Press Release
RainDance Technologies CEO to Present at Transformational Tools Panel During 2009 BIO International Convention
LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., May 5, 2009 -- Christopher McNary, RainDance Technologies President and Chief Executive Officer, will discuss the impact of new transformational tools shaping life sciences research during a panel session at the 2009 BIO International Convention in Atlanta on May 20, 2009.
The session, Transformational Tools: How New Research Technologies Are Changing the Rules of the Game, will review how the accessibility and power of these new tools are empowering individual scientists to conduct research that was formerly infeasible, unaffordable, or threatening to the research status quo.
In his remarks, McNary will discuss how exciting new technologies are enabling researchers to rethink the way they design experiments and approach discovery, permitting the achievement of previously unattainable breakthrough science. He will cite that the capabilities of his company’s RainStorm™ microdroplet-based technology platform can be applied across a wide range of biomedical research applications. For example, McNary will describe how a researcher can collect a heterogeneous group of cells of interest, such as a cancer sample, break it down into homogeneous collections of primary cells such as tumor and stem cells, capture and interrogate these as single cells, and perform scientific analyses. This capability will help make exciting strides in understanding the fundamental biology of complex disease.
In addition, McNary will explain how the RainStorm platform also is being applied in collaboration with sanofi-aventis to develop game-changing high-throughput screening methodologies for drug discovery. This work will accelerate the discovery process by enabling pharmaceutical companies to make better and faster decisions about what compounds should be pulled through their development pipelines. McNary will review how these new workflows minimize experimental unknowns, permit simple sample manipulation, and generate accurate measurements at levels unimaginable only a few years ago.
McNary and the other chief executives on the panel also will describe the radical innovations, new perspectives, and diverse disciplines underlying these new technologies, as well as challenges to development and commercialization.
To learn more, visit the RainDance Technologies Website at www.raindancetech.com, or call 781-861-6300.
For more information about the 2009 BIO International Convention, visit http://convention.bio.org/.
About RainDance Technologies
RainDance Technologies is pioneering the use of high-throughput microdroplet-based analysis in human health and life science research. The company's core RainStorm™ technology generates millions of discrete droplets that can encapsulate a single molecule, cell or reaction and be digitally analyzed and sorted one at a time. The power, precision and simplicity of microdroplets enable researchers to answer complex questions with unprecedented sensitivity and quantitation. The complete RainDance solution includes automated instrumentation, customizable bioinformatics and high-value consumables and reagents for applications including targeted next-generation DNA sequencing, methylation, digital PCR and single cell analysis. Based in Lexington, Massachusetts, the company supports scientists around the world through its international sales and support operations and a global network of distributors and service providers. For more information, please visit www.RainDanceTech.com.
RainDance, RainStorm, ThunderStorm, Digital Biology are trademarks of RainDance Technologies, Inc. All other brands may be trademarks of their respective holders.
For technical questions contact:
James Brayer
RainDance Technologies
44 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
781-861-6300
info@raindancetech.com
For press inquiries:
Colin Sanford
203-340-2441
colin@bioscribe.com
