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Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces SuperFrost Excell Adhesion Slides at ACHEMA 2009

FRANKFURT (May 11, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the addition of an adhesion slide to its growing microscope product line at ACHEMA 2009. The Thermo Scientific SuperFrost Excell adhesion slides offer exceptional adhesion and wettability properties that make them ideal for various applications, including histology, cytology, microbiology and hematology. The slides will be displayed on booth B1-C11, Hall 6.1 at ACHEMA 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany, from May 11 – 15.

SuperFrost Excell™ is the latest introduction to Thermo Fisher’s innovative adhesion slide range. All Thermo Scientific adhesion-coated slides are made of extra-white glass and fulfill the highest demands for quality. An advanced adhesive coating on the surface reliably fixes the cell and tissue samples onto the slide, making time-consuming coating processes and costly adhesives unnecessary. The new SuperFrost Excell adhesion slides utilize writable frosted ends, eliminating the need for paper labels.

The advanced adhesive technology of Thermo Scientific SuperFrost Excell slides is ideally suited for high-temperature and high-pH applications, including heat induced epitope retrieval (HIER), automated staining, plastic, laser capture microdissection (LCM) and cell culture applications. The uniform hydrophillic surface performs well with aqueous reagents, and its unique adhesion properties allow the specimen to adhere during difficult processing. SuperFrost Excell slides are specifically developed for use in HIER methods that require high pH antigen retrieval solutions, including ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) Formalin-fixed, paraffin-imbedded tissue demonstrates more consistent attachment when performing these procedures on the Excell surface.

Thermo Scientific SuperFrost Excell adhesion slides have an advanced uniform hydrophilic surface for superior wettability that works extremely well with automated staining procedures. Excell slides also work well for plastic sections such as epon and methyl methacrylate. The uniform hydrophilic surface allows the sections to spread well during initial attachment to maintain section adherence throughout difficult staining procedures.

A unique feature of the SuperFrost Excell slide is that it provides excellent tissue adherence of all tissue types, yet the innovative adhesion characteristics do not interfere with specimen release during laser capture microdissection (LCM). For cell culture applications, Excell surface technology conditions the surface to enhance the attachment of anchorage-dependent cell lines, including many fastidious lines, such as primary neuronal cells. Attachment and proliferation is increased so cells achieve a confluent monolayer sooner.

The Thermo Scientific microscope slide product line includes diagnostic slides, microscope cover slips, microarrays and lifter slips, microscope slides and SuperFrost Printink slides.

For more information about the new Thermo Scientific SuperFrost Excell adhesion slides, please visit the Thermo Scientific booth B1-C11 in Hall 6.1 at ACHEMA 2009. Alternatively, please call +49 531 590080, e-mail menzel.marketing@thermofisher.com or visit www.thermo.com/menzel.

Thermo Scientific is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science.

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About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With annual revenues of $10.5 billion, we have approximately 34,000 employees and serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control settings. Serving customers through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. The Thermo Scientific brand represents a complete range of high-end analytical instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in healthcare, scientific research, safety and education. Together, we offer the most convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously advance our technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and fuel growth for shareholders and employees alike. Visit www.thermofisher.com.

For further press information please contact: Karina Schöngen Tel: +49 0531 5900837 Email: Karina.Schoengen@thermofisher.com

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