Acton, Massachusetts, March 2004 - New in 2004, Corning Life Sciences offers online, interactive presentations providing best practices and tips for researchers. The Scientific Seminar Series will cover topics pertaining to microarrays, cell culture and assays.

The Corning 2004 Scientific Seminar Series will be presented by Corning scientists using the latest webcast technology that allows participation from an office or lab. The interactive format enables participants to ask questions of the presenter and group at the end of a presentation. Seminar topics to date include producing reliable microarray data, cell culture attachment and growth problems, cell culture contamination, assay performance, cell preservation, and surfaces for microarrays.

Attendees of the cell culture series will receive a free copy of Corning's Cell Culture Tools that includes technical documents and application notes.

For a complete listing of seminar titles and dates and to register for any of the Corning 2004 Scientific Seminars visit www.corning.com/lifesciences/news_center/web_seminars

For additional information on Corning Life Sciences products or surface technologies, please contact a customer service representative at 1-800-492-1110, toll free in the United States, (+1) 978-635-2200 internationally, or visit www.corning.com/lifesciences.

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For addition information, contact:

Corning Incorporated
Life Sciences
Media Communications Representative
Julie Eckmann
45 Nagog Park
Acton, MA 01720
Tel: 978.635.2296
E-mail:eckmannj@corning.com