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Press Release - for immediate release
12 May 2008
The Automation Partnership shortlisted for prestigious technology award
The Automation Partnership (TAP) has been chosen as a finalist for a top technology award for its innovative -80oC sample storage system.
The Polar system has been designed to reliably store invaluable tissue samples and blood-derived fractions at ultra low temperatures. It meets the demand from national Biobanks, academic institutions and pharmaceutical R&D for an automated large-scale repository for long term storage of biological samples down to -80°C and builds on TAP's experience in sample management for the pharmaceutical industry.
The Automation Partnership has provided Polar to the UK Biobank in Manchester, England, which will be the world's biggest resource studying the role of nature and nurture in health and disease.
TAP is one of four finalists competing for the annual MacRobert award, a prize given out by the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering for technological and engineering innovation.
For further information, please contact:
Peter Woods, Product Manager
York Way, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5WY, UK
Tel: +44 1763 227200 Fax: +44 1763 227201
To read the full BBC news article, visit:
BBC technology news
For more information on Polar, visit:
Polar - system overview
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