For Release: May 25 , 2006

Media Contact: Chris Kochmanski (734/944-8705, chris@design-hub.com)

DesignHub Creates Newsletter and Ads for Berry & Associates

SALINE, MI – DesignHub, Inc., a creative services and marketing firm headquartered in Saline, has produced a newsletter and trade publication advertisements for Berry & Associates, Inc., a manufacturer of nucleoside analogs for life sciences researchers.

The first issue of the newsletter, entitled “Chemistry from Berry & Associates” introduces BlackBerry Quencher 650, a dark quencher of long-wavelength fluorescence that leads to improved performance of diagnostic nucleic acid probes.

Other highlights of the newsletter’s eight full-color pages include articles on fluorous affinity purification of oligonucleotides and new phosphoramidites.

DesignHub also created new full-color, quarter-page ads on BlackBerry Quencher 650 to appear in upcoming editions of Genetic Engineering News, a widely read bio-industry publication, recognized as the voice of the biotechnology industry.

Berry & Associates, Inc. is a leading source of nucleosides and their analogs for biochemical and biomedical research. The company also manufactures specialty monomers for oligonucleotide synthesis. Additional offerings include oligonucleotide purification products, biotins, fluorescent markers, quenchers of fluorescence, carbohydrates, spacers, linkers, and heterocycles.

Berry & Associates was founded in 1988. Its production, research, and development facility is located in Dexter, MI, just outside of Ann Arbor.

More information can be obtained from Berry & Associates, Inc., 2434 Bishop Circle East, Dexter, MI 48130. Phone: (734) 426-3787, (800) 357-1145. Email: orders@berryassoc.com. Online: www.berryassoc.com.

DesignHub, Inc. helps clients with branding, Web sites, brochures, annual reports, newsletters, advertising, direct mail, packaging designs, and exhibit signage, as well as marketing strategies and plans.

Principals of DesignHub include: Karen Ragland, business manager and account executive; Ted Chesky, creative director and graphic designer; and Chris Kochmanski, marketing strategist and copywriter. The company was founded in 1999.

In addition to Berry & Associates, DesignHub’s clients include the Ann Arbor IT Zone, Ann Arbor SPARK, Berry Moorman PC, Carr Engineering, the Center for Automotive Research, Chelsea Community Hospital, DaimlerChrysler, Electrocon International, Hardwood Solutions, Homeowner Services of America, MapInfo, Motawi Tileworks, NanoBio, Packaging and Shipping Specialists, Peters Building, Phoenix Contractors, Picometrix, Qualigence, Saline Area Chamber of Commerce, Saline Business Development Association, Saline Celtic Festival, Samson Senior Properties, SignGraphix, Sircon, Survey Sciences Group, Thomas B. McMullen Co., Travis Pointe Dental Group, the University of Michigan’s Congenital Heart Center, and others.

Further information is available from DesignHub, 600 West Michigan Avenue, Saline, Mich. 48176. Phone: 734/944-8705. Fax: 734/944-8735. E-mail: . Online: www.design-hub.com.

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