About Us

LRIG Bay Area supports the regional laboratory automation community through our free quarterly meetings as well as on-line. You can meet many of our 700+ local members at our technical presentation and networking events or take advantage of the LRIG international membership of 8000 members to solve your automation issues using our discussion boards. Please visit the global LRIG website for additional resources.

LRIG Bay Area serves Northern California, home to approximately 800 bioscience companies as well as hundreds of academic life science laboratories and non-profit institutions. Our members include representatives from  pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as tool vendors that make instruments, software and reagents that accelerate laboratory automation. Below are some of the company representatives attending meetings in 2007:

Affymetrix All Temp Engineering, Inc. Amersham Biosciences Amgen-San Francisco Applied Biosystems Avidia Research Institute Bayer Corporation Beeston Engineering Consulting BioMicroLab Biophile, Inc. Caliper Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc. Celera Genomics Cerep, Inc. ChemSW Chiron Corporation Ciphergen Biosystems Citregen Discoverx EDC Biosystems Elan Pharmaceuticals Enzyme Systems Products Exelixis FivePrime Therapeutics ForteBio Inc. Fusion Design GE Healthcare Genentech Genmark Automation Gilson Inc. Greiner Bio-One ISC BioExpress Life Science Software, Inc. MedImmune Vaccines Meso Scale Discovery Metabolex Millipore Molecular Devices Corporation Novozymes Odyssey Thera Picarro Pierce Biotechnology Plexxikon Promega Proteomtech, Inc Raven Biotechnologies Renovis RoboTech Science, Inc. Roche Molecular Systems Roche Palo Alto LLC Sangamo BioSciences Scios Specs Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Theravance Inc USDA Agricultural Research Service Velocity11 WEIS Western Technology Marketing XOMA (US) LLC.

 What LRIG Bay Area offers

 Quarterly events with technical presentations on focused topics relevant to laboratory automation./p>

 An active discussion board on laboratory automation topics. Tap into LRIG's international community of automation experts for advice on instrumentation, software, and validation.

 Focused career postings for laboratory automation professionals.

To become a member and receive meeting notifications and updates, please fill out the Sign-Up Form and be sure to check the “Bay Area” box.

 Changing your membership profile (including opt-in and opt-out of email)

As a member of LRIG, you have the option to receive emails from LRIG Bay Area as well as other LRIG chapters. You can specify your email preference by logging in to the LRIG site (your password will be sent to you if you have forgotten it).

 Registering for meetings

As a member, you may register for upcoming LRIG meetings. All meetings are free of charge and registration is optional, but registration helps to gauge attendance for the food and beverage service.

 LRIG Bay Area steering committee

LRIG Bay Area is a not-for-profit organization and relies on our volunteer membership. Please contact Mike Biros if you are interested in joining us to guide the future direction of LRIG Bay Area.

Mike Biros Executive Chair, LRIG Bay Area Chapter Head of Sales, North America SpinX Technologies, Inc. mike.biroslab-robotics.org (650) 575-8924		Ginger Cooper Exhibit Chair, LRIG Bay Area Chapter Northern California Sales Representative Velocity11 gingercoopergmail.com (925) 287-1710
Rich Galle Treasurer, LRIG Bay Area Chapter