SAB NewsWinners of the Life Science Industry AwardsPosted 12/7/2004 The Science Advisory Board, in conjunction with The Scientist and BioInformatics, is pleased to announce this year's winners of the Life Science Industry Awards. The Life Science Industry Awards recognizes life science suppliers named best-in-class in twelve different product categories as well as suppliers with the best overall service and marketing in six different categories, all from the perspective of life scientists. The winners and finalists were honored at an evening cocktail reception on Monday, December 6th at the Renaissance Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Master of Ceremonies for the event was noted science communicator, Ira Flatow, host and Executive Producer of National Public Radio's Science Friday, and author of "They All Laughed...From Light Bulbs to Lasers: The Fascinating Stories Behind the Great Inventions That Have Changed Our Lives." In all, over 3,000 scientists completed a 31-question survey to determine the winners. Read more about this prestigious event in the December 6 issue of The Scientist. The winners and finalists for each category are listed below. The Scientists’ Choice product category awards: Cell biology kits and reagents Winner: Invitrogen Finalists: BD Biosciences, Qiagen Cell biology instrumentation Winner: BD Biosciences Finalists: Bio-Rad, Carl Zeiss Cell culture media, equipment and reagents Winner: Invitrogen Finalists: BD Biosciences, Sigma-Aldrich Expression analysis products Winner: Invitrogen Finalists: Amersham (GE Healthcare), Applied Biosystems High throughput screening and analysis systems Winner: Applied Biosystems Finalists: Affymetrix, Invitrogen Image analysis systems Winners: Bio-Rad, Carl Zeiss Finalist: Kodak Scientific Instrumentation for genomic analysis Winner: Applied Biosystems Finalists: Affymetrix, Bio-Rad Instrumentation for protein analysis Winner: Bio-Rad Finalists: Amersham (GE Healthcare), Invitrogen Nucleic acid purification and analysis products Winner: Qiagen Finalists: Invitrogen, Promega Protein purification and analysis products Winner: Amersham (GE Healthcare) Finalists: Bio-Rad, Pierce RNAi products Winner: Ambion Finalists: Dharmacon, Invitrogen Software Winner: Accelrys Finalists: DNAStar, Spotfire The Scientists' Choice overall service and marketing finalists: Print catalog Winner: New England Biolabs Finalists: Invitrogen, Sigma-Aldrich Customer service Winner: Sigma-Aldrich Finalists: Bio-Rad, Invitrogen Technical support Winner: Invitrogen Finalists: Amersham (GE Healthcare), Sigma-Aldrich Web site Winner: Invitrogen Finalists: BD Biosciences, Sigma-Aldrich Sales representatives Winner: Invitrogen Finalists: Amersham (GE Healthcare), Bio-Rad Print advertisement Winner: Invitrogen Finalists: Amersham (GE Healthcare), Bio-Rad The Science Advisory Board would like to express our appreciation to our members who participated in this study. It is your opinions that are helping shape the development of tools and technology of the life science industry. Congratulations to the winners and finalists! |
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