CHELMSFORD, Mass., — Brooks Automation, Inc.(Nasdaq:BRKS) announced that it had been elected by the Tohoku Medical Mega Bank at Tohoku University to provide multiple Automated Sample Management Systems. As part of a competitive bid process, Tohoku Medical Mega Bank selected Brooks BioStore(TM) II systems to store up to 4 million samples of DNA, serum and blood plasma as part of multiple, broad population studies including generational studies investigating the impacts of the 2011 tsunami and associated aftereffects. These systems are scheduled to be delivered and installed by March 2014.

The BioStore II systems being supplied to the Tohoku Medical Mega Bank is a biological storage solution that provides high density storage along with redundant -80C cooling systems to ensure scientists that their work is performed on samples of known quality and origin.

About Brooks Automation, Inc.

Brooks is a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum and instrumentation solutions for multiple markets including life sciences,front end semiconductor manufacturing and adjacent technology markets. Our technologies, engineering competencies and global service capabilities provide customers speed to market, and ensure high uptime and rapid

response, which equate to superior value in their mission-critical controlled environments. Since 1978, we have been a leading partner to the global semiconductor manufacturing market and through product development initiatives and strategic business acquisitions; we have expanded our reach to meet the needs of customers in the life sciences industry, analytical &

research markets and clean energy solutions. Brooks is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, with direct operations in North America, Europe and Asia.

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