ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essen Instruments Inc. announced today the establishment of a European Discovery Services operation and corresponding business site at the Biopark, Welwyn Garden City, UK. The new facility, headed by Dr. Del Trezise, will provide contract and collaborative services for drug discovery based initially around ion channels and Essen’s pioneering platform technologies including IonWorks planar array patch clamp electrophysiology and IncuCyte. “Extending our successful US Discovery Services operation into Europe is an exciting and natural extension of our business model” said Kirk Schroeder, President and CEO. “I am delighted to have Del Trezise, formerly Director of Assay Development at GSK, to lead this venture. Tim Dale, also formerly of GSK, will join as lab manager. Del and Tim have a tremendous track record in the ion channel drug discovery field and together they bring an extensive working knowledge of the applications and power of Essen technology. Their combined expertise together with our new UK site at the Biopark enable Essen to better support and grow our European client base”. For further details and contact information visit www.essen-instruments.com and/or www.biopark.co.uk.
About Essen Instruments
Essen Instruments is a leading instrument and service provider in the life science research field with a long history of product innovation. Products invented by Essen personnel include the first high-throughput cell-based assay platform, FLIPR; the first high-throughput planar electrophysiology platform on the market, IonWorks and the first live-cell imaging system to fit inside a standard cell culture incubator, IncuCyte. Recently, Essen has expanded their instrumentation-based business model to also include contract services, assembling a team of senior scientists who have successfully managed and driven drug discovery projects at major pharmaceutical companies. The combination of drug discovery and instrumentation experience makes Essen a unique provider of life science research tools and services.
Contact:
Essen Instruments Inc. 1156 Oak Valley Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 USA Tel: 001-734-769-1600 or Essen Instruments Ltd. Derek Trezise BioPark, Broadwater Road Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 3AX United Kingdom Tel: 44 (0) 1707 358686 ics@essen-instruments.com
