News
01-Jul-2008 - AGOWA genomics celebrates grand opening
and fifteenth anniversary
AGOWA genomics, LGC’s genomics specialist in Germany, held a
grand opening and anniversary party at its new premises in
Berlin
Around 100 guests from throughout Europe attended the event,
including AGOWA genomics’ customers, suppliers, local VIPs, biotech
partners and LGC colleagues.
Four scientific lectures were given by AGOWA
genomics’ customers and these were followed by a tour around
the new laboratories and offices, where guests were able to
observe AGOWA genomics staff at work - preparing DNA samples for
sequencing and extracting DNA from different starting materials
like blood or plant tissue, for example.
Dr Steffen Krueger, Managing Director of AGOWA
GmbH, commented: “Combining our grand opening event with a
celebration of AGOWA’s fifteenth anniversary resulted in a great
success for the Berlin team. Customers from different European
countries and local VIPs gained a very positive impression of our
business.”
AGOWA was
established in 1993 and has been part of the LGC Group since
December 2005, under the name AGOWA genomics.
The company’s portfolio of products and
services comprises:
- Nucleic acid preparation products and
services
- DNA sequencing services
- Genomic services.
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