ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. – Beckman Coulter, Inc. will have a prominent presence at this year’s CYTO 2011 conference (May 21-25 at the Baltimore Convention Center), hosting workshops and an exhibit featuring automated workflow solutions for research, cellular therapy, drug discovery and clinical applications. Multicolor analysis instruments, mouse and human CD markers, dyes, software and other sophisticated analytical tools will be on display.

Booth 233 will include a Gallios research cytometer interfaced with a Biomek workstation and mouse reagents. Also on display, the Quantum Cell Expansion System and the CompuCyte Laser Scanning Cytometer in a powerful cell therapy module. Single cell molecular analysis will be featured in a pairing of the Beckman Coulter AmpliGrid platform with the MoFlo Astrios multi-laser cytometer and appropriate reagents. Clinical and clinical research applications will be represented by Krome Orange violet-excited organic dyes. Further integrated automated solutions, which streamline sample preparation using the FP1000 cytometer and multicolor analysis using either the FC500 or Navios flow cytometers, complete the line-up.

On Sunday May 22 at 12:30 p.m. Beckman Coulter flow cytometry experts will present Progress on the Standardization of Microparticle Enumeration by Flow Cytometry (Room 341) and Kaluza: Using Supercomputing Power to Accelerate Analysis (Room 339). Monday’s workshops, Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Cell Sorting Without Compromise: Seven Lasers, Eight Colors, Six-Way Sorting – A Novel Approach (Room 341) and Cytometry of Cell Signaling: Automation of Complex Signal Transduction Assays (Room 337), both start at 12:30 p.m.

“Our customers benefit from our wide-ranging technology platforms, reagent chemistry and application expertise,” said Brad Calvin, vice president and general manager of Beckman Coulter Flow Cytometry. “For a broad range of cellular based research, we have the breadth of experience and product offerings to help them develop successful, efficient, high quality solutions.”

More information about Beckman Coulter cytometry systems and chemistries is available at www.beckmancoulter.com/flowcytometry/, which features such highly useful tools as an Antibody Panel Creator, a Multi-Color Reagent Selector, Experiment Designer and others. Information on the company’s CYTO 2011 workshops is available at https://cytoconference.org/pages/Commercial-Tutorial.aspx.

About Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter, Inc., based in Orange County, California, develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical tests. More than 275,000 Beckman Coulter systems operate in laboratories around the world, supplying critical information for improving patient health and reducing the cost of care. Recurring revenue, consisting of consumable supplies (including reagent test kits), service and operating-type lease payments, represents about 80 percent of the company’s 2010 revenue of $3.7 billion. For more information, visit www.beckmancoulter.com.

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Beckman Coulter, the stylized logo, AmpliGrid and Biomek are registered trademarks of Beckman Coulter, Inc., and are registered in the USPTO and SIPO. Astrios is a trademark of Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Biomek is for Laboratory Use Only; not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Quantum is for in vitro diagnostic use and is a trademark or registered trademark of CaridianBCT, Inc. in the U.S. and in several other jurisdictions.

CompuCyte Laser Scanning Cytometer is a registered trademark of the CompuCyte Corporation.

Krome Orange is an ASR. Analytical characteristics have not been established.

Navios is pending clearance by the U.S. FDA. Not yet available in the U.S. for in vitro diagnostic use.