Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.'s Trans-Blot® Turbo™ Transfer System Wins SelectScience Scientists’ Choice Award for Best New Life Science Product of 2011

Hercules, CA — May 14, 2012 — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.’s Trans-Blot® Turbo™ protein transfer system was awarded the Scientists’ Choice Award for Best New Life Science Product of 2011. The awards, presented by SelectScience, an online publication for life scientists, celebrate the latest laboratory equipment making a difference in labs. Honorees were chosen by SelectScience’s members in the research community.

More than 30,000 members of SelectScience were invited to nominate their favorite products of 2011. Nominations were narrowed down to a short list of the most popular products within each category and members were then invited to vote for a winner in each category. Honorees were announced at two major life science conferences held in April: the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and Analytica.

The Trans-Blot Turbo is a rapid, efficient, and reliable blotting system that allows researchers to transfer proteins from gel to membrane in as little as three minutes in a reproducible fashion. The system is also an integral part of Bio-Rad’s new V3 Western Workflow™, a portfolio of products that cuts time to results in half and provides quality control checkpoints throughout the immunoblotting process.

“We are honored to receive such a notable recognition from SelectScience’s highly regarded community of scientists,” said Ryan Short, Western Blotting Marketing Manager. “This award reflects Bio-Rad’s commitment to developing solutions that align with the needs of the research community.”

To learn more about the speed and efficiency the Trans-Blot Turbo transfer system offers, visit www.bio-rad.com/ad/tbt.

About Bio-Rad

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) has remained at the center of scientific discovery for more than 50 years, manufacturing and distributing a broad range of products for the life science research and clinical diagnostic markets. The company is renowned worldwide among hospitals, universities, major research institutions, as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, for its commitment to quality and customer service. Founded in 1952, Bio-Rad is headquartered in Hercules, California, and serves more than 100,000 research and industry customers worldwide through its global network of operations. The company employs over 7,100 people globally and had revenues exceeding $2 billion in 2011. For more information, visit www.bio-rad.com.

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