This month’s Softec meeting will be an open house co hosted by Promega Biosciences Inc. Come learn about this business, network, and enjoy an evening of learning and sharing.
Guided Tours Start at 5:45 pm Sharp!
There will be a total of 4 Guided Tours that will start at 5:45 pm. In order to take part in a tour you must be there at 5:45 sharp. If you arrive late, you will be able to participate in Networking and Refreshments, but you will not have the chance to see the tour. Please be on time if you are interested in this option. This is a great and unusual opportunity to tour this very secure research facility and you don't want to miss it.
Promega Biosciences, the chemistry experts for the Madison, WI based firm Promega Corporation, provides key reagents that enable their parent company to develop cutting edge life science research products. This includes the manufacture as well as the research and development of new compounds that further expand the boundaries of current technology platforms or provide entry into new market areas.
Among the unique chemicals Promega Biosciences researches, develops, and manufactures are those with bioluminescent or fluorescent properties. Bioluminescence is best known as the flashing light of a firefly and this technology has been expanded to yield tools that can be used to study certain gene functions, enzyme activities, metabolism and interactions of new pharmaceuticals, and bacterial contamination of food processing equipment. Fluorescence is a physical property of certain chemicals that provides a way to assess the location, action or level of a variety of interesting biological compounds. These areas are just two examples of the collaboration between Promega Biosciences chemists and Promega Corporation biologists in the creation of new products for the expanding life science industry. Promega Biosciences products cover a wide range of uses from those described above to include such diverse technologies as clinical diagnostics and high performance polymers. With 14 Ph.D. level researchers and a wide variety of other science related degrees, the team develops cutting-edge scientific tools that will contribute to new and novel solutions to human disease.