The Scientist's 5th Annual Top 10 Innovations Competition

Submit your cutting-edge product to The Scientist Top Ten Innovations of 2012 contest and see which ones win!

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Use this form to submit information about your cutting-edge, life-sciences technology for consideration by a panel of expert judges. The ten winners will be the subject of a feature article in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist. For the last four years, the article covering this competition has been one of our most widely read. If you have any questions, contact us at innovate2012@the-scientist.com

Eligibility rules: An “innovation” is defined as any product that researchers use in a lab: machines, instruments, tools, cell lines, made-to-order labels, etc. Products released on or after October 1, 2011 are eligible.

Entries accepted from August 1 to September 19, 2012.


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  • From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.

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