ACEA Biosciences, Inc., a developer of advanced microelectronic systems for cell-based assays, recently conducted a scientific workshop with the Government of Alberta, department of Innovation and Science. The "Advanced Cell Electronic Array Workshop" held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, included presentations by scientists from a number of participating government organizations including Alberta Health and Wellness, Alberta Innovation and Science, Centre for Toxicology, University of Calgary, ProvLab (Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health) and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alberta. Scientific presentations detailed the use of ACEA Bioscience's RT-CES® System in a number of areas of interest to the Provincial Government, including applications in Environmental Health, Cytotoxicity, Microbiology, and Environmental Toxicology. Dr. James O'Connell, ACEA CEO, and Dr. Xiao Xu, ACEA President attended the workshop. Dr. Xu expressed his gratitude to the Provincial Government for sponsoring the workshop and noted that "it is very gratifying to see our RT-CES® System successfully used in so many important applications, particularly novel applications in Environmental Toxicology and Microbiology."
Founded in 2001, San Diego-based ACEA Biosciences has pioneered the development of high-performance microelectronic systems for cell-based assays. ACEA has developed and is marketing on a world-wide basis its microtiter-plate based biosensor platform for a variety of applications in drug development, toxicology, cancer research, and medical microbiology and virology. ACEA's products are designed to meet the increasing needs of the life science research and drug discovery markets by providing cost-effective, automated, high content, real time microelectronic systems that simplify complex cell-based assay procedures and increase productivity.