Press Release

SciGene Releases High Capacity GeneChip® Hybridization System

August 17, 2005, Sunnyvale, CA — A new carousel for hybridizing 96 Affymetrix* GeneChip® microarrays is now available. The carousel is designed for reliable high speed rotation inside the widely-used Model 777 Microarray Oven developed by SciGene. Arrays can be easily inserted and removed from the carousel, yet are held firmly in place during rotation. The system can handle multiple batches of arrays and can support multiple users.
* Affymetix and GeneChip are trademarks of Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA. There is no affiliation between Affymetrix and SciGene.

About SciGene
SciGene (www.scigene.com) is a privately held company founded in 2003 following the acquisition of several product lines used in genomics and drug discovery research from Robbins Scientific. SciGene develops, manufactures and markets laboratory systems for microarray processing and high throughput chemical synthesis at its new facility in Sunnyvale, California.