Alexandria, MN USA, and Göteborg, Sweden – Douglas Scientific®, the provider of the innovative Array Tape® consumable and IntelliQube® qPCR platform announces collaboration with TATAA Biocenter, a leading global provider of qPCR services and training. Douglas Scientific has been working with TATAA since 2013, initially on software design for and performance testing of the IntelliQube platform, and now expands the partnership to include PCR services offered by TATAA Biocenter using the IntelliQube.

TATAA Biocenter maintains ISO 17025 accreditation and is supporting pharmaceutical, biotech and leading academic researchers with a full range of qualified nucleic acids analysis services. In 2013, TATAA Biocenter was presented the Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership as Best-in-Class Services for Analyzing Genetic Material. “We are proud to partner with Douglas Scientific as a premier services provider in Europe. The new IntelliQube strengthens our already top-notch instrument park allowing us to offer certain services with unprecedented cost efficiency to our clients and helping them be more competitive”, says Mikael Kubista, CEO and founder of TATAA Biocenter.

Ross Higgins, a Business Development Executive with Douglas Scientific added, “Partnering with the upper echelon of organizations such as TATAA Biocenter has become a strategic imperative for us and it fits right into our mission of making the world a better place by advancing scientific discovery. We are excited to see the impactful research that will come out of projects at TATAA and our many other partners around the world who have adopted the IntelliQube for their qPCR-based research.”

About Douglas Scientific

Douglas Scientific, LLC is a rapidly growing laboratory automation company located in Alexandria, MN, with a team of over 100 professionals bringing together expertise in engineering, biosciences, automation, motion control, and other fields. At the core of Douglas Scientific is a dedication to making the world a better place by delivering innovative laboratory automation solutions.

Douglas Scientific designs and manufactures a full line of laboratory instrumentation—Nexar® and IntelliQube systems—to enable PCR reactions using Array Tape.

As a leading automation company delivering on its mission, Douglas Scientific has enabled laboratories around the world to leverage the patented Array Tape consumable. This innovative microplate replacement consists of a continuous polymer strip embossed with microliter wells that can be used in a variety of laboratory applications. As a result, scientists worldwide have processed billions of samples in the areas of plant genomics, animal health, clinical diagnostics and pharmaceuticals at unprecedented speed and fractional costs. By partnering with the most creative and dedicated scientists around the world, the company continues to deliver advancements to address several imminent global issues and challenges. For more information visit www.douglasscientific.com or contact Ross Higgins at ross.higgins@douglasscientific.com

About TATAA Biocenter

TATAA Biocenter is the world’s largest organizer of hands-on training in molecular analyses, Europe’s leading provider of nucleic acid analysis services, and Sweden’s most comprehensive distributor of products for nucleic acids analysis. TATAA Biocenter offers hands-on training in all aspects of molecular analyses, biomarker research, and validation from experimental design, sample preparation, quality control, analysis 2/2 2/2 and modelling. Through its laboratories in Göteborg, Sweden, and Prague, Czech Republic, and sales office in Saarbrucken, Germany, TATAA Biocenter supports its clients with products for a full range of nucleic acid and protein analyses and services in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard. In 2013 TATAA Biocenter was presented the Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership as Best-in-Class Services for Analyzing Genetic Material. For more information, see www.tataa.com or contact us on services@tataa.com