Thermo Fisher Scientific offers Great Value with Stock Up for Summer Initiative

EPSOM UK, (May 11, 2009) Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is offering scientists great value on a wide range of PCR and QPCR Thermo Scientific reagents and plastics via their “Stock Up for Summer” initiative – up to 50% savings can now be made on over 150 products. To make selection easy, simply use the data within the “Stock up for Summer” brochure which also includes a chart advising on the required detection chemistry relative to your QPCR cycler, allowing identification of the correct products that can give your laboratory savings today.

Savings can be made on Thermo Scientific ABsolute QPCR Mixes and ABsolute™ QPCR Master Mixes, which are designed to achieve the most consistent and reproducible data across all QPCR platforms. Thermo Scientific ABsolute Blue QPCR Mixes incorporate an inert blue dye to significantly enhance the contrast between reagent and plastic, making verification of master mix dispensing quick and easy, ensuring reproducible and accurate assay results. Thermo Scientific ABsolute Fast QPCR Mixes are also on offer, reducing QPCR run times to <1 hour by using the fast protocol. A fast QPCR cycler is not required to take advantage of this time saving - fast protocols can be performed using any QPCR cycler. Like the ABsolute Blue QPCR Mixes, ABsolute Fast QPCR Mixes also contain an inert blue dye - for quick, easy, foolproof verification of master mix dispensing thereby ensuring reproducible, accurate results. If you haven’t tried these products before, the Stock Up for Summer savings make this an ideal time to make a purchase.

A wide range of Thermo Scientifics’ industry-leading plastics are also included in the promotion. With options of 96-well and 384-well plates, as well as tubes and strips. This extensive offering also includes white plate options for QPCR users wishing to improve signal-to-noise ratios.

For standard PCR, Thermo Scientific Simpler Red DNA Polymerase is now available with 33% - 50% saving depending on pack size. Simpler Red contains an inert red dye that turns the reaction mix light red to indicate that the Taq DNA Polymerase has been added, thereby minimizing pipetting errors. Similar savings are also available on DNA Polymerase and Taq DNA Polymerase Kits (containing dNTPs). For High Yield PCR, products on offer include Thermo Scientific ThermoPrime Taq DNA Polymerase with ReddyMix Buffer, Kits (containing dNTPs) and Master Mixes. The inert red dye in the reaction buffer allows error free pipetting, simplifies PCR setup and improves PCR reproducibility. Additionally, precipitant within the products enable the direct loading of the completed PCR reaction on to agarose gels, significantly reducing post-PCR handling time. Hot-Start PCR users can also benefit from savings on products such as Thermo Scientific Thermo-Start Taq DNA Polymerase, Kits (contain dNTPs) and Master Mixes.

The “Stock up for Summer” booklet that can be downloaded from

http://www.abgene.com/literature/spring_promo_09_uk.pdf All offers are valid until 31/05/09 so download the booklet and start reaping benefits for your laboratory today.

Toby Hampshire is the Product Marketing Manager PCR at Thermo Scientific Genomics. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science. For more inforation please visit www.thermofisher.com

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With annual revenues of $10.5 billion, we have approximately 34,000 employees and serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control settings. Serving customers through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in healthcare, scientific research, safety and education. Together, we offer the most convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously advance our technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and fuel growth for shareholders and employees alike. Visit www.thermofisher.com.

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