Thermo Fisher creates mobile app for gene researchers

Posted: October 10, 2012 at 3:11 pm

Thermo Fisher Scientific has created a new mobile app for researchers.

Scientists and students alike can now search research and news articles relating to gene and protein research thanks to a new mobile app created and offered by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO).

The Waltham scientific instruments and services provider developed the free Gene News mobile app for iPhone and Android devices to give researchers access to gene research so that they spend less time searching for articles and more time in the lab, Thermo Fisher said Tuesday.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has been very active across the business units with developing and launching mobile apps, according to Neal Kitchen, a product manager at Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Research.

"Smartphones have become very important resource tools in the lab for researchers," Kitchen said. "So, we wanted to develop a science-focused app that helped researchers easily navigate and manage the constant stream of new information found daily in publications, patents, and the news."

"The Thermo Scientific Gene News App was designed for this purpose. As we were developing the app, it was such a useful and convenient tool for our own scientists that we knew it would be even more functional for the rest of the science community, he added.

The app allows students and researchers to:

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