Pittsburgh, PA, January 8, 2010. Pittcon 2010 is pleased to announce its participation in LabAutomation2010, January 23 to 27, 2010, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California. All conferees, exhibitors, and media are invited to visit the Pittcon booth, # 492A, located in the Friends of ALA section on the exposition floor.

LabAutomation, sponsored by the ALA (Association for Laboratory Automation), encompasses a diverse number of industries including:

• Drug Discovery and Development
• Forensics and Security
• Energy Generation and Petrochemicals
• Agriculture and Food
• Clinical Diagnostics

The ALA will be presenting three poster sessions at Pittcon 2010 on Tuesday morning, March 2. Titles include:

• Screening for High Risks Among Plasma Lipids, Gerard Dumancas
• High Axial Resolution Auto-Calibration Scanning-Angle Total Internal Reflection Florescence Microscopy, Wei Sun
• Automated Scanning Probe Lithography with n-Alkanethiol Self Assembled Monolayers on Au(111), Treva Brown

About Pittcon 2010
This year, Pittcon, the premier annual conference and exposition on laboratory science, will be held in Orlando, Florida, at the Orange County Convention Center, West Building, from February 28 to March 5, 2010. Proceeds from Pittcon fund science education and outreach at all levels, kindergarten through adult. Pittcon 2010 will donate nearly a million dollars in the form of science equipment grants, research grants, scholarships, and internships for students, awards to teachers and professors, and grants to public science centers, libraries and museums. Visit www.pittcon.org for more information.