Royston, UK (4th February 2011) – Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris will be presenting at the 15th ISCB International Conference in Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India from 4 – 7 February. India saw Syrris’s 4th largest sales total in 2010 and looks only to grow in 2011. As such, Syrris is delighted that its Head of Sales Dr Omar Jina will discuss ‘Chemistry methodologies and how technology can help improve productivity in the 21st century’ at this regional conference.
Dr Jina will provide a comprehensive review of the historical approaches to organic chemistry. He will also discuss some of the latest developments in relation to the automation of practical chemistry, flow chemistry and software to help users make more informed decisions in successfully streamlining their research.
Syrris attended many successful events in India during 2010, including the ‘Practical Applications of Modern Tools in Organic Synthesis and Purification’ (at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology). Attendance of such Indian-based events, alongside the excellent service and support for customers in India, has significantly contributed to Syrris’s success in this market.
Syrris designs and manufactures world-leading flow chemistry, microreactor and automation products for research and development chemists. The company’s flow chemistry products include Asia, a scalable and modular range of flow chemistry systems, and Africa, a fully-automated microreactor flow system. Syrris’s batch reactor products include Atlas, a manual or automated system for control of one or parallel reactions in vials, flasks or jacketed reactors. Syrris formally announced the incorporation of its Indian subsidiary at the beginning of June 2009. For more information about the Atlas, Africa or Asia Systems, or for more detail about Syrris India, please visit www.syrris.com.
Syrris Limited
Established in 2001, Syrris Limited is one of the fastest growing science SMEs in the UK employing over 30 scientists and engineers at its facility in Royston (near Cambridge). Founders Mark Gilligan and Richard Gray come from a background of developing automation products for chemists at companies such as The Technology Partnership (TTP) and Mettler Toledo.
Syrris develops laboratory automation products for chemists such as the Atlas automated chemistry systems. Atlas can be configured into a wide range of different systems including Lithium and Sodium for round bottom flasks (magnetically and overhead stirred respectively) and Potassium for jacketed vessels. Other Atlas systems, designed for specific applications, including calorimetry, volumetric dosing, gravimetric dosing, pH, etc, are also available.
Syrris also specialise in flow reactors for R&D chemists, including FRX: a low cost flow chemistry system and Africa (Automated Flow Reaction Incubation and Control Apparatus): a modular system for library synthesis, aqueous work-up and reaction optimization that will ultimately reduce the time taken to develop, synthesize, screen and review a chemical entity, thus vastly speeding up the drug discovery process.
In recognition of its technological achievements, Syrris has been awarded a prestigious UK DTI SMART Exceptional Grant. Syrris has also won a significant DTi MNT (Micro and Nano Technology) award which has been used to establish a new subsidiary called The Dolomite Centre Ltd. This company is focused on design and fabrication of Microfluidic devices for a wide range of applications.
