WYATT TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES ITS UNIQUE DYNAPRO™ TITAN PLATE READER AT PITTCON 2006

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, announces the launch of its innovative new DynaPro™ Titan Plate Reader.

Capable of increasing productivity by a factor of 10 over conventional DLS instruments, this revolutionary product provides increased throughput in HTS and biophysical characterization studies and can be fully integrated with Wyatt’s DYNAMICS software. Wyatt will be showcasing this unique instrument on booth #1944, PittCon 2006, March 12th-17th, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

The DynaPro™ Titan Plate Reader is a stable, automated addition to its current DLS systems. Achieving superior performance, DynaPro™ Titan cuts down sample times from approximately 15 minutes per sample to just one minute—or less—with fewer than 50 microliters of sample per well (recoverable). In the case of the 1536 well plate format, the sample volume required is just 5 microliters.

This groundbreaking instrument is capable of performing a broad range of applications quickly and easily, including bioprocessing and quality control of viral particles and vaccines, screening chemical compounds for small molecule aggregation or potential promiscuous inhibitors and exploring antibody formulations over a broad range of solution conditions.

The DynaPro™ Plate Reader utilizes state-of-the-art technology and can be equipped with industry standard microplates (96, 384 or 1536 well plates). Being non-invasive and filter-free, this new product is particularly easy to use and can be customized to interface with a variety of laboratory robotic systems. It is operated using DYNAMICS, a data collection and analysis software tuned specifically for batch and automated characterization of unfractionated molecular samples.

The DynaPro™ DLS products are used globally in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, university and government-funded R&D laboratories, to understand the physical attributes of purified protein molecules. The products make it much easier to characterize protein homogeneity. Acquired during Wyatt’s acquisition of Proterion/Protein Solutions Corporation in November 2004, the DynaPro™ Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) products are the industry standard in the protein crystallization market. The products are Wyatt Technology’s first integrated solution for batch Dynamic Light Scattering and are its primary offering in the important field of high throughput screening.

With installations in more than 50 countries, Wyatt Technology is the world's leading manufacturer of laser light scattering instrumentation for absolute macromolecular characterization. It is the only company in the world focused exclusively on such systems, their design and their application.

For more information on Wyatt Technology’s new product innovations and services, please visit Wyatt on booth #1944 at PittCon, March 12th-17th 2006, Orlando, Florida. Alternatively, please visit www.wyatt.com or e-mail info@wyatt.com