Introducing the Winners of the 2015 Scientists' Choice Awards

The winners of the 2015 Scientists' Choice Awards in the categories of Separations, Spectroscopy and General Lab were announced at Pittcon 2015 in New Orleans, LA. The lavish ceremony also saw the presentation of the new Reviewers' Choice Awards categories of Product of the Year, Company of the Year, and Customer Service of the Year. All the awards were nominated and voted for by SelectScience's global audience of purchasing scientists. Here is an in-depth look at the winning products and companies.

Best New General Lab Product of 2014

Kerry Parker, Editor-in-Chief of SelectScience (left) and Arif Butt, Founder and CEO of SelectScience (right), present Eppendorf with the award for the Multipette® M4/Repeater® M4 Eppendorf

Eppendorf's Multipette® M4/Repeater® M4 won the Best New General Lab Product of the Year award. The handheld serial pipetting instrument is designed to minimize the time and effort required for precise and highly accurate repeat dispensing tasks, and it is popular with SelectScience members - it currently has a 4.5-star overall rating. Review the Multipette® M4/Repeater® M4 here.

Best New Separations Product of 2014

Kerry Parker (left) and Arif Butt (right) present the award to Thermo Fisher Scientific

The Vanquish™ UHPLC System from Thermo Fisher Scientific won the award for Best New Separations Product of 2014. Are you using the Vanquish™ in your lab? Share your experiences with other scientists by writing a review.

Best New Spectroscopy Product of 2014

PerkinElmer were presented with the award for Best New Spectroscopy Product of 2014

The NexION 350 ICP-MS Spectrometers from PerkinElmer offers a data acquisition speed 10 times faster than any other ICP-MS on the market, which is perhaps why SelectScience's global audience of scientists voted it as Best New Spectroscopy Product of 2014. Share your experiences with the NexION 350 ICP-MS by writing a review.

Reviewers' Choice: Product of the Year 2015

Kerry Parker (left) and Arif Butt (right) present the Reviewer's Choice Award to Waters

With a huge 83 impartial reviews and an average overall rating of 4 stars, the ACQUITY UPLC System from Waters claimed the very first Reviewers' Choice Product of the Year 2015. Write your own review here.

Reviewers' Choice: Company of the Year 2015

The Company of the Year Award went to Thermo Fisher Scientific. Kerry Parker (left) and Arif Butt (right) presented the award

With more reviews than any other manufacturer, Thermo Fisher Scientific was the proud recipient of the Reviewers' Choice Award for Company of the Year 2015.

Reviewers' Choice: Customer Service of the Year 2015

Kerry Parker (left) and Arif Butt (right) present the Customer Service of the Year award to Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies won the first ever Reviewers' Choice Award for Customer Service of the Year 2015; the company was presented with the award at Pittcon 2015 in New Orleans, LA.