The Specialist Microplate Catalogue prize draw winner is...

A Xenova Biomanufacturing scientist has won Porvair Sciences Ltd's latest free prize draw for people registering online for the company's 64-page Microplate Specialists Catalogue.

Interest in Porvair Sciences' latest free draw to win an iPod was intense, but the lucky winner was Kerry McKenna, a scientist in the Analytical Group of Cambridge, UK based Xenova Biomanufacturing. Kerry received her new iPod Nano from Porvair Sciences Sales Manager, Steve Knight at a special presentation in her laboratory. She said "I never win anything in competitions so you can imagine my surprise when I found I'd won the iPod. We use a lot of assay microplates in Xenova and the Porvair catalogue is a useful reference for us, I'm really glad I requested one now".

Porvair Sciences Microplate Specialist catalogue provides a comprehensive specialist resource for all scientists' involved with or using microplates and microplate technology. The catalogue is divided into 5 main sections - Solid Phase Extraction (SPE), Life Sciences, Storage & Collection, Microplate equipment and Automation. Each includes description of the application areas covered within the section plus a quick selection guide to facilitate easy selection of the optimal microplate products for a specific application. Detailed information is provided for all Porvair Sciences products including photograph, description, key features and benefits, technical specifications, part numbers and a web address to enable easy checking for pricing and availability.

Xenova Biomanufacturing is a contract-manufacturing organisation providing biologics development and manufacturing to the biopharmaceutical industry. The company works with customers to deliver vaccines, therapeutic proteins and viral vectors from research through process development into manufacture for Phase I, II and III clinical trials. Its team of highly qualified and experienced scientists offer process and analytical development and the manufacture of a broad range of biological medicines from therapeutic proteins to live viral products. Xenova Biomanufacturing's GMP compliant facility is MHRA authorised and meets FDA and EU Clinical Trials Directive requirements.