Tocris Bioscience Announces the Opening of New UK Laboratory Facilities.BRISTOL Bristol, cities, United States Bristol. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 60,640), Hartford co., central Conn., on the Pequabuck River; settled 1727, inc. 1785. Its clock-making industry dates from 1790. , England England, the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1991 pop. 46,382,050), 50,334 sq mi (130,365 sq km). It is bounded by Wales and the Irish Sea on the west and Scotland on the north. -- Tocris Bioscience bioscience /bio·sci·ence/ (-si´ens) the study of biology wherein all the applicable sciences (physics, chemistry, etc.) are applied. bi·o·sci·ence n. See life science. (Bristol, UK) announced the opening of new laboratories at the IO Centre, Bristol. Developed to meet the needs of Tocris' Production, R&D and Quality Control operations the new labs have a flexible open-plan layout based around a well-equipped central analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. laboratory. Currently 700 sq m (7,000 sq ft) in size, the labs have been designed with future growth in mind and feature advanced environmental controls and fully integrated IT systems. "These new labs are a tremendous boost to Tocris' production capabilities and exactly what we need to keep us at the cutting edge of scientific research," said Dr. David Peters, Tocris' Head of Supply Chain. Managing Director, Laurence Ede added, "Our GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 700,000 ($1.2 million) investment in these laboratories underlines Tocris' absolute commitment to being the undisputed supplier of choice in the life science sector." Tocris is currently in the process of expanding its laboratory team, with plans to double the number of lab staff by 2008. The new facility was built to accommodate this growth and is in addition to Tocris' other laboratory facilities located in Sussex Sussex, county, SE England, since 1888 divided for administrative purposes into East Sussex (1991 pop. 670,600), 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), and West Sussex (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km). , UK. About Tocris Bioscience Tocris Bioscience (www.tocris.com) is a leading supplier of chemicals, peptides and antibodies for Life Science research, with customers in virtually all of the world's major pharmaceutical companies, universities and research institutes. The Company's catalogue of over 1,500 products is sent to more than 50,000 researchers worldwide annually. |
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