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Pushing the boundaries of microfluidics - New Expert
Advisory Group is formed to advance Dolomite’s growing application areas |
10th November 2006 Royston, UK – Following the 2006 formation of The
Dolomite Centre Limited, the first Microfluidic Application Centre in the world,
Dolomite has announced the creation of a new advisory group to augment its
scientific and fabrication expertise. The advisory group will significantly
increase Dolomite’s access to capabilities and application areas, with
industry-leading professionals from sectors including Pharmaceuticals, Forensic
Science, Medicine and Academia.
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With an in-depth understanding of chemistry and the life sciences combined with
expertise in glass microfabrication and microfluidics, Dolomite offers a
complete service, from device fabrication through to full instrument design and
development. With the incorporation of the new advisory group, Dolomite aims to
make strategic decisions about where to apply its specialist glass, quartz and
ceramic technologies and its high performance microfluidics knowledge.
The group members include: Julie Deacon, Micro and Nanotechnology (MNT) Network;
Leonard Fass, GE Healthcare; Stephanie Hawkes, GlaxoSmithKline; Andy Hopwood,
Forensic Science Service; Graeme Maxwell, Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP);
Andrew de Mello, Imperial College London; and Ian Sturland of BAE Systems.
Commenting on the formation of the advisory group, Dolomite Managing Director
Mark Gilligan said, “The formation of this new group is of significant value for
Dolomite and allows us to make strategic decisions about where best to use
microfluidic technology to address novel application areas.” He continued, “The
technology will address the current industry demands for improved
reproducibility, faster performance and lower reagent consumption.”
Dolomite was recently established as a subsidiary of Syrris Ltd, a leading UK
developer of tools and technologies for R&D chemists. Dolomite has been funded
with a UK Department of Trade and Industry (Dti) grant of £2 million to become a
new facility in the Dti’s Micro and Nanotechnology (MNT) Facilities Network.
www.dolomite-centre.com
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Editors' notes
The Dolomite Centre Ltd
Established in 2005 as a subsidiary of Syrris Ltd (a market leader in the field
of Microreactors and productivity improvement for R&D chemistry), Dolomite is a
world leader in application, design and fabrication of microfluidic devices.
Dolomite is the world’s first microfluidic application centre.
Dolomite absorbed a specialist fabrication company in February 2006 called
Scientific Consultants. Dolomite won a grant for £2m from the UK DTi, as part of
the MNT (Micro and Nano Technology) programme.
Dolomite operates with a service based business model, and will work with
partners in any application space. Examples are: Drug Discovery, Bio-terror, DNA
analysis, Analytical Instrumentation, Space, Personal Healthcare and Fashion.
There are three basic services provided:
- Device Fabrication
- Device Design and Fabrication
- Full System Development and Manufacture
Enquiries - Dolomite
Mark Gilligan +44 (0)1763 242 555 Email:
mark.gilligan@syrris.com
Media enquiries - Alto Marketing Limited
Clare Russell +44 (0)1489 557672 Email:
clarer@alto-marketing.com
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