IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
                     Central New England Chapter


                      Tuesday, February 20, 2007
                         Doors open: 6:00 PM
                        Presentation: 6:30 PM
                        Facility tour: 7:00 PM

                                  At
                        Caliper Life Sciences
                            68 Elm Street
                         Hopkinton, MA 01748
                          tel. 508-497-2849


                     AUTOMATION IN LIFE SCIENCES


                             Presented by

                           John A. Masciola
                Vice President, Instrument Engineering
                        Caliper Life Sciences
                            68 Elm Street
                         Hopkinton, MA 01748
                          tel. 508-497-2849
                      http://www.caliperls.com/

ABSTRACT

Caliper Life Sciences uses its advanced liquid handling and automation,
real-time molecular imaging, and LabChip technologies to create leading edge
tools that accelerate drug discovery, enhance the diagnosis of disease and
facilitate scientific research. There will be a brief presentation on the
various technologies employed in our products and a tour of our facility
with opportunities to discuss products and technologies.


SPEAKER'S BIOGRAPHY

John Masciola is Vice President of Instrument Engineering at Caliper
responsible for the company's software and firmware development. Prior to
joining Caliper (formerly Zymark Corp.) John worked in the semiconductor
equipment industry at Eaton making Ion Implanters, at Brooks Automation, making
robots and automation for semiconductor equipment, and at GenRad making test
equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries. John is a member
of the IEEE and former Program Chair of the IEEE International Test
Conference. He holds a MSCS from Purdue and a BSCS from Northeastern
University.

MEETING INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society will meet at Caliper Life Sciences,
68 Elm Street, Hopkinton, MA, http://www.caliperls.com/, on
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, for an informal discussion at 6:00 PM, the
presentation at 6:30 and a tour of Caliper facilities at 7:00.

Directions to Caliper Life Sciences: From I-90 take exit 11A to Route 495
South. Follow Route 495 South for 3.4 miles to Exit 21A, Main Street,
Hopkinton. When you come off of Exit 21A, continue on Main Street for about
1/4 mile (pass the Mobil gas station on the left). At the first traffic
light take a left onto Lumber Street extension. Proceed to Caliper Life
Sciences Building 2, on the left side of the street. For more detailed
instructions, please refer to http://www.caliperls.com/ and follow the link
to "Contact", "Worldwide" in the top navigation bar.

After the meeting, at approx. 8:00 PM, the group will have a no-host dinner
at Marconi's Italian Restaurant, 13 Pond St. (Route 126), in Ashland, MA
01721, where more conversations can take place with the guest speaker.
Driving directions from Caliper Life Sciences to Marconi's: Backtrack the
previous route on Lumber Street extension and take a left onto Main Street.
After 0.5 mile Main Street will merge with Route 135. Continue on Route 135
for 6.5 miles via Ashland to Framingham and take a right onto Route 126
South (Hollis Street, later Pond Street). After 1 mile you will see the
restaurant.

The meetings are open to the general public, and all are welcome at the
dinner afterwards. For more information on IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society, please contact Chapter Chair Peter Meyer at (781) 334-0052 or
chair@robotics-boston.org or visit http://www.robotics-boston.org/