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Dr. Schena to Chair Chips to Hits 2004 Microarray Workshop.

Sunnyvale, CA, September 10, 2004 – TeleChem International, Inc. Visiting Scholar Dr. Mark Schena will chair the Chips to Hits® 2004 microarray course to be held at the Seaport World Trade Center on September 20-23, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Chips to Hits® conference sponsored by IBC is the 11th annual meeting, and represents the largest and most comprehensive microarray and microtechnology conference in the world, with over 1,500 attendees and more than 100 exhibitor booths. The world’s top authorities from academia and industry will gather to present talks and posters, exchange information, and strategize to advance the scientific and business forefronts of biology’s hottest field. The scientific, commercial, legal and regulatory issues surrounding microarrays and microfluidic devices will be hotly debated at this exclusive annual event.

Dr. Schena has served on the Chips to Hits® Scientific Advisory and Organizing Board since 1999, and has organized and chaired the microarray conference for the past three years. This year’s microarray workshop “Mark Schena’s Microarray Course” will be held from 8:30-11:30 AM on Monday September 20, 2004. TeleChem’s ArrayIt® Division is co-sponsoring the workshop event. The first 100 workshop attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Schena’s Microarray Analysis textbook published by J. Wiley & Sons. Dr. Schena offered these comments about the meeting and course. “Derek has done a tremendous job over the years making Chips to Hits® the premiere microarray conference in the world. I am thrilled to be involved again this year and it is a great honor to chair the workshop that bears my name. This year is going to be a terrific show. Because the field is moving so rapidly, we have invited experts in key areas of microarray research to present workshop talks. I think the workshop will provide an excellent foundation for the rest of the meeting. I look forward to seeing everyone is Boston.”

About TeleChem International, Inc.
TeleChem is a diversified business organized into three corporate divisions: Life Sciences (ArrayIt®), Chemicals, and Diagnostics (NGS-ArrayIt, Inc.). The Life Sciences division provides an extensive line of products and services for the microarray industry, a high-tech sector that uses tiny glass “chips” to unravel the workings of the human genome. TeleChem’s patented microarray manufacturing technology (US 6,101,946) is used in nearly 2,500 company and university laboratories worldwide. The Chemicals division provides import and export services and government contract work in the area of industrial chemicals including raw materials for plastics, water-soluble fertilizers, and cleaning compounds. The Diagnostic division (NGS-ArrayIt, Inc.) has worldwide patent filings in the areas of genotyping and medical diagnostics, and has recently received positive feedback from the patent office concerning the impending issuance of its revolutionary multi-patient microarray method. NGS-ArrayIt, Inc. provides its tools and technologies to public health laboratories and other agencies involved in human disease analysis, and plans to launch a new line of disease testing kits for sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, hereditary hearing loss and other treatable diseases in the near future. TeleChem International, Inc. has received numerous local and national awards including the Silicon Valley Rising Star Award, Inc Magazine’s Inc 500 Award, and has enjoyed television appearances on the NOVA’s documentary “Cracking the Code of Life” and CNBC’s Business Odyssey segment.

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