Investment in New Laboratories Demonstrates Company’s Commitment to Scientists, Facilities, and Research Results
LOWELL, Mass., Aug. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a global supplier of scientific laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90 years, on August 8, 2008 announced that its grant program for researchers opening new laboratory facilities will award six grants to researchers throughout 2008. The program was originated in 2007 as part of Corning’s celebration of the industry’s 100th anniversary of cell culture.
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Recipients receive a $2,000 grant, payable in the form of Corning(R), Costar(R) or PYREX(R) laboratory products for use in cell culture research at their new facility. To date, Corning has issued grants to researchers at leading institutions including Spelman College, University of California-Davis, Baylor College of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
"This program is a phenomenal way to assist researchers in achieving their goals and obtain the necessary equipment to start a functioning laboratory. Corning is setting an example of corporate responsibility by providing small research laboratories this valuable opportunity," said grant recipient Sandy Kelley, manager of Contained Research Facility at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California. "Through this program, I was able to purchase glass beakers and cylinders of various sizes to help us in our pursuit of effective and environmentally sound strategies to prevent, eradicate and control plant pests that pose risks to California’s ecosystems."
"For nearly 100 years Corning has been dedicated to advancing laboratory technology and providing customers with the latest equipment and tools they require to consistently produce high-quality research results," said Maryanne DeChambeau, global strategic marketing manager, Corning Life Sciences. "We felt this program would be a great opportunity to provide start-up laboratories with an infusion of product needed to initiate their research. We are pleased to be helping the recipients make a significant impact within and well beyond the walls of labs and research facilities."
Corning is continually developing new products and technologies to meet tomorrow’s needs for better research and production tools. The company is currently exploring and developing new technologies for growing cells, artificial organs and tissues, new cell-based drugs and vaccines, and stem cell therapeutics.
Recent technology breakthroughs include the Corning Epic(R) System, the industry’s first high-throughput, label-free screening platform for both biochemical and cell-based drug discovery applications and culture vessels with the new Corning(R) CellBIND(R) Surface and Ultra-Web(TM) Synthetic Surface, which provide new substrates for researchers developing applications such as stem-cell-based therapeutics or replacement tissues and organs.
Major Corning milestones and firsts throughout the history of cell culture include:
-- 1915: Introduction of PYREX(R) glass
-- 1923: Alexis Carrel develops first cell-culture flasks from PYREX
glass
-- 1954: Polio virus for Salk’s vaccine grown in PYREX 5L Povitsky
bottles
-- 1974: Introduction of first plastic, canted-neck flasks
-- 1974: 15mL and 50mL disposable centrifuge tubes in racks
-- 1975: One-piece plastic roller bottles
-- 1983: Opticell ceramic-matrix bioreactors
-- 1989: CellCube(R) stacked plate bioreactors
-- 1994: Ultra-low-attachment surface culture vessels
-- 2003: Corning(R) CellBIND(R) surface culture vessels
-- 2004: RoboFlask(TM) vessels
-- 2005: Disposable spinner flasks
-- 2007: HYPERFlask(TM) cell-culture vessels
-- 2007 Ultra-Web(TM) Synthetic Surface
For more information about Corning’s “New Lab Start-Up” Lab Grant Program visit http://www.corning.com/lifesciences and click on Grant Application. For additional cell culture products or any other products please contact a customer service representative at 1-800-492-1110, toll free in the United States, (+1) 978-635-2200 internationally, or visit http://www.corning.com/lifesciences .
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
