Masui, Colin 36, 207 MATECH 271 Mathes, Chris 17, 59 Mathew, Anu 33, 186 Mathies, Richard A. 16, 24, 44 Mathrubutham, Mahesh 36, 207 Matlick, Renee 33, 190 MatriCal, Inc. 271 Matrix Technologies Corporation 271 Matus, Kim 35, 199 Matuszak, Ken 23, 55 McCauley, Timothy 36, 207 McComb, Joel 85 McCombs, Debbie 66 McCoy, Mike 36, 209 McDowall, Robert D. 301 McGown, Evelyn 38, 223 McGrath, Sara 95 McIntosh, Roger 21, 77, 102 McIntyre, Douglas 29, 160 McKie, Jennifer 28, 34, 156, 194 McRavey, Colin 135 Mcree, Duncan 18 MDL In<strong>for</strong>mation Systems 243, 272 MeCour Temperature Control 272 Mecomber, Justin 31, 175 Mehto, Merja 36, 205 Meinhart, Carl 17, 69 Merel, Patrick 20, 302 Merlin BioProducts BV 272 Mettler-Toledo Autochem 272 Metzker, Michael L. 27, 148 Meutermans, Wim 16, 46 Miao, Yunan 81 Mickley, M<strong>and</strong>el W. 85 Micralyne, Inc. 272 MicroGroup 273 Micronic Systems 273, 276 Micropump, Inc. 273 Microscan Systems, Inc. 273 Mihm, Gerhard 37, 215 Mikesell, Bradley 21, 134 Mikic, Ivana 125 Mikkelsen, Jim 79 Mikkelsen, Per Jensen 129 Mikulskis, Alvydas 90 Miller, Derek 141 Miller, Krys J. 33, 40, 189, 233 Millipore Corporation 239, 273 Millis, Sherri Z. 36, 207 Mineyev, Irina 135 Mixon, Mark 84 MJ Research, Inc. 273 Modern Drug Discovery/Chemical & Engineering News 274 Mogensen, Klaus B. 76 Molecular BioProducts 274 Molecular Devices Corporation 274 Monahan, William 27, 149 Montero, Felix 88 Moore, Thomas 37, 215 Mor, Gopal 31, 178 Moran, Tim 125 Morgan, Aric G. 36, 207 Morganelli, Lee A. 135 Morikis, Dimitrios 30, 172 Mossman, Donald 21, 134 Motoman, Inc. 274 Motz, Gwendolyn M. 31, 176 Muck, Alex<strong>and</strong>er 28, 154 Muckenhirn, R. 23, 29, 107, 159 Mulder, Patty 32, 180 Multi-Contact USA 274 Munroe, David 32, 37, 184, 214 Muntianu, Alex<strong>and</strong>rina 28, 84, 155 Murphy, Colleen 127 Murphy, Nancy 127 Murray, Carl 17 Murray, David 28, 152 Mutz, Mitchell 63 MWG Biotech, Inc. 275 Myers, Ruth H. 36, 208 Myslik, James 27, 149 N Nagy, Kalman 27, 146 Nagy, Lisa 66 Najmabadi, Peyman 31, 176 Nakagiri, Brent T. 28, 154 Nakhai, Bita 78 Namsaraev, Eugeni 101 Nanostream 275, Back Cover National Instruments 275 Naylor, Edwin W. 39, 224 NB Corp of America 275 Neeley, William 21, 115 Neil, William 300 Nelson, Richard M. 142, 298 Nelson, Zachary 299 Nettesheim, Paul 56 New Engl<strong>and</strong> Small Tube Corporation 275 Newcomb, Mary 303 Newman, Janet M. 85 Neyer, David 48 Nguyen, Jeannie 27, 37, 151, 211 310 Nichols, James 18, 110 Nicklin, Paul 38, 126, 223 Niederlaender, Harm 32, 180 Niederreiter, Mateja 37, 213 Nikolajsen, Rikke P. H. 76 Nilsson, Johan 24, 80, 300 Nirschl, David 21 Nissum, Mikkel 34, 196 Nordstrom, Greg 103 Northrup, M. Allen 78 NSK Precision America, Inc. 277 NuGenesis Technologies 277 NUNC Br<strong>and</strong> Products 277 Nundkumar, Neelesh 39, 229 Nunn, Gary 23 Nutzhorn, Christa 17, 60 O Oberoi, Pankaj 36, 208 O’Connell, Jonathan 67 Okinaka, Richard T. 100 Okwuonu, Geoffrey 27, 148 Olah, Marius 53 Oliver, J. C. 83 Ollikainen, Olavi 62 Olofsson, Jessica 73 Olson, Gwyneth 28, 155 Olson, Jeff 36, 209 Olson, Sheri 23, 106 Onofrey, Tom 36, 206 Ooms, Bert 27, 34, 148, 192 Oprea, Tudor 21, 53 Opticon, Inc. 277 Organ, Andrew 18 Oriental Motor USA Corp. 277 Orochem Technologies, Inc. 278 Oroskar, Asha 33, 190 Orwar, Owe 73 Osechinskiy, Sergey 39, 227 Osmanagic, Emir 21, 133 Ottl, Johannes 65 Ouyang, Zheng 17, 83 Oyster Bay Pump Works, Inc. 278 Ozkan, Cengiz S. 20, 32, 36, 75, 179, 209 Ozkan, Mihrimah 30, 177, 179 P Padmanabha, Ramesh 18, 61 Pajak, Laura 31, 36, 37, 40, 99, 177, 210, 212, 234 Pall Life Sciences 278
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