SelectScience celebrates 25 years of accelerating science

SelectScience^® has commemorated its 25-year legacy of innovation in digital science communication, enabling scientists to accelerate their work by informing them about the best laboratory products and technologies through peer-to-peer recommendation.

"We are thrilled to celebrate 25 years at the forefront of science communication and the remarkable achievements of scientists and manufacturers worldwide," said Kerry Parker, CEO of SelectScience. SelectScience’s digital publishing skills and high-quality content marketing programs have secured its place as a leader in the global scientific community, providing influential peer-to-peer content and lab product reviews that help connect scientists with trusted solutions.

Science communication success

The SelectScience website is an established provider of trusted product reviews and other valuable peer-to-peer content, including interviews with thought leaders that together help scientists to make important purchasing decisions about scientific equipment and services.

Over the past 25 years, the SelectScience team has had the privilege of working with the top scientific manufacturers, and world-leading scientists, institutes, and societies.

Highlights include coverage of the science behind the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, as well as interviews with Nobel laureates Dr. Richard Henderson and Sir James Fraser Stoddart filmed for SelectScience’s video platform, The Scientists’ Channel^®. A recent webinar also featured NASA scientist Sarah Stahl-Rommel.

The company’s role in spearheading global online communication in science has twice earned it the prestigious Queen’s Award, recently receiving the coveted 2021 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.

Since partnering with Vespa Capital investment in 2021, the business has grown tremendously. In the past 12 months, SelectScience has expanded across business functions including editorial and content creation, marketing roles, digital production, sales and digital tech, with increased opportunities for new roles in the team.

Accelerating science

Founded by Arif and Louise Butt in 1998, the company began with a vision to introduce peer-to-peer and digital marketing services to the scientific industry.

Today, SelectScience has gone from strength-to-strength, connecting scientists and scientific manufacturers with trusted information that supports advancements across multiple scientific disciplines, including infectious disease, cancer research, drug discovery, sustainability, food quality, clinical diagnostics, and many others.

In celebration of the 25-year milestone, SelectScience is hosting an extraordinary special feature dedicated to the visionary scientists and transformative technologies shaping our world.

The feature, titled ‘Accelerating Science: The people and technology changing the world’, includes an exclusive podcast series featuring interviews with trailblazers from across the scientific spectrum.

Kerry Parker commented, "The silver anniversary together with our special feature and podcast series, pays homage to the past, explores how scientists and manufacturers are accelerating science, and looks ahead to how we can work together to keep driving science forward in progressive and creative ways.”

Celebrations with partners worldwide

To commemorate the 25th anniversary, SelectScience hosted a dedicated celebration at Isambard Kingdom Brunel's iconic ship, the SS Great Britain, in Bristol, UK.

The event brought together a diverse audience of scientists, industry experts, and the SelectScience team to honor the company’s remarkable 25-year legacy and the achievements of scientists and manufacturers worldwide.

SelectScience will continue to celebrate this special 25-year anniversary with partners at key scientific conferences during its annual Scientists’ Choice Awards^®, which celebrate the best new technologies nominated and voted for by scientists and healthcare professionals.

About SelectScience

From its global HQ in Corston, Bath, SelectScience has been spearheading digital communication in science since it was founded in 1998, providing trusted information to scientists working across multiple scientific disciplines, including COVID-19, cancer research, drug discovery, sustainability, food quality, clinical diagnostics, and many others. In 2021, the company won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for the second time.

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