CORBETT LIFE SCIENCE

Corbett Life Science Pty., Ltd. designs, manufactures, and internationally distributes instrumentation systems for the life sciences. The company offers Rotor-Gene, a DNA amplification system; CAS-1200, a PCR setup robot; the CAS-4200 and CAS-4800 precision liquid handling workstations; X-tractor Gene, a nucleic acid extraction system; Palm-Cycler, a gradient thermal cycler with a palmtop computer interface; and CorProtocol, a reagent for DNA preparation on the X-tractor Gene system. It also off... ers Vapor-Lock, a PCR encapsulation barrier; high resolution melt, a instrumentation that provides acute thermal and optical precision, high speed data acquisition, and new software tools for data analysis used for gene scanning, sequence matching, genotyping, quantitative allelotyping, and quantitative DNA methylation analysis; and the Gel-Scan 3000, a automated DNA sequencer and fragment analyzer. In addition, the company provides automation for RNA/DNA extraction, liquid handling robotics, and real time DNA amplification and analysis to laboratories across the United States. It has operation in North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The company has a strategic partnership with Sigma-Aldrich. Corbett Life Science Pty. Ltd. was formerly known as Bio-Molecular Holdings Pty. Limited. Corbett Life Science Pty., Ltd. was founded in 1988 and is based in Sydney, Australia. It has operating units in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia; Cambridgeshire, the United Kingdom; and San Francisco, the United States. As of July 1, 2008, Corbett Life Science Pty., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Qiagen NV.