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2013 Scientists' Choice Award Winners Announced at Pittcon
5 Mar 2014
Sarah Thomas
Associate Editor
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SelectScience has announced the winners of the 2013 Scientists’ Choice Awards in the categories of General Lab, Separations, and Spectroscopy, during a ceremony held at the Pittcon 2014 Conference and Expo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
GE Healthcare, Socorex and Thermo Fisher Scientific were all revealed as winners of the 2013 Scientists’ Choice Awards for Best New Products. This year’s Scientists’ Choice Awards, which celebrate the new products that have significantly contributed towards laboratory efforts in 2013, received an outstanding response from scientists around the world, attracting more than 2,500 nominations and votes.
Winners of the 2013 Scientists’ Choice Awards:
Best New General Lab Product of 2013
Calibrex™ Bottle Top Dispensers
Socorex ISBA S.A.
Best New Separations Product of 2013
ÄKTA™ start Protein Purification System
GE Healthcare
Best New Spectroscopy Product of 2013
Orbitrap Fusion™ Tribrid™ Mass Spectrometer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Kerry Parker, Editor-in-Chief of SelectScience, said:
“We are delighted to recognize the new products that have made a real difference to laboratory work in 2013. This year’s Scientists’ Choice Awards attracted an exceptional response from scientists around the world. We received a huge number of nominations and votes, which confirms what a successful year it has been for innovative laboratory products.”
Voting for the Best New Life Sciences Product of 2013 is still open. Scientists are invited to vote for their favorite product here. The winner will be announced at the AACR 2014 Annual Meeting, held April 5-9 in San Diego, California, USA.
About The Scientists’ Choice Awards
SelectScience, an independent, expert-led scientific review resource for the worldwide scientific community, began the Scientists’ Choice Awards in 2007 to enable scientists to voice their opinions on the best laboratory products. Once a year, SelectScience invites members to nominate their favorite products of the year in each category. For more information, visit www.scientistschoiceawards.com.
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