ADVISORY, May 24, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What:
Martek Biosciences Corporation will visit NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to promote a new partnership with the National Center for Creative Aging to launch Beautiful Minds: Finding Your Lifelong Potential, an educational campaign designed to inspire baby boomers to be proactive about brain health.
In honor of the campaign launch, Martek CEO Steve Dubin, National Center for Creative Aging President Dr. Tobi Abramson, and national health and wellness expert Dr. Michael Roizen will ring the opening bell.
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET
Contacts:
Cassie France-Kelly
Director of Corporate Communications, Martek Biosciences
443-710-9373
cfrancekelly@martek.com
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jolene Libretto
(646) 441-5220
Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQOMX.com
Feed Information:
The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.
Radio Feed:
An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.
Facebook and Twitter:
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Webcast:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at:
http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx
Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.
About Martek Biosciences Corporation (MATK)
Martek Biosciences Corporation is a leader in the innovation, development, production and sales of high-value products from microbial sources that promote health and wellness through nutrition. The company is the world's leading provider of algal DHA omega-3 with its flagship product, life'sDHA™, a sustainable and vegetarian source of algal DHA omega-3 important for brain, heart and eye health throughout life for use in foods, beverages, infant formula and supplements. The company also produces life'sARA™ (arachidonic acid), an omega-6 fatty acid, for use in infant formula and growing-up milks. Additionally, Martek's subsidiary, Amerifit Brands, develops, markets and distributes branded consumer health and wellness products in major mass, club, drug, grocery and specialty stores and holds leading brand positions in all of its key product categories. For more information on Martek Biosciences, visit http://www.martek.com/. For a complete list of life'sDHA™ or life'sARA™ products, visit http://www.lifesdha.com/. For more information about Amerifit Brands, visit www.amerifit.com.
Martek Biosciences and the National Center for Creative Aging have partnered to launch Beautiful Minds: Finding Your Lifelong Potential, an educational campaign designed to inspire baby boomers to be proactive about brain health. For more information, visit www.beautiful-minds.com.
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