TAP Biosystems 选择TrendBio作为在澳大利亚和新西兰新的分销合作伙伴

TAP Biosystems 选择TrendBio作为在澳大利亚和新西兰新的分销合作伙伴

New Distribution Partner in Australia and New Zealand for TAP Biosystems

Offering Easy Access to TAP’s innovative Products and Technical Support

Cambridge, UK: TAP Biosystems, innovative culture systems and consumables for life science applications today announced the appointment of TrendBio Pty Ltd, a company that supplies high quality life science research products. This appointment will provide scientists in Australia and New Zealand with rapid access to, and support of TAP Biosystems’ range of automated bioprocessing and cell processing technologies.

Under the terms of the agreements, TrendBio will exclusively market and support a range of TAP’s market-leading products in Australia and New Zealand. These include ambr™ (automated micro scale bioreactor) which mimics the characteristics of classical bioreactors at micro scale; RAFT™ (3D cell culture system) that generates consistent, reproducible collagen-based 3D cell cultures for drug screening applications, and Fill-It™ (automated dispensing into screw-cap cryovials), which maintains optimum cell quality when processing large batches of cryovials.

For scientists that want to see this innovative technology live, TAP will be exhibiting at the upcoming BioProcessing Network Conference in Melbourne on October 16th-18th at Booth #16. One of TAP’s cell processing specialists, Ian Ransome, will also be giving a presentation entitled: “ambr: an advanced tool for automated optimization of cell culture for biotherapeutics” on Tuesday October 16th at 11.30am -12 noon.

Ian Ransome TAP Biosystems’ Director of Commercial Operations, Asia Pacific said: “We are delighted TrendBio is our distribution partner because the company has an excellent reputation for marketing many leading life science equipment brands in Australia and New Zealand. This means scientists here can be assured of professional support for their systems from a dedicated team of technical sales specialists.”

Ransome added: “We look forward to meeting scientists at the BioProcessing Network Conference and to discussing how all of the products available through TrendBio will help them to enhance the quality of their research, as well as significantly improve the productivity of their bioprocessing or cell-based research and development programmes.”

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For Further Information Contact:

Matthew Walker, Head of Communications, TAP Biosystems, York Way, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5WY, UK.

Tel: +44 (0) 1763 227200 Fax: +44 (0) 1763-227201 Email: matthew.walker@tapbiosystems.com Web: www.tapbiosystems.com

Trent Warburton, TrendBio Pty Ltd, Unit 9, 72-74 Chifley Drive, Preston, VIC, 3072

Australia. Tel: + 1300 720 574 Fax: + 1300 720 638 Email: trentw@trendbio.com.au Web:www.trendbio.com.au

Editor Contact:

Dr Sue Pearson, Director, International Science Writer, PO Box 170, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3GD, UK.

Tel/Fax + 44 (0) 1462-635327 Email: sue.pearson@internationalsciencewriter.com Web: www.internationalsciencewriter.com Twitter: @isciencewriter

Note to Editors

About TAP Biosystems

TAP Biosystems (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership) provides innovative automation systems and consumables to improve productivity in life science research, development and production.

For over 20 years TAP Biosystems has been the leader in the design and development of automated cell culture and processing systems with applications in bioprocessing, drug discovery and regenerative medicine. Systems include ambr, CompacT SelecT, Fill-It and RAFT.

TAP also develops custom solutions in the emerging fields of biologics and cell-based therapies, including stem cell research and tissue engineering.

TAP Biosystems is a privately-owned company with headquarters near Cambridge, UK and a sales and support facility near Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

www.tapbiosystems.com

About TrendBio Pty Ltd

TrendBio Pty Ltd is a privately owned Australian company servicing the Life Science Research and Pathology markets in both Australia and New Zealand. The company was founded in 2005 and has head offices and a laboratory in Melbourne, Australia.

With a focus on high end solutions and carefully chosen distribution partners, TrendBio aims to bring unique solutions to its customers and a focus on after sales support and service.