TROY, N.Y. - (Business Wire) The Upstate New York Laboratory Robotics Interest Group will be hosting a free symposium on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 entitled
“Application and Advances in Automation for Forensics." The meeting and vendor exhibition will include information on the topics of robotics, LIMS, Expert review systems and future directions. The event, which will address how automation is impacting the science of forensics from professionals actively involved in the field, will also include networking opportunities for attendees. The symposium will take place at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, NY. The event is sponsored by Applied Robotics Inc., Artel, Tomtec Inc., MatriCal Inc., ReTiSoft, Thermo Fisher, Matrix and AutoGen. Participating vendors will include Forensic Identification and Profiling, Velocity 11, Tecan, Perkin Elmer, Caliper Life Sciences and Beckman Coulter. Registration can be found at
http://www.lab-robotics.org/member/meetings.asp?rid=11.
The LRIG is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization with autonomous but closely affiliated chapters located worldwide. Two years ago, a small group of researchers and engineers in the Albany area came together and formed the Upstate New York LRIG. Its primary activity is to organize free symposia for its membership on a broad array of topics in laboratory automation that includes robotics.
The Upstate New York LRIG membership is drawn from the New York State Wadsworth Labs, the State Police Forensic Investigation Center, other non-profit research organizations, Albany Molecular Research, Inc., small pharmaceutical companies, academic research institutions, small biotech firms, large companies and others in the region. Because the meetings take place in a single weekday evening, most of the attendees live or work in the area. The Upstate New York LRIG provides dinner and refreshments free of charge to the membership, and does not charge for attendance.
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