Affymetrix to Host Conference Call on July 31, 2006 to Announce Second Quarter 2006 Results.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced that it will release results for the second quarter 2006 after close of the stock market on Monday, July 31, 2006. Company management will also host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. PT on July 31st to discuss second quarter 2006 results. The dial-in number for domestic callers will be (866) 500-AFFX, international: (706) 643-2771. To listen to a live webcast of the conference call, please go to the "Investors" link in the "Resources for" drop-down menu See pull-down menu. drop-down menu - pull-down menu at www.affymetrix.com. A replay of this call will be available from 5:00 p.m. PT on July 31, 2006 until 8:00 p.m. PT on August 7, 2006 at the following numbers: domestic: (800) 642-1687, international: (706) 645-9291. The passcode for both is 2926144. An archived webcast of the conference call will be available under the Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. section of the Company's website at www.affymetrix.com. The conference call, replay and webcast are open to all interested parties. About Affymetrix: Affymetrix scientists invented the world's first high-density microarray See micro array. microarray - A technique for performing many DNA experiments in parallel. Nothing to do with computers. in 1989 and began selling the first commercial microarray in 1994. Since then, Affymetrix GeneChip(R) technology has become the industry standard in molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller research. Affymetrix technology is used by the world's top pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies Top 100 Biotechnology Companies The following is a list of the top 100 biotechnology companies ranked by revenue. The first nine companies qualify for the list of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies. as well as leading academic, government and not-for-profit research institutes. More than 1,400 systems have been installed around the world and nearly 4,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published using the technology. Affymetrix' patented photolithographic pho·to·li·thog·ra·phy n. A planographic printing process using plates made according to a photographic image. pho manufacturing process provides the most information capacity available today on an array, enabling researchers to use a whole-genome approach to analyzing the relationship between genetics and health. Affymetrix is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with manufacturing facilities in Sacramento, Calif., and Bedford, Mass. The company maintains important sales and marketing operations in Europe and Asia and has about 1,100 employees worldwide. For more information about Affymetrix, please visit the company's website at www.affymetrix.com. |
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