Artel Launches First Interactive Web Portal Dedicated to Liquid Handling
Liquid Handling Talk (LHTalk) Serves as Information Resource for Pipetting and Automated Liquid Handling
Palm Springs, CA (January 25, 2009) - Artel announces the launch of Liquid Handling Talk (www.LHTalk.org), an interactive, information-rich website dedicated to small-volume liquid handling. Through user-populated discussion forums and blogs by industry experts, the site offers a platform for peer-to-peer collaboration to foster best practices in laboratory liquid handling. Liquid Handling Talk features discussion board topics such as automated liquid handling, handheld pipetting, quality control, data management, and regulatory news. This non-commercial resource is designed to involve laboratory stakeholders in an easily accessible online discussion, and is sponsored by Artel as a free service for the life science community.
Artel is launching Liquid Handling Talk at LabAutomation 2009 in Palm Springs, California, January 25-28, 2009, and visitors to the site can vote for the most innovative product featured at the show. Artel will also update the site daily during LabAutomation and other key laboratory trade shows with podcasts and blogs focusing on liquid handling trends and technologies highlighted at the events, which will be especially useful to professionals not in attendance.
"The sense of community among life science laboratory professionals is strong. We hope to channel that cooperative spirit through Liquid Handling Talk by providing a dynamic, user-friendly forum focused on all aspects of laboratory liquid handling," said Kirby Pilcher, President, Artel. "Whether visitors have questions about a complex robotic liquid handling technique or comments on pipette calibration, Liquid Handling Talk provides a portal for knowledge sharing to spur innovation and advance liquid handling practices across the industry."
Liquid Handling Talk will help laboratory professionals improve productivity, quality, and data integrity with regard to liquid handling instrumentation and liquid handling processes in the laboratory. The site includes information pertaining to all types and brands of liquid handling instrumentation, including manual handheld pipettes and automated liquid handlers.
Visitors to Liquid Handling Talk can post commentary and questions and search for content on quality control, compliance, troubleshooting, and other topics of interest. The site also includes a collection of product announcements and technology introductions from leading manufacturers so visitors can stay up to date on the latest trends and innovations.
"Before Liquid Handling Talk, there was no manufacturer-independent resource dedicated to liquid handling. This website answers the industry need for an open, unfiltered dialogue about best practices, leading technologies, and key market drivers: users can ask a question about an Eppendorf single-channel pipette, provide pointers for optimizing a Beckman Coulter automated liquid handler, or share regulatory experiences with professionals across companies," said Keith Albert, Ph.D., Technical Marketing Manager, Artel. "We are really excited about the role that Liquid Handling Talk will play in advancing the science of liquid handling."
To participate in the discussion on liquid handling, laboratory professionals can visit www.LHTalk.org and register.
About Artel
Artel is the worldwide leader in liquid handling quality assurance. Artel manufactures the most accurate, precise, and easy-to-use systems for ensuring data integrity in liquid volume measurement. Artelsystems, based on proprietary Ratiometric Photometry, conform to ISO 8655-7 and provide NIST-traceable results. In addition, Artel provides liquid handling quality assurance support and consultation services including on-site pipetting technique training and certification for pipette users and laboratory managers, as well as Liquid Handler Performance Verification services for automated laboratories. Since 1982, Artel technology has been proven in daily use in thousands of laboratories including pharmaceutical, clinical, forensic, public health and environmental. Leading institutions such as Amgen, ARUP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Centers for Disease Control, DuPont, Eli Lilly, FBI, Genentech, Genomic Health, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, and U.S. FDA depend on Artel technology to help them meet their objectives for quality and productivity. For more information, contact Artel at 25 Bradley Drive, Westbrook, ME 04092; Tel: 207-854-0860; Fax: 207-854-0867; Website: www.artel-usa.com.
