From the instrument to the record

Each instrument result goes into the lab's software.

1Laboratory instruments ↓Instruments that separate, measure, sequence andimage samples.Thermo Fisher ScientificAgilent TechnologiesWaters Corp.Evident MicroscopyRevvityIlluminaSCIEXCytivaSartoriusBeckman Coulter Life SciencesMolecular DevicesPerkinElmerGuardant Health2Lab management software ↓Software that connects instruments, recordsresults and runs the lab.Caliber TechnologiesZageno Inc.Scitara Corp.Binocseach result1Laboratory instruments ↓Instruments that separate, measure,sequence and image samples.Thermo Fisher ScientificAgilent TechnologiesWaters Corp.Evident MicroscopyRevvityIlluminaSCIEXCytivaSartoriusBeckman Coulter Life SciencesMolecular DevicesPerkinElmerGuardant Health2Lab management software ↓Software that connects instruments,records results and runs the lab.Caliber TechnologiesZageno Inc.Scitara Corp.Binocs

Box 1 tests the sample. Each result goes to box 2, which records it, connects the instruments and runs the lab. Tap a title in the diagram to jump to its companies.

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Laboratory instruments 13 companies

Labs use instruments to separate chemicals, measure their weight, read DNA, grow cells and take images of them.

Thermo Fisher Scientific logoThermo Fisher ScientificThermo Fisher, with engineers in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, is the largest maker of lab instruments and supplies.Bengaluru · HyderabadHiring now
Agilent Technologies logoAgilent TechnologiesAgilent, with engineers in Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad, makes instruments that separate and measure chemicals in drug companies' labs.Hyderabad · Delhi NCR · Bengaluru
Waters Corp. logoWaters Corp.Waters, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes the instruments drug companies use to check the quality of their medicines.BengaluruHired recently
Evident Microscopy logoEvident MicroscopyEvident, formerly Olympus's scientific business, makes microscopes and their imaging software.BengaluruHired recently
Revvity logoRevvityRevvity makes instruments for drug discovery. It is the other business the old PerkinElmer was divided into.Hyderabad · MumbaiHired recently
Illumina logoIlluminaIllumina, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes the sequencers that read most of the world's DNA.BengaluruHired recently
SCIEX logoSCIEXSCIEX makes mass spectrometers, which measure the weight of molecules.Bengaluru
Cytiva logoCytivaCytiva makes equipment for making medicines grown in living cells.BengaluruHiring now
Sartorius logoSartoriusSartorius, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes bioreactors and filters for medicines grown in living cells.BengaluruHiring now
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences logoBeckman Coulter Life SciencesBeckman Coulter Life Sciences, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes centrifuges and instruments that count and sort cells.
Molecular Devices logoMolecular DevicesMolecular Devices, with engineers in Kolkata, makes instruments that read samples in plates and take images of cells.
PerkinElmer logoPerkinElmerPerkinElmer makes instruments for analysing samples. It is one of the two businesses the old PerkinElmer was divided into.
Guardant Health logoGuardant HealthGuardant Health runs a genetics laboratory.See alsoDiagnostics and lab testing
The tech, explainedChromatography and mass spectrometryCell analysis and lab imagingDNA sequencerBioreactor and bioprocessing
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Lab management software 4 companies

Labs use software to connect their instruments, record every sample and result, schedule people and machines, and buy supplies.

Caliber Technologies logoCaliber TechnologiesCaliber, with engineers in Hyderabad, sells software that records every sample and result, and quality and batch records.Hyderabad
Zageno Inc. logoZageno Inc.Zageno, with engineers in Bengaluru, runs a marketplace through which labs buy their supplies.Bengaluru
Scitara Corp. logoScitara Corp.Scitara, with engineers in Mumbai, connects a lab's instruments and systems so data flows between them without being copied by hand.
Binocs logoBinocsBinocs schedules a laboratory's people and instruments.
The tech, explainedLab instrument integrationLaboratory information management system (LIMS)Lab supplies procurement
How it all worksLab instruments and informaticsWhat is really in the tube?
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What's changing

The lab is starting to run itself.

Instruments, robots and software can now be joined so that an AI model plans the next experiment, robots run it and the results feed straight back. Scientists set the goal and check the results.

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Companies: ingrid's company map. Hiring signals: postings feed of 5 Nov 2026.