Porvair Sciences Ltd has announced a comprehensive program of events it will attend over the next few months to launch its 2010 / 2011 Microplate Catalogue and introduce several new products.

Steve Knight, Marketing Manager commented 'Market research has indicated that scientists value the face-to-face opportunities that exhibitions and conferences present to learn about our latest innovative microplate products for optimising sample preparation and improving productivity'. He added 'Details of our attendance at events including Scantec, Miptec, HET, ELRIG, Biotechnica and Analytica China is summarised online at http://www.porvair-sciences.com/events.php.

At these important meetings - Porvair Sciences will show the MiniSeal Plus^TM, its latest entry-level semi-automated thermal sealer developed for laboratories sealing small to medium batches of microplates.  The versatile device is capable of producing an accurate and tight seal on any SBS proposed standard, deep well or PCR microplate from 3 to 62mm in height.  For laboratories looking to remove the traditional drug discovery 'bottleneck' of solvent evaporation in microplates prior to analysis or reconstitution in buffer - Porvair Sciences' choice of 96-well, 384-well and new robot compatible UltraVap^TM sample concentrators will be of particular interest. Significant increases in sample throughput are achieved with the UltraVap through advanced evaporator head technology and an innovative manifold design, which directly injects heated nitrogen into each individual well of the microplate simultaneously.  The system is proven to remove even the most stubborn solvents in just minutes. For heat sensitive and thermally labile samples the Ultravap^TM may be operated in a unique two-stage mode combining rapid initial dry-down with carefully controlled final solvent evaporation.

For storage scenarios where chemical resistance and thermal stability is vital - Porvair Sciences' new Glass Vial Storage Plate offers 96 high quality glass vials in a 45mm high storage block - ideal for UHPLC and combinatorial chemistry applications.

Established in 1992, Porvair Sciences Ltd. expertise in microplate technology and manufacturing covers scientific fields including Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Combinatorial Chemistry, Solid Phase Extraction, Protein Purification, High Throughput Screening, Proteomics and Genomics.  Porvair Sciences Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Porvair plc. 

For further information please contact Porvair Sciences on telephone +44-1932-240255, or visit the website at www.porvair-sciences.com