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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc, has recently announced a new upgrade programme that includes the donation of reconditioned Thermo Scientific NanoDrop 1000 spectrophotometers to academic   institutions   in developing countries. Owners of a NanoDrop 1000 UV-Vis  spectrophotometer can trade in their current instrument and receive a $1,500 credit with the  NanoDrop 2000 and NanoDrop 2000c purchase of a NanoDrop 2000 or NanoDrop 2000c UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Thermo Fisher will refurbish all traded-in instruments and donate them to Seeding Labs, an organisation that places scientific instrumentation in the academic institutions of developing nations.

Providing refurbished NanoDrop 1000 instruments through Seeding Labs supports scientific research in these countries and NanoDrop instruments are ideal candidates for this programme because they are easy to use and require no consumables. Hrissi Samartzidou, Senior Global Director, marketing UV-Vis, Thermo Fisher Scientific NanoDrop, said, "When a new instrument arrives at a laboratory, another may be put out of service. Together with Seeding Labs we can ensure that these instruments continue to serve science, supporting and expanding scientific research in institutions that otherwise could not afford this technology."