Is Invitrogen the same as Life Technologies?

The Invitrogen brand and most of the brands acquired still exist on product packaging, although the overall company is called Life Technologies. In summer 2010, the company acquired the computer chip DNA sequencing company Ion Torrent Systems.

What company owns Invitrogen?

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Invitrogen/Parent organizations
With a handful of other local researchers, Turner founded Invitrogen in his Cardiff-by-the-Sea garage in 1987. Now called Life Technologies, the company was acquired April 15 by scientific instrumentation company Thermo Fisher for $13.6 billion.

When did Invitrogen become Life Technologies?

November 24, 2008
On November 21, Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems reported the successful completion of their merger transaction. The new company, Life Technologies, will be traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “LIFE” beginning November 24, 2008.

What happened to Invitrogen?

We are only retiring the Life Technologies brand. As a result, the Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Gibco and Ion Torrent brands have transitioned from Life Technologies to Thermo Fisher Scientific. In addition, the Molecular Probes, Novex and Ambion brands have become product line names under the Invitrogen brand.

When did Life Technologies merge with Invitrogen?

GIBCO (Grand Island Biological Company) had been founded around 1960 in New York; in 1983 GIBCO merged with a reagent company called Bethesda Research Laboratories and the merged company was named Life Technologies. In 2000, Invitrogen acquired Life Technologies and discontinued that name.

What kind of company is Life Technologies Corporation?

Biotech company. Life Technologies Corporation was a biotech company founded in November 2008 through a US$6.7 billion merger of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc.

What kind of products does Invitrogen Corporation make?

Invitrogen Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets more than 10,000 products for customers involved in life sciences research and the commercial manufacture of genetically engineered products. The company’s research kits are used to simplify and improve gene cloning, gene expression, and gene analysis.

When was Life Technologies acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific?

Life Technologies was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in January, 2014. Our innovative life science, applied science, and clinical products are now found under the Applied Biosystems™, Invitrogen™, Gibco™, Ion Torrent™, and Molecular Probes™ brands. Home page Shop all products.