Applied Biosystems is a company providing instruments and reagents for academic and clinical research
Applied Biosystems is a company that looks to offer tools and instruments for the purpose of accelerating clinical research. The company was founded by Leroy Hood and Marvin Caruthers in 1998, in Foster City, California, United States.
The company is interested in providing for clinical research, drug discovery, pathogenic detection and development, environmental analysis, and DNA analysis. Applied Biosystems provides real-time PCR instruments, instruments for Sanger sequencing, microarray research services, rapid identification systems, and PCR thermal cyclers.