurance, and health sciences end markets. Our fully integrated solutions enhance productivity, optimize performance, accelerate time-to-market and ensure quality of results for pharmaceutical, biotech, academic research, clinical screening, environmental, and other high-growth markets.

The Automation Partnership (TAP) is a leader in the design, development and implementation of advanced automation systems for life science research. On booth 1013 TAP will exhibit a fully functioning CompacT SelecT™ automated cell culture system plus the new range of bench top products for screw cap microtubes Capit-All™ and Fill-iT™.

MDS Analytical Technologies is a leading global supplier of high-performance scientific instrumentation supporting the life sciences industry. The Company is comprised of two lines of business: Sciex and Molecular Devices. Sciex offers proven market leadership in mass spectrometry and Molecular Devices offers the gold standard in high-performance bioanalytical measurement systems. Please see Molecular Devices listing for products offered.

Molecular Devices, a business unit of MDS Analytical Technologies, is a leading global supplier of high-performance bioanalytical measurement systems. Molecular Devices' systems include multimode and dedicated benchtop readers, liquid handling instruments, systems for electrophysiology, high-content and live-cell imaging, cell-based screening, genomics, cellular neuroscience, label-free detection, and laser capture microdissection. The Company also offers a full line of reagent assay kits for cell-based and biochemical assays.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP counsels clients on all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, trade secrets, and litigation. Stroock provides transactional and litigation guidance to leading multinational corporations, investment banks, and venture capital firms in the U.S. and abroad. Stroock’s emphasis on client service and innovation has made it one of the nation’s leading law firms for 130 years. Stroock’s practice areas include: capital markets/securities, commercial finance, mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures, private equity/venture capital, private funds, derivatives and commodities, employment law and benefits, energy and project finance, entertainment, environmental, financial restructuring, financial services litigation, insurance, intellectual property, investment management, litigation, personal client services, real estate, structured finance and tax. For more information, please visit Stroock’s website at www.stroock.com.

Tecan is a leading player in the Life Sciences supply industry that specializes in the development, production, and distribution of solutions enabling the discovery of pharmaceutical substances, as well as for genomics, proteomics, and diagnostics. Tecan clients are leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, university research departments and diagnostic laboratories. Founded in 1980, the company has manufacturing, research and development sites in both North America and Europe and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries.

REMP now part of Tecan, is a global leader in the supply of automated storage and retrieval systems for sample management in the Life Science industries.  Products include systems, workstations, consumables and software applications for sample management and related applications. Founded in 1986, REMP has over 140 employees worldwide.

In addition to Specs’ compound collection, an in-house synthesis lab and cheminformatics services, Specs also offers a wide range of compound management services. The services range from compound weighing to formatting of (historical) collections, compound procurement to compound storage and large scale QC projects. Visit us at booth 1009!

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The company devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service. For more information, visit www.merck.com.