Genesee Scientific

History

Genesee Scientific was founded by Ken Fry in 1995 as a provider of supplies to laboratories located along Genesee Avenue in University City, San Diego.

Today, Genesee Scientific serves life science laboratories around the United States and the world.

Timeline

• 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 - Expansion of Olympus Plastics product line of tissue culture supplies.
• 2013 - Became an authorized Eppendorf distribution partner, a Germany-based manufacturer of instruments and consumables.
• 2016 - Introduction of Prometheus product line, proprietary products for protein biology research.
• 2017 - Launched GenClone product line, a full line of cell culture media products centered around ultra-pure, high-performance fetal bovine sera.
• 2021 - Acquired by LLR, a private equity firm investing in technology and healthcare businesses.

Innovations

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..

Registered trademarks

• Genesee Scientific (Reg. #: 3934361)
• Flowbuddy  (Reg. #: 5617401)
• Flystuff, Drosophila research supplies and equipment (Reg. #: 5617401)
• Flugs, Cellulose acetate closures for vials (Reg. #: 3153821)
• INVICTUS, Incubators (Reg. #: 5617401)
• INVICTUS NEXT-GEN, Incubators (Reg. #: 5867956)
• Nutri-fly, Media for Drosophila research (Reg. #: 5626165)
• Droso-Plugs, Foam closures for vials (Reg. #: 5773033)
• SUPERBULK, Bulk supplies offering less packaging and smaller footprint (Reg. #: 5867964)
• GenClone, High-performance cell culture media products (Reg. #: 5322208 )
• Gene Choice, Competent cells for cloning (Reg. #: 4217346)
• NEXT-GEN, Latex and nitrile exam gloves (Reg. #: 3439167)
• UPrep, Spin columns for DNA and RNA purification (Reg. #: 3153821)
• Prometheus, Proprietary protein biology research products (Reg. #: 5322104)
• SECadex, Size exclusion chromatography media (Reg. #: 5322241)
• ProSignal, Electrophoresis, blotting, and detection reagents; X-ray film (Reg. #: 5322254)

Brands

• 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.
• Droso-Plugs
• Flowbuddy
• Flystuff provides products and services specifically for the Drosophila research community.
• The Flyer
• Gene Choice provides competent cells for cloning applications.
• GenClone provides cell culture media, sera (FBS), buffers, and reagents for cell and tissue culture.
• GC10
• GCS
• NEXT-GEN
• Nutri-fly provides nutrient balanced media formulations specifically for Drosophila melanogaster.
• Olympus Plastics provides plasticware for general liquid handling and cell and tissue culture applications.
• Poseidon provides ergonomic liquid handling equipment including precision pipettes and pipet controllers.
• Prometheus provides protein separation/purification resins and Western blotting reagents and consumables.
• SECadex
• TITAN provides powder-free nitrile and latex examination gloves.
• UPrep provides spin columns for DNA and RNA (nucleic acid) purification.
• Wormstuff

Citations

Following is a list of links to articles published in scientific journals that cite Genesee Scientific:

• https://www4.ncsu.edu/~jmalonso/Alonso-Stepanova_Plant_DNA_96.html
• https://www.jove.com/video/2641/isolation-of-drosophila-melanogaster-testes
• https://www4.ncsu.edu/~jmalonso/Alonso-Stepanova_Plant_DNA_1.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225004/http://cda.currentprotocols.com/WileyCDA/CPUnit/refId-cb0418.html
• https://archive.today/20130616104258/http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/04/08/rsbl.2010.0223.full.html
• https://www.jove.com/video/3786/endurance-training-protocol-and-longitudinal-performance-assays-for-drosophila-melanogaster
• https://www.jove.com/video/2541/a-simple-way-to-measure-ethanol-sensitivity-in-flies

Notes

References

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4. Godfrey, Emily. (2021-10-19). "LLR Partners Completes a Growth Investment in Genesee Scientific".