ARTEL Announces Appointment of Dr. Bjoern Carle to Support R&D and Growth of Services
Westbrook, ME (August 13, 2007) - ARTEL, the leading expert in liquid handling quality assurance, announces the appointment of Bjoern Carle, Ph.D., to Laboratory Applications Scientist. Dr. Carle will play an integral role in ARTEL's Research and Development efforts by contributing to the design and engineering of new products and product enhancements. Dr. Carle will also provide instrument validation and on-site customer training as part of ARTEL's expanding LHQATM (Liquid Handling Quality Assurance) suite of services.
"Bjoern will be a critical facet of ARTEL's efforts to provide a continual stream of product updates and new technologies and services to help our customers succeed in the evolving life sciences industry," says Kirby Pilcher, President, ARTEL. "We will continue to build our applications team as demand for our quality assurance services and training programs continues to grow."
Dr. Carle has previous experience with measurement technology, method development and instrumentation quality control. After earning his M.S. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati, he conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Carle's research focused on understanding biochemical processes in skin cells after exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light in an effort to improve treatment and UV-protective formulations. He has also studied the synthesis and photolysis of light-activated DNA cleaving agents.
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. ARTEL systems, 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.
