Affymetrix to Webcast Presentations at Two November Financial Conferences.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 company management will provide an overview of Affymetrix and outline future growth opportunities at two upcoming financial conferences. Doug Farrell, Vice President of Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , will present at the JPMorgan Small/Mid Cap Conference in Boston, MA. A live transmission of the presentation will take place at 10:20 a.m. PT (1:20 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. An archived webcast will be available for 30 days. Greg Schiffman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Lehman Small Cap Conference in Dana Point, CA. A live transmission of the presentation will take place at 11:20 a.m. PT (2:20 p.m. ET) on Friday, November 17, 2006. An archived webcast will be available for 30 days. To access the live webcast or archived presentation, find the "Investors" link in the "Resources for" drop-down menu See pull-down menu. drop-down menu - pull-down menu on www.affymetrix.com. 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 more than 7,000 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. NOTE: Affymetrix, the Affymetrix logo, and GeneChip are registered trademarks owned or used by Affymetrix Inc. |
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