Life Technologies Corporation history, company profile (overview) and corporate video
Life Technologies Corporation was a biotech company, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, United States.
HISTORY
Life Technologies was founded in 2008 through the merger of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc.
In 2014, Life Technologies was acquired by Thermo Fisher.
PRODUCTS
- Applied Biosystems – research equipment for genotyping, genetic and forensic DNA analysis, food verification, animal health, pharmaceutical cleaning and analysis, PCR, influenza research, stem cell research, and laser microdissection;
- Ambion – products for isolation, detection, quantification, amplification and characterization of RNA (from bacteria, tissues, cells, yeast, blood, etc.);
- Gibco – materials and solutions for cell culture;
- Invitrogen – molecular biology applications (genomic, drug, proteome research, cellular analysis);
- Molecular Probes – fluorescence labeling and detection products for cell biology, nanotechnology and antibody laboratories;
- Novex – products for the purification, isolation, quantification and analysis of proteins (SDS-PAGE, antibody technology, Western blot);
- TaqMan – research products for gene expression (RT-PCR), miRNA, protein analysis, SNP genotyping;
- Ion Torrent – supplier of ion semiconductor DNA sequencing systems.
With more than 10.000 employees, Life Technologies Corporation was considered one of the Largest Public Companies in the World, according to Forbes.
*Information from Forbes.com, Wikipedia.org, and Lifetechnologies.com
**Video published on YouTube by “Life Technologies“