The 2011 Life Science Industry Awards® Nominees:

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Categories

Categories recognizing best performance in 2011
     Antibodies
     Cell biology products
     Cell culture media and reagents products
     Genomic analysis kits and reagents products
     Molecular biology products
     Nucleic acid purification and separation products
     Protein expression and analysis products
     Protein purification and separation products
     Flow cytometer-based cell analysis instruments
     Cell-biology instruments — microscope-based
     General lab equipment
     High throughput screening and analysis systems
     High throughput sequencing platforms
     Instrumentation for genomic analysis
     Instrumentation for protein analysis and purification

Best use of the Internet and/or social media in 2011

Helped to make laboratory funding go the furthest in 2011

2011's Most...
     Responsive customer service department
     Knowledgeable technical support department
     Memorable advertisement
     Useful website
     Helpful sales reps

2011 Breakthrough Product In...
     Cancer research
     Microbiology research
     Neuroscience research
     Stem cell research

Comprehensive Product Offering in 2011 that...
     Best meets genomic workflow needs
     Best meets proteomic workflow needs
     Best meets cellular workflow needs

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Nominees

Best performing antibodies in 2011

• Abcam
• BD Biosciences
• Cell Signaling Technology
• Dako
• EMD/Merck Millipore, including Calbiochem, Chemicon, and Upstate
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• R&D Systems
• Santa Cruz Biotechnology
• Sigma-Aldrich

Best performing cell biology products in 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• BD Biosciences
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Cell Signaling Technology
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• R&D Systems
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Best performing cell culture media and reagents products in 2011

• BD Biosciences
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Gibco (Life Technologies)
• Hyclone (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Lonza
• Mediatech
• PAA Laboratories
• SAFC Biosciences (Sigma-Aldrich)
• STEMCELL Technologies

Best performing genomic analysis kits and reagents products in 2011

• Affymetrix
• Agilent Technologies
• Ambion (Life Technologies)
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Dharmacon (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Illumina
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• New England Biolabs
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Best performing molecular biology products in 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Fermentas (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Integrated DNA Technologies
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• New England Biolabs
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Best performing nucleic acid purification and separation products in 2011

• Ambion (Life Technologies)
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Fermentas (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Macherey-Nagel
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Best performing protein expression and analysis products in 2011

• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Cell Signalling Technology
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Novagen (EMD/Merck Millipore)
• Pierce (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• R&D Systems
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Best performing protein purification and separation products in 2011

• Agilent Technologies
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• EMD/Merck Millipore
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences, including Amersham Pharmacia
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Pierce (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Waters

Best performing flow cytometer-based cell analysis instruments in 2011

Accuri Cytometers
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• BD Biosciences
• Beckman Coulter
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• EMD/Merck Millipore
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Miltenyi Biotec
• Sigma-Aldrich

Best performing cell-biology instruments — microscope-based in 2011

BD Biosciences
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Carl Zeiss
• Leica Microsystems
• Nikon
• Olympus
• PerkinElmer

Best performing general lab equipment in 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Beckman Coulter
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Eppendorf
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• PerkinElmer
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Best performing high throughput screening and analysis systems in 2011

• Affymetrix
• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Beckman Coulter
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Illumina
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• PerkinElmer
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Tecan

Best performing high throughput sequencing platforms in 2011

• 454 Life Sciences (Roche Applied Science)
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Helicos BioSciences
• Illumina
• Ion Torrent (Life Technologies)
• Pacific Biosciences
• RainDance Technologies

Best performing instrumentation for genomic analysis in 2011

• Affymetrix
• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Beckman Coulter
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Eppendorf
• Illumina
• PerkinElmer
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science

Best performing instrumentation for protein analysis and purification in 2011

• AB SCIEX (Danaher)
• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Bruker
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Shimadzu
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Waters

Best use of the Internet and/or social media in 2011

• Abcam
• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• EMD/Merck Millipore
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Illumina
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• New England Biolabs
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Helped to make laboratory funding go the furthest in 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• New England Biolabs
• Promega
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• VWR International

Most responsive customer service department in 2011

• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• VWR International

Most knowledgeable technical support department in 2011

• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• BD Biosciences
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Most memorable advertisement in 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Eppendorf
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich
• STEMCELL Technologies
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Most useful website in 2011

• Abcam
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Cell Signaling Technology
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• New England Biolabs
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Most helpful sales reps in 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• BD Biosciences
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• VWR International

Breakthrough product in cancer research for 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• BD Biosciences
• Cell Signaling Technology
• Illumina
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• SABiosciences (QIAGEN)
• Sigma-Aldrich

Breakthrough product in microbiology research for 2011

• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Bruker
• Difco (BD Biosciences)
• EMD/Merck Millipore
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Breakthrough product in neuroscience research for 2011

• Abcam
• EMD/Merck Millipore
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Miltenyi Biotec
• Molecular Probes (Life Technologies)
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Breakthrough product in stem cell research for 2011

• ATCC
• EMD/Merck Millipore
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Lonza
• Miltenyi Biotec
• Sigma-Aldrich
• STEMCELL Technologies
• Stemgent

Comprehensive product offering in 2011 that best meets genomic workflow needs

• Affymetrix
• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies)
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Illumina
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Promega
• QIAGEN
• Roche Applied Science
• Sigma-Aldrich

Comprehensive product offering in 2011 that best meets proteomic workflow needs

• Agilent Technologies
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• EMD/Merck Millipore
• GE Healthcare Life Sciences
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Pierce (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Waters

Comprehensive product offering in 2011 that best meets cellular workflow needs

• BD Biosciences
• Bio-Rad Laboratories
• eBioscience
• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Gibco (Invitrogen, Life Technologies)
• Invitrogen (Life Technologies)
• Lonza
• Sigma-Aldrich