Invitrogen picks up two new businesses.Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Invitrogen Corp. recently acquired two businesses, which will be wrapped into its Molecular Probes Molecular Probes is a biotechnology company located in Eugene, Oregon specializing in fluorescence. The company was founded in 1975 by Richard and Rosaria Haugland in their kitchen in Minnesota, then moved briefly to Texas and finally to Oregon in the early 1980s. division in Eugene, the company announced Thursday. About 15 to 20 researchers and other professionals will relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to Eugene from the acquired businesses, said Augie Sick, general manager of Molecular Probes. And there may be more growth on the way, Sick said, as Invitrogen continues to grow from within, and through acquisitions and licensing agreements. Invitrogen, a life science technology company with headquarters in Carlsbad, Calif., bought Quantum Dot (physics) quantum dot - (Or "single-electron transistor") A location capable of containing a single electrical charge; i.e., a single electron of Coulomb charge. Physically, quantum dots are nanometer-size semiconductor structures in which the presence or absence of a quantum Corp., based in Hayward, Calif., and the BioPixels unit of BioCrystal Ltd., based in Westerville, Ohio Westerville is a city in Franklin and Delaware Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus. The population was 35,318 at the 2000 census. Geography Westerville is located at (40.123496, -82. . Invitrogen also entered a licensing agreement with Georgia Tech Research Corporation The Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) is an organization that supports research and technological development at Georgia Tech. It was founded in 1937 as the Industrial Development Council to be a contract organization for the Engineering Experiment Station. . Terms of these agreements were not disclosed. With these additions, Invitrogen can create new products that will enable researchers to better visualize and understand cellular processes, molecular interactions, and other factors critical to diagnosing and treating disease, the company said. Molecular Probes is the world's leader in organic dyes used as fluorescent fluorescent having the quality of fluorescence. fluorescent antibody see fluorescence microscopy. fluorescent antibody test see fluorescence microscopy. probes to label and detect cell functions and activity within cells. Both Quantum Dot and BioPixels are involved in the cutting-edge field of semiconductor nanocrystals, an inorganic inorganic /in·or·gan·ic/ (in?or-gan´ik) 1. having no organs. 2. not of organic origin. in·or·gan·ic n. 1. labeling and detection technology. Quantum Dot employs the tiny nanocrystals to emit TO EMIT. To put out; to send forth, 2. The tenth section of the first article of the constitution, contains various prohibitions, among which is the following: No state shall emit bills of credit. bright light in a range of colors not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color . BioPixels provides coatings and metal alloys for the semiconductor nanocrystals. By offering both organic and inorganic labeling and detection technologies, Invitrogen is putting more tools in researchers' hands, Sick said. "It broadens what we're already doing today," he said. "There are applications where organic dyes are the best out there, but if you're trying to probe deeper into tissues or look at something in an animal over time, a quantum dot can be the best choice," he said. About a month ago, two researchers and two manufacturing scientists who formerly worked for BioPixels were relocated to Eugene from Ohio, Sick said. They're settling in, enjoying their work at Molecular Probes and their new home in Eugene, he said. Including the four transfers, Molecular Probes employs 262 workers, said Invitrogen spokesman Eric Endicott. Quantum Dot's work force was reduced to 28 from about 50, which included part-timers and contractors, Sick said. About 10 to 15 of those researchers and manufacturing and marketing professionals will be relocated to Eugene. It was unclear Thursday whether Quantum Dot will maintain any presence in Hayward, Sick said. Meanwhile, construction at Molecular Probes continues on a 60,000-square-foot building, which will house 65 chemists and 65 to 70 biologists, who will be moved from other buildings on the company's 14-acre campus. The building is scheduled to be completed in January. |
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