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Instrument and lab automation companies at Discovery on Target 2026
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2026 Boston, MA ~1.1k attendees Website
18 instrument and lab automation companies are at Discovery on Target 2026 — 5 presentations on the program and 9 with a booth in the exhibit hall. Most represented: Portal Biotechnologies (1 on the program), Carterra (1 on the program), lino Biotech (1 on the program). 10 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Oct 8, 2026.
| Organization | Discovery on Target 2026 Attendance |
|---|---|
Portal Biotechnologies Watertown, MA | |
Mechanical cell-engineering systems that deliver RNA, proteins, gene editors and other cargo into live cells. | Chair Thu Oct 1 2:20pm–2:25pm Panel Thu Oct 1 2:25pm–3:20pm |
Carterra Salt Lake City, UT | ◆Corporate Sponsor |
Makes high-throughput surface plasmon resonance (HT-SPR) instruments for screening and characterising antibody and small-molecule binding. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 406 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Wed Sep 30 3:35pm–4:05pm |
lino Biotech Adliswil, Switzerland | |
Makes the MACS Matchmaker, a label-free binding instrument based on focal molography; a Miltenyi Biotec company. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 407 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Wed Sep 30 3:35pm–4:05pm |
Nuclera Cambridge, UK | ◆Corporate Sponsor |
Makes the eProtein Discovery system, an automated benchtop platform for screening protein expression, plus antibody services. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 305 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Wed Sep 30 10:35am–11:05am |
Biosensing Instrument Tempe, AZ | |
Makes surface plasmon resonance instruments, including SPR microscopy, for binding kinetics and cell-based measurements. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 307 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm |
Fidabio Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Maker of the Fida instrument, which measures binding affinity, size and stability of biomolecules in solution by flow-induced dispersion analysis. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 322 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm |
Lightcast Discovery Cambridge, UK | ◆Corporate Sponsor |
Makes Envisia, a droplet-based system that screens and analyses the function of single cells. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 410 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm |
RedShiftBio Boxborough, MA | ◆Corporate Sponsor |
Microfluidic modulation spectroscopy instruments and lab services for measuring protein structure, stability and aggregation. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 404 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm |
TubeWriter Austin, TX | ◆Corporate Sponsor |
Maker of benchtop systems that print barcodes and text straight onto lab tubes, vials and plates instead of labels. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 211 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm |
Unchained Labs Pleasanton, CA | ◆Corporate Sponsor |
Maker of analytical instruments and automation for biologics characterization, measuring protein stability, aggregation, sizing and concentration. | Booth Exhibiting at Booth 501 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm |
I IBA Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | |
Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list | |
Illumina San Diego, CA | |
Maker of DNA sequencing and array-based genomics systems and reagents. | Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list |
Inventia Life Science Sydney, Australia | |
Maker of the RASTRUM 3D bioprinting platform for building reproducible 3D cell models for drug discovery. | Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list |
LICORbio Lincoln, Nebraska | |
Makes imaging systems for Western blots and other assays, with analysis software and reagents. | Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list |
MR MR Resources Fitchburg, Massachusetts | |
Supplies remanufactured NMR systems, parts and probes, with repair and service. | Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list |
nanoscaleLABS Fairfax, Virginia | |
Supplies and resells precision instruments for biomedical research. | Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list |
Trasis Ans, Belgium | |
Belgian maker of automated synthesizers and equipment for producing radiopharmaceuticals. | Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list |
Trince Ghent, Belgium | |
Belgian maker of LumiPore, a laser-based photoporation system for getting molecules into hard-to-transfect and primary cells. | Attending On the meeting’s published attendee list |
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