Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.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 it will webcast its presentation at the 24th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will provide a company overview and outline future growth opportunities at 4:30 p.m. ET on Monday, January 9th. A webcast of the presentation will be available live and by replay. To access both the live and archived webcast, please go to www.affymetrix.com and click on the "Investors" link. The archived replay will be available 24 hours after the live presentation and will be accessible for 30 days. 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 1,300 systems have been installed around the world and nearly 3,000 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 subsidiaries in Europe and Asia, as well as manufacturing facilities in Sacramento, Calif. and Bedford, Mass. The company has about 1,000 employees worldwide. For more information about Affymetrix, please visit the company's website at www.Affymetrix.com. NOTE: Affymetrix, the Affymetrix logo, and GeneChip are registered trademarks owned or used by Affymetrix, Inc. |
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