Brounstein, Kevin 78 Brown, Clif<strong>for</strong>d 63 Brown, Mike 39, 226 Brown, Sven 124 Browning, Brent 63 Brueggman, Richard M. 299 Bruner, Jimmy 28, 38, 68, 152, 221 Buckler, David 35, 203 Budd, John 34, 39, 193, 230 Buehrer, Lenore 30, 168 Bullen, Andrew 27, 149 Burdett, Laurie 127 Burgess, Kevin 16, 45 Burke, Julian F. 37, 125, 216 Burley, Stephen K. 86 Burns, Christine 39, 227 Burns, Norman 77 Cai, Hong 100 C Cai, Sui Xiong 126 Calamunci, Rob 35, 202 Caliper Technologies Corporation 242, 256 Callamaras, Nick 124 Campbell, Dana 99 Campbell, Jesse 28, 153 Carlo, Anthony 20, 64 Carr, Robin 299 Carreira, Erick 16, 45 Cary, Robert B. 19, 22, 100 Cathey, Cheryl 33, 188 Cech, Nadja 299 The Center <strong>for</strong> Biophysical Sciences <strong>and</strong> Engineering 256 Chait, Arnon 66 Chan, Daniel W. 17, 108 Chan-Hui, Po-Ying 89 Chang, Julie 28, 153 Chatrathi, Madhu Prakash 28, 154 Chatterjee, Moneesh 27 149 Che, Jian 104 Cheetham, Janet 135 Chen, Lilly 89 Chen, Wensheng 28, 157 Cherry, James M. 32, 184 Cheu, Melissa 28, 154 Cheung, Peter 87 Chipman, Stewart 18, 135 Chiu, Daniel 19, 73 Chiu, Mark 36, 209 Choi, Bernard 21, 53 Chow, Andrea 79 Chow, Eva Y. W. 40, 232 Christensen, Claus Bo Vöge 129, 300 Christensen, Louise Dahl 129 Christmann, Alex<strong>and</strong>er 105 Chromagen, Inc. 257 Chu, Chi-Tai 29, 164 Chudyk, Jon 22, 104 Chui, Buena 120 Chun, Lawrence 28, 155 Ciumasu, Ioan M. 35, 203 Clark, Kelly M. 35, 200 Clark, Liz 65 Clark, Robin 28, 155 Clarke, Glenn 38, 221 Clicq, David 70 Cliffel, David 20, 74 Cloutier, Norm<strong>and</strong> 21, 67 Code Refinery 257 Cohen, Michael J. 28, 153 Cole, Kate 29, 163 Colehan, James 125 Collett, Jim 103 Collingsworth, Michael 34, 194 Coma, Isabel 65 Comita, Paul B. 124 Computype, Inc. 257 Cong, Mei 27, 147 Conner, Denise 28, 155 Cook, Matthew 19, 27, 28, 127, 151, 155 Cooke, Michael 118 Cooks, R. G. 83 Cooper, David 68 Cope, Tristan 27, 151 Cornett, Mary 85 Corning Incorporated 257 Corso, Thomas 24, 81 Cosenza, Larry 66 Cosic, Janja 35, 203 Costa, Jose 82 Costantin, James 18, 124 Cotter, Robert 17, 95 Cowan, Chris 27, 28, 35, 147, 156, 202 Cox, J. Colin 22, 29, 31, 103, 164, 165, 176 Crabtree, H. John 18, 71 Crittenden, Carole 28, 34, 156, 194 Cromwell, Evan 18, 124 Crosby, Renae 38, 221 Cu, Matthew 38, 220 306 Cumme, G. A. 37, 215 Cunningham, Brian 20, 129 Cunningham, Michael L. 56 Curtis, Richard H. 141 CyBio AG 257 Cyr, Doug 48 D Daffertshofer, Martin 18, 62 Dains, Katherine 28, 157 D<strong>and</strong>ekar, Samir 39, 226 Danker, Timm 60 Dapprich, Johannes 19, 127 Davies, Merrill L. 94 Davidson, Colin 44 Davis, Jim 18, 98 Davis, Ronald W. 101 Davisson, V. J. 83 Dawson, Philip E. 21, 89 deCODE genetics 258 Dedeo, Anja 34, 196 Del-Tron Precision Inc. 258 Delaney, Edward 94 DeLucas, Larry 21, 66 Denoyer, Eric 90 Dery, Olivier 28, 127, 155 Desai, Sattu 84 Desai, Tejal A. 31, 32, 178, 186 Desmet, Gert 70 Dettloff, Roger 135 DeVoe, Don L. 22, 77 Dextras, Philip 98 Diamond, Scott L. 91 Diaz-Mochon, Juan Jose 28, 157 DiCesare, Joseph 36, 90, 204 Dick, Lawrence 33, 73, 188 Dickinson, William 104 Digital Bio Technology, Inc. 258 DigitalVAR, Inc. 258 Dill, Killian 104 Dillon, Deborah 82 Dionex Corporation 258 Discovery Partners International 259 Dixon, James 28, 158 Doktycz, Mitchel J. 104 Döring, Klaus 37 Dorner, Johann 29, 107, 140, 159 Dorsett, David 17, 123 Dotson, Crystal 119 Drake, Doug 29, 34, 158, 194 DRD Diluter Corporation 259 Dreiss, Philipp 29, 107, 159
Dressendorfer, Paul 22 Dressler, Sigmar 65 Drewe, John 126 Drews, Jürgen 12, 16, 23, 43 Drug Discovery & Development 259 Drug Discovery World 259 Du, Ping 21, 29, 54, 159 Du, Yi 92 Dufresne, Claude 38, 221 Dufva, Martin 20, 129, 300 Dulle, Steve 33, 190 Dumaual, Carmen 119 Duncan, Wayne 29, 159 Dunka, Louis 18, 111 Dunne, Jude 39, 232 Dunphy, Katherine 17, 68 E E&K Scientific Products 260 Eason, Paula Denney 39, 226 Eastern Plastics Inc. 259 Eberle, Klaus Günther 40, 234 EDC Biosystems 260 Ediger, Richard 90 Edwards, Todd 29, 160 Eendhuizen, Steven 29, 34, 161, 192 Egeberg, Morten 29, 34, 161, 195 Ehrentreich-Foerster, Eva 88 Eidelberg, Boaz 34, 195 Eklund, Sven 74 Eksigent Technologies 260 Ekström, Simon 80 El<strong>and</strong>s, Jack 34, 194 Elkin, Chris 35, 198 Elling, John 20, 66 Ellington, Andrew D. 29, 31, 32, 103, 164, 165, 176, 183 Ellman, Jonathan A. 20, 52, 91 Ellson, Richard 19, 63 ELMO Motion Control, Inc. 260 Elseveir 260 Emili, Andrew 31, 176 Emptage, Mike 68 Encynova 260 Endress, Gregory A. 29, 160 Engelstein, Marcy 34, 196 Entzian, Kristin 33, 191, 39, 225 Essen Instruments 261 Everitt, Elizabeth 23 Evotec Technologies 261 Exatron Corporation 261 F Faham, Malek 101 Fang, Francine 28, 155 Fang, Xiangming 91 Fang, Xingwang 19, 34, 39, 162, 196, 231 Fanger, Neil 139 Farinas, Javier 33, 39, 188, 232 Farmen, Mark 119 Farre, Cecilia 73 Farrow, Roger 48 Fathollahi, Bahram 79 Feitelson, Jerry 91 Feng, I-wei 135 Ferentinos, Jerry 27, 152 Fern<strong>and</strong>ez, Jose A. 89 Fern<strong>and</strong>ez-Vina, Marcello 127 Ferrari, Mauro 32, 182 FIBERLite Centrifuge 261 Fieweger, Kim 104 Fillers, W. Steven 20, 29, 162 Finlay, Cathy 28, 38, 68, 152, 221 Finlay, Judith 21, 88 Fisher Scientific 261 Fitzgerald, Robert 30, 170 Flynn, Julie 33, 189 Fortin, Louis Jacques 27, 152 Foshee, Melissa 37, 213 Fragiadakis, Cheryl 22 Frank, Michael 27, 150 Frankenberger, Casey 37, 214 Frechet, Jean 31, 174 Frese, Ines 35, 203 Friedl<strong>and</strong>er, Thomas 29, 163 Fritsch, Ingrid 128 Fuchs, R. 31, 179 Fung, Eric 19, 86 G G&L Precision Die Cutting, Inc. 261 Gabriel, Daniela 65 Gaitan, Michael 79 Gajovic-Eichelmann, Nenad 21, 88, 105 Gallagher, Sean 29, 163 Ganjei, J. Kelly 30, 169 Gao, Alice 29, 34, 164, 197 Gao, Xia 19, 86 Garcia, Carlos 29, 164 Gardner, Ben D. 95 Garner, Mark 86 Garner, Toni 27, 148 307 Garyentes, Tina 17 Gasior, Carlton 88 Gaskin, Michael 120 Gazzillo, Lisa 33, 186 Geierstanger, Bernard 17 General Data Company, Inc. 262 Genetic Engineering News/Modern Drug & Discovery 262 Genetix 238, 262 Genmark Aut<strong>omation</strong> 262, 263 Genomic Solutions 262 GenoVision Inc. 264 GenVault Corporation 264 Gerlach, A. 30, 165 Ghindilis, Andrey 22, 104 Gibbs, Richard A. 27, 148 Gil, Sonia 35, 38. 201, 219 Gill, James 23, 61, 67 Gillooly, David 36, 205 Gilson, Inc. 264 Girardi, Michael 37, 215 Girod, Michel 65 Glas-Col, LLC 264 Godsey, James 17, 96 Goertz, Patrick 29, 165 Gold, Larry 17, 109 Goldenberg, Andrew A. 31, 176 Goldstein, Marc 37, 214 Gologan, B. 83 Gombocz, Erich A. 18, 60 Goodacre, Roy 13 Goode, Kate 35, 199 Goodlett, David R. 22, 35, 90, 200 Gordon, Steven 18, 97 Gosalia, Dhaval N. 22, 91 Gottschlich, Norbert 30, 165 Gradl, Gabriele 20, 130 Granchelli, Joseph 30, 166 Gr<strong>and</strong>sard, Peter 16, 24, 135, 142 Gregg, Jeffrey 33, 189 Greig, Michael 134, 299, 302 Greiner Bio-One, Inc. 238, 264 Griebel, Ralf 40, 234 Griffin, David 30, 166 Griffin, John H. 89 Grigg, Ronald 32, 181 Grimes, Craig 31, 178 Gripenberg-Lerche, Christel 38, 39, 220, 228 Grossi, Erin 35, 202 Grove, Geoffrey N. 27, 147 Grunst, Terri 30, 35, 167, 202 Guber, A. E. 30, 165 INDEX
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