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From 2011.igem.org

iGEM HQ is proud to announce Life Technologies as a sponsor for this year's iGEM competition. In addition to their sponsorship, Life Technologies is also providing to registered iGEM teams a discount program on a variety of products! See the announcement below for more details.

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Life Technologies and iGEM Announcement

Life Technologies Joins iGEM Competition as 2011 Partner

[http://lifetech.com Life Technologies] is honored this year to be a Partner-level sponsor of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition. In celebration of that partnership, Life Technologies is pleased to offer a discount on all relevant products to registered iGEM participants. Teams interested in participating in this discount program should contact their local Life Technologies sales representatives for details. At Life Technologies, we believe synthetic biology will change the way we identify and cure diseases, create energy, optimize industrial processing, and produce food. Through our innovative array of research tools and applied market solutions—including strategic technology platforms such as protein and gene engineering, host strain development, and instruments for metabolic characterization and screening—we offer the synthetic biology market predictability, adaptability, scalability, and confidence. For additional information on synthetic biology products and innovations from Life Technologies, go to [http://www.invitrogen.com/geneart www.invitrogen.com/geneart].

About Life Technologies

[http://lifetech.com Life Technologies] is a global biotechnology company dedicated to improving the human condition. Our systems, consumables, and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific and medical advancements that make life even better. Life Technologies customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance the fields of discovery and translational research, molecular medicine, stem cell–based therapies, food safety and animal health, and 21st century forensics. The company’s industry-leading brands are found in nearly every life sciences lab in the world, and include innovative instrument systems under the Applied Biosystems® and Ion Torrent™ names, as well as a broad range of reagents via its Invitrogen™, Gibco®, Ambion®, Molecular Probes®, Novex®, and TaqMan® brands. For more information, go to [http://www.lifetechnologies.com www.lifetechnologies.com].

Daniel Schroen, PhD
Director, Market Development
Synthetic Biology Applications
Life Technologies
Phone: +1 (760) 918-3046
daniel . schroen (at) lifetech . com

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