science . type private industry instruments equipment reagents and consumables for life science research manufacturing analysis discovery and diagnostics . founded 1995 headquarters san diego california usa key people ken fry ceo jeffrey boone vice president david ultis vice president website www.geneseesci.com www.flystuff.com www.wormstuff.com genesee scientific corporation is a manufacturer and distributor of products to global life science research markets . with thousands of products available its markets include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies colleges universities and secondary education institutions medical research institutions hospitals and reference labs and quality control process control and research and development laboratories . contents 1 history 2 innovations 2.1 drosophila research 3 registered trademarks 4 brands 5 citations 6 notes history edit 1995 genesee scientific founded by ken fry . 2003 acquired united scientific plastics usp a california bay area distributor of laboratory plasticware . 2007 acquired island scientific a seattle area distributor of laboratory plasticware . 2007 established east coast warehouse and offices located in research triangle park nc . 2009 acquired continental lab products clp brands . 2011 notable expansion of olympus product line of tissue culture supplies . 2013 formed strategic partnership with ge healthcare a worldwide market leader in life science research products . 2013 became an authorized eppendorf distribution partner a german based manufacturer of instruments and consumables . innovations edit the company has innovated the uprep column 1 used in deoxyribonucleic acid dna purification . the idea behind the uprep column is that most if not all nucleic acid purification or clean up kits come equipped with 10 15 % more reagent volume than is actually needed for the number of columns the kit contains . this means that for a kit with 100 columns you end up with enough reagent for another 10 to 15 preps after you run out of columns . normally this excess reagent is tossed out . uprep columns allow you to use this extra reagent for additional preps . genesee scientific has also been responsible for developing blue devil autoradiography film 2 which produces exceptional clarity and sharpness with extremely low backgrounds . blue devil film is used for blotting sequencing chemiluminescent autoradiography ecl and gel shift analysis . it is designed for use with 14c 35s 32p and 125i . drosophila research edit genesee scientific is the world leader in innovation for and supply to the drosophila fruit fly research community . drosophila are widely used as a model organism in the field of genetics . genesee scientific has been awarded three patents by the united states patent and trademark office for its revolutionary drosophila vial racking system patent numbers d673 296 s ; 8 136 679 b2 ; and 8 430 251 b2 . this drosophila vial racking system significantly decreases time spent racking vials and is more environmentally friendly compared to traditional vial packaging configurations . genesee scientific has also developed the first atlas of drosophila phenotypic markers available on mobile devices . genesee the drosophila app is a free tool providing researchers with a quick reference to various drosophila phenotypes and is a valuable teaching tool for new drosophila researchers . registered trademarks edit flugs cellulose acetate closures for vials reg . 3153821 gene choice competent cells for cloning reg . 4217346 genesee scientific reg . 3934361 next gen latex and nitrile exam gloves reg . 3439167 brands edit apex provides a variety of chemicals & reagents to the life science industry . blue devil provides film is used for autoradiography western blotting sequencing chemiluminescence and gel shift analysis . flystuff provides products and services specifically for the drosophila research community . gene choice provides competent cells for cloning applications . olympus provides plasticware provides products for general liquid handling and cell and tissue culture applications . titan provides powder free nitrile and latex examination gloves . citations edit following is a list of links to articles published in scientific journals that cite genesee scientific phylogeny of entelegyne spiders affinities of the family penestomidae new rank generic phylogeny of eresidae and asymmetric rates of change in spinning organ evolution araneae araneoidea entelegynae . molecular phylogenetics and evolution . 55 786 804 . doi 10.1016 j.ympev .2010.02.021 . ancient mtdna genetic variants modulate mtdna transcription and replication . plos genetics . 5 e1000474 . doi 10.1371 journal.pgen .1000474 . pmc 2673036 . pmid 19424428 . evaluation of the role of functional constraints on the integrity of an ultraconserved region in the genus drosophila . plos genetics . 8 e1002475 . doi 10.1371 journal.pgen .1002475 . adult circadian behavior in drosophila requires developmental expression of cycle but not period . plos genetics . 7 e1002167 . doi 10.1371 journal.pgen .1002167 . expression of linear and novel circular forms of an ink4 arf associated non coding rna correlates with atherosclerosis risk . plos genetics . 6 e1001233 . doi 10.1371 journal.pgen .1001233 . http www4.ncsu.edu jmalonso alonso stepanova plant dna 96.html http www.jove.com video 2641 isolation of drosophila melanogaster testes http www4.ncsu.edu jmalonso alonso stepanova plant dna 1.html http cda.currentprotocols.com wileycda cpunit refid cb0418.html http rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org content early 2010 04 08 rsbl.2010.0223.full.html http www.jove.com video 3786 endurance training protocol and longitudinal performance assays for drosophila melanogaster http www.jove.com video 2541 a simple way to measure ethanol sensitivity in flies notes edit campa michael 2007 . uprep universal spin filter column . retrieved march 19 2008 from biocompare dell emily a. bowman daniel rufty thomas shi wei . intensive management affects composition of betaproteobacterial ammonia oxidizers in turfgrass systems . microbial ecology . october 14 2007 . accessed on april 21 2008 from springerlink retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title genesee scientific & oldid 743674699 categories biotechnology companies of the united statescompanies based in san diegocompanies established in 1995research support companiesprivately held companies based in californialife sciences industry navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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