Billerica, Massachusetts and DUBLIN, Ireland — February 9, 2010 — Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, and the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI), a consortium of academic, clinical and industry partners based in Dublin, today announced that Millipore has joined BDI as a full industrial member, paving the way for joint research and development in critical areas of life science.