Sudbury, UK (4 July 2011) – Select Biosciences, are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Life Science Awards. Successful candidates were presented their awards by prestigious speakers and industry leaders at an evening ceremony, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg. The awards were a prelude to the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, Europe’s first and largest event dedicated to Life Science automation.
The finalists were nominated by their peers for awards in one of seven scientific and commercial categories. Entrees were judged by leading figures from industry and academia, many of whom were keynote speakers in one of the ten conference streams at the ELA event. The seven categories and winners were as follows:
- Most Innovative New Product - Pacific Bio, PacBio RS
- Business Leader of the Year - Dr Janet Wolfe, CEO, Wolfe Laboratories
- Most Effective Marketing Campaign - Molecular Devices, Online IonWorks Barracuda Product Launch
- Most Innovative New Service – Cellectis Bioresearch, Transcription Activator-Like Effective Nucleases (TALENS)
- Best New Company - Redd & Whyte Ltd
- Research Group of the Year - Phyton Biotech, Ahrensburg, Germany
- Investigator of the Year - Professor Naomi Chayen, Imperial College London, UK
To find out more about the Awards, please visit http://lifescienceawards.com.
Established in 1999, Select Biosciences provide event planning and consultancy services for the life science sector. A recipient of the 2010 Queens Award for International Trade, they provide a portfolio of over 40 events per year, focusing mainly on the drug discovery and development sectors.
