Gubler, Hanspeter 20, 65 Guggenheimer, Kurtis 18, 98 Gunic, Javorka 32, 38, 185, 224 Gurevitch, Douglas 298 Gurske, William 77 Guss, Jeffrey 27, 149 Gustafsson, Omar 76 Gwynne, Penny 120 H Haab, Brian 17, 82 Haan, Nick 18, 61 Habenbacher, Gerald 30, 171 Haber, Carsten 30, 167 Hahn, Mathew 17, 122 Hahnenberger, Karen 48 Halcome, Jennifer 30, 35, 168, 200 Halley, George R. 30, 35, 168, 200 Halloran, Stephen 39, 230 Hamdan, Hasnah 20, 112 Hamilton Company 264 Hamilton, Steven D. 299 Hamrick, David 66 Hamstra, Alan 37, 214, 216 H<strong>and</strong>ran, Shawn 124 Hardenbol, Paul 101 Harper, Gavin 65 Harrer, Bruce 22, 138 Harris, David 63 Hartmann, Michelle 86 Hartmann, Thomas 303 Hatcher, S<strong>and</strong>ra 33, 189 Hawker, Charles 22, 24, 116 Haynes, Paul A. 22 Hayos, Jill 33, 189 He, Qing 81 Heineman, William 35, 199 Heinitz, Wof-Dieter 38, 222 Heinloth, Alex<strong>and</strong>ra 23, 56 Held, Paul 30, 168 Helde, Paavo 62 Helenius, Joni 38, 220 Helfrich, John 30, 169 HEMCO Corporation 265 Hemmilä, Ilkka 39, 228 Hencken, Ken 48 Henkel, Joerg 88, 105 Hensley, Joseph A. 35, 200 Hensley, Paul 20, 130 Herich, John 126 Hermann, Terry 30, 34, 169, 197 Herold, Chris 19 Herold, David 30, 170, 172 Herranz, Jesus 65 Hessel, Volker 35, 203 Hettich 265 Heynen, Susanne 125 Hilder, Emily 31, 174 Hilhorst, Martijn 29, 161 Hill, W. Adam 22, 67 Hillegonds, Darren 30, 170 Hilt, Lynn 30, 171 Hines, Craig 35, 199 Hird, Nicholas 20 Hitti, Joseph 34, 192 Hoang, Quoc 29, 34, 162, 196 Hobbs, Steve 13, 33, 71, 187 Hockett, Richard 23, 119 Hoffman, John K. 85 Hoffman, R<strong>and</strong>all 30, 171 Hoffman, Steven 300, 301 Hoffmann, W. 30, 165 Hofmann, Glenn 65 Hofstadler, Steven 17, 19, 96 Hogenesch, John 118 Hollenbeck, Tom 302 Hölzel, Ralph 105 Homon, Carol A. 37, 142, 215, 298 Honisch, Ulrike 34, 198 Hoover, Debra 29, 34, 164, 197 Horn, A. 37, 215 Howl<strong>and</strong>, John 131 Hrusovsky, E. Kevin 24 Hsieh, Charles 106 Hu, Tao 34, 193 Huang, Lei 91 Huber, David 21, 132 Hudock, Mike 300, 301 Hudson Control Group, Inc. 265 Huitt, Gerry 30, 168 Humphries, David 35, 198 Hunike-Smith, Scott 18 Hunkapiller, Kathryn 97 Hunter, Joel 27, 152 Hurd, Douglas 31, 175 Hurskainen, Pertti 39, 228 IDBS Inc. 239, 265 IKO Intenational, Inc. 265 ILS Innovative Labor Systeme 266 INA Linear Technik, a division of INA USA Corp. 266 Innovadyne Technologies, Inc. 266 Innovative Microplate 266 I 308 Invetech Instrument Development <strong>and</strong> Manufacture 266 Irwin, Richard D. 56 ISC BioExpress 266 Ito, Ralph K. 29, 160 J-Kem Scientific, Inc. 267 Jacobs, Michael 28, 154 Jacobson, Dawn Marie 30, 172 Jaffe, Syrus 98 Jahn, Andreas 79 J Jain, Maneesh 101 Jain, Suresh 73 James, Anthony 44 Jannetto, Paul 121 Jardemark, Kent 73 Jehle, Heinrich 62 Jencons Scientific, Inc. 267 Jensen, Klavs 19, 50 Jewell, David W. 85 Jiang, Lihua 92 Jiang, Sky 37, 125, 216 Jiang, Zhiming 99 Johnson, Bruce 78 Johnson, Diane 35, 199 Johnson, Jason 36, 208 Johnson, Kent 35, 36, 202, 208 Jones, Eric 23, 139 Jones, Jay Burton 22, 116, 117 Jones, Mike 35, 199 Jones, Sarah 127 Jordan, Lynn 35, 200 Joshi, Sanjaya 21, 35, 133, 200 Jouan Robotics 267 Journal of the Association <strong>for</strong> <strong>Laboratory</strong> Aut<strong>omation</strong> (JALA) 242, 260 Jovanovich, Stevan 22, 77 Julabo USA, Inc. 267 Jun-Air, USA 267 K Kabilan, Satyamoorthy 44 Kane, Jeff 35, 201 Karcher, Brent 24, 94 Karg, Jeffrey 20, 21, 131 Karlin-Neumann, George 101 Karlsruhe, Forschungszentrum 30, 165 Karlsson, Mattias 73 Karnik, R. 68
Kashem, Mohammed 142 Kasibhatla, Shailaja 126 Kath, Gary 38, 221 Kaur, Jaskiran 33, 190 Kayne, Paul 21, 303 Kazan, Greg 27, 36, 147, 206 Kellard, Libby 27, 34, 38, 147, 201, 219 Kelleher, Neil 23, 92 Kelley, Brian P. 66 Kelly, Michele 35, 199 Kendro <strong>Laboratory</strong> Products 267 Kephart, Dan 30, 35, 167, 202 Khovananth, Kevin 36, 208 Kiechle, Frederick 18, 111 Kim, Hidong 84 Kim, Joong Hyun 39, 172 King, Greg 38, 221 Kirkwood, S<strong>and</strong>ra 119 Kishbaugh, Alan 35, 36, 202, 208 Kloehn Company 268 KMC Systems, Inc. 268 Knaide, Tanya R. 141 Knebel, Günther 30, 34, 62, 165, 197 Knight, Benjamin 73 Knoll, Gerald 23, 140 Knott, Thomas 60 Kochins, John 18 Koehler, Jeffrey 33, 187 Kolb, Gunther 35, 203 Kolossov, Evgueni 29, 158 Kopacz, Kristopher 35, 203 Kopf-Sill, Anne 24, 69 Köprunner, M. 31, 179 Korytko, Andrew 28, 153 Koster, Emile 27, 34, 148, 192 Kotturi, Paul 135 Kovanen, Satu 38, 220 Kramer, Gary W. 32, 182, 299 Krämer, Petra M. 35, 203 Kratochwil, K. 31, 179 Kreil, G. 31, 179 Kricka, Larry 17, 109 Kubischta, Duane 35, 204 Kumar, Akhauri P. 29, 107, 159 Kumar, Mohit 32, 185 Kumar, Tharun 53 Kuoni, Andreas 31, 173 Kur<strong>and</strong>a, Michael 73 Kureshy, Fareed 99 Kutter, Jörg P. 18, 22, 76, 300 Kuzdzal, Scott 36, 204 Kymäläinen, Virpi 36, 205 LABCON North America 268 Labcyte 268 LabVantage Solutions, Inc. 268 L Lacher, Nathan A. 76 Lachnit, Wilhelm 124 Laffite, Bryan 28, 152 Lage, Michelle 39, 224 Lake, Steve 22, 136 Laleli-Sahin, Elvan 24, 121 Lam, Kit S. 46 Lamberg, Arja 36, 205 Lange, Fred 31, 36, 173, 205 Lansing, Manfred 37, 213 Lansky, David 301 Laris, Casey 27, 147 Larsen, Niels B. 32, 183 Lathrop Engineering, Inc. 269 Laurell, Thomas 80 Lawrence, Nathan 22, 78 Lawrence Berkeley National <strong>Laboratory</strong> 269 Laycock, John D. 33, 40, 189, 233 Le, Thomas 33, 190 Le Gall, Annick 28, 155 LEAP Technologies 269, 270 Lebl, Michael 16 Ledesma, Annalee 120 Lee, Hookeun 35, 200 Lee, Ka Wah 32, 186 Lee, Mei-Ching 44 Lee, Stephen C. 32, 182 Lee, Terry D. 24, 81 Leeker, Russell 133 Lehman, Alan 46 Leinen, Kyle 106 Lekin, Tim 85 Lemon, Andrew 29, 158 Lennon, Mark 65 Lewis, Rob 33, 187 Leytner, Svetlana 35, 202 Li, Chunqin 78 Li, Ella 40, 232 Li, Leping 56 Li, Michelle W. 76 Li, Peter 129 Li, Zheng 139 Liacos, Jim 28, 38, 152, 221 Liao, Jinfang 38, 223 Liconic Instruments 269 Lilleberg, Stan 24, 121 Lillehaug, Dag 29, 161 Lima, Eduardo 74 309 Limbach, Patrick A. 31, 175 Lin, Bo 129 Lin, Zhili 20, 39, 113, 224 Lindsey, Jonathan S. 28, 158 Liu, Ruiwu 46 Lizardi, Paul 82 Locascio, Laurie 20, 79 Lock, Chris 108 Loken, Michael R. 133 Lomax, Paul 40, 234 Long, Tracey 98 Loo, Joseph 23, 93 Loo, Rachel R. Ogorzalek 93 Lopez, Mary F. 22, 36, 90, 204 Los Alamos National <strong>Laboratory</strong> 269 Lowe, Christopher R. 12, 16, 44 Löwe, Holger 35, 203 Lubeley, Mike 32, 186 Luminex Corporation 271 Lund, Kurt 36, 206 Lunte, Susan M. 76 Luttrell, Deirdre 68 Ly, Jenny 39, 226 M Mabuchi, Masaharu 34, 192 Machamer, Joseph 31, 36, 174, 206 Macherey-Nagel 271 Madrigal-Gonzalez, Blanca 44 Mahant, Vijay 99 Maher, Julio 27, 152 Mair, Dieudonne 31, 174 Majumdar, A. 68 Mäkinen, Maija-Liisa 38, 220 Malone, Kirk 31, 175 Manchester, Marianne 299 Mancini, Michael A. 125 M<strong>and</strong>agere, Arun 23, 55 Manger, Ingrid 29, 161 Mann, Chris 37, 125, 216 Manz, Andreas 24 Marik, Jan 16, 46 Markin, Rodney 303 Marko-Varga, György 80 Marrero, Jorge 82 Marsh, Curtis 86 Marshall, Alex 44 Martel, Christine 73 Martin, Donald S. 38, 80, 218 Martin, Kelly T. 32, 184 Martin, R. Scott 20, 76, 300 Marziali, Andre 98 Mast, Luke 27, 148 INDEX
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