The world’s most innovative, exciting and effective new general lab, separations and spectroscopy technologies have been recognized at a glitzy awards ceremony at Pittcon 2020. Winners of the 2020 Scientists’ Choice Awards® for General Lab, Separations and Spectroscopy were announced by SelectScience Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Kerry Parker to an audience of industry leaders and scientists in Chicago. Now in their 13th year, the annual Scientists’ Choice Awards recognize the new technologies which have had the greatest impact on global scientific advancement. More scientists than ever have got involved this year by nominating and voting for their favorite lab products online. Read on as we reveal your chosen winners...
The award for Best New General Lab Product of 2019 goes to the Cubis® II laboratory balance from Sartorius Group.
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Designed to deliver the utmost flexibility, reliability and highest performance, the 8890 GC system by Agilent Technologies has been named Best New Separations Product of 2019.
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Scientists worldwide voted the InfinityLab Liquid Chromatography/Mass Selective Detector iQ (LC/MSD iQ) by Agilent Technologies the Best New Spectroscopy Product of 2019.
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The winning video, ‘Analysis of pesticides in cannabis products’, features scientist Dr. Nathaly Reyes Garcés, R&D/applications chemist Colton Myers and Business Development Manager, Ashlee Gerardi, all from Restek, sharing their expertise on cannabis testing workflows and method development.
This award goes to our fascinating interview with Dr. Claudio Ciferri, head of cryo-EM at Genentech, produced in partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific and titled ‘Delivering the undeliverable: Enabling structural drug discovery through high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy’.
In this new category, the winner is our popular ‘HPLC: Improved sample preparation for high-sensitivity analysis’ eBook, produced in partnership with Sartorius Group. Regina Dubois, Global Campaigns Manager at Sartorius Group, commented; “My colleagues and I are honored that our eBook has been recognized by SelectScience, as we consistently strive to facilitate scientific discovery by providing relevant technical content to scientists. SelectScience is a preferred partner for us, given its strong brand recognition among scientists and its ability to distribute key content to the right technical audiences.”
BUCHI collects this year’s award for the email ‘How to reduce hazards in chromatography’.
The winner was ‘Improving Analytical Method Performance Through Quality Risk Management and a Design of Experiments Approach,’ presented by Tran Pham, Business Development Manager at Waters and Joseph A. Turpin, Director, Chromatography Products and Services from S-Matrix Corporation.
This award goes to Metrohm AG for receiving consistently high customer review ratings across multiple products on SelectScience during 2019.
Wyatt Technology Corp. wins this coveted award in recognition of its high ratings from customers for after-sales service throughout 2019.
SelectScience also presented two prized Bronze Seal of Quality trophies to VistaLab Technologies for two products that have consistently received multiple positive reviews from scientists on SelectScience.
Learn more about The Scientists' Choice Awards.