TTP LabTech Ltd

TTP LabTech has announced that Cancer Research UK has recently purchased an Acumen eX3 microplate cytometer to run an RNAi whole genome to identify cytotoxic survival regulators. “Our extended trial of the Acumen eX3 demonstrated it met all of [our] needs. In the immediate future it will enable us to perform very complicated assays measuring
20-30 cell cycle related parameters for every cell in every well of every plate” said Mike Howell of Cancer Research UK’s London Research Institute. “In the longer term we can see applications across a whole range of assays, species and cell types including multiparametric analysis of mixed cell populations, wound healing assays and cell adhesion assays.”

TTP LabTech has announced that it has been granted a licence for the application of Resonant Acoustic Profiling technology
incorporated in the RAPid 4 instrument in the areas of drug discovery and life sciences by Inverness Medical. RAPid 4 is a flow-based analysis system which reduces the need
to purify samples and generates accurate kinetic, affinity and concentration measurements from complex mixtures, such as
blood, serum, cell culture supernatants and periplastic extracts. A stand-alone, fully automated platform, RAPid 4 requires minimal user intervention and is controlled via user-friendly software, typically processing an average of 400 samples per day.

TTP LabTech recently announced the introduction of Lab2Lab, a new automated sample transport system for sending individual
microtubes between analytical workstations or laboratories. Lab2Lab uses the proven pneumatic technology at the heart of the comPOUND sample store and a simple network
of uPVC tubing to connect a minimum of two stations and transfer samples using a blast of air. These stations can be instruments located in different rooms, or even on different floors of a building. Lab2Lab provides on-demand delivery of a single sample tube to a sampling device, then to the analytical hardware, and then to a waste container or collection point. Lab2Lab reduces the time taken for samples to be sent, analysed and data returned.

TTP LabTech have announced a special hands-on laboratory
instrumentation roadshow to be held in Basel, Frankfurt and
Paris in October 2007. The roadshow offers the opportunity
to try out the latest in low-volume liquid handling and high
content screening systems with the user’s own plates, as well
as learning more about compound management, instrumentation development and custom automation. At each location, the TTP LabTech team of product specialists and application
support personnel will be available to provide assistance and advice across a wide range of application areas. Attendees are encouraged to bring their
own plates to try on three of the systems to get a real-time, hands-on view of how TTP LabTech instrumentation can enhance their lab’s throughput and quality of results.

TTP LabTech has announced further expansion of its Custom Automation business. This follows six years of continuous growth (annual turnover has grown over 24% a year compound) and a doubling of staff numbers to enable faster delivery of innovative engineering to a broad spectrum of high profile clients. With unrivalled expertise covering engineering,
software, chemistry, and cell biology, TTP LabTech boasts a team of exceptional calibre and is set to significantly broaden its global customer base. With 20 years’ experience developing novel technologies, TTP LabTech’s
custom automation business provides practical and innovative integrated automation across a number of industry sectors.

After building up a strong base of customers in the USA and Europe, TTP LabTech have now appointed distributors for Japan (AsOne Corporation, Osaka), India (Wipro Limited,
Biomed Division, Bangalore), and Australia/New Zealand (Millennium Science, Victoria). Covering LabTech’s nanolitre liquid handler, mosquito, and their new microplate cytometer,
Acumen eX3, these exclusive agreements have already led to multiple sales in these territories. Jas Sanghera, TTP LabTech’s
Commercial Director, said “mosquito and the Acumen eX3 both have enviable reputations and are seen as first choice instruments in a number of application areas. With an established customer base in our traditional markets and high
capacity manufacturing capabilities, we felt the time was right to expand globally.”