Thermo Fisher Scientific History
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Advanced General Science Knowledge
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100

This company was founded in 1902 by Chester G. Fisher in Pittsburgh.

What is Fisher Scientific?

100

Thermo Fisher entered the gene therapy manufacturing market with a $1.7 billion acquisition in 2019.

What is Brammer Bio?

100
  1. Thermo Fisher's headquarters is located in this U.S. state.

Question: What is Massachusetts?

What is Massachusetts?

100

This element, with the atomic number 6, is the basis of organic chemistry and forms the backbone of biological molecules.

What is Carbon?

100

This U.S. state, known for its Ivy League university, is the smallest by area.

What is Rhode Island?

200

In 2011, Thermo Fisher acquired this company to expand into allergy and autoimmune disease testing.

What is Phadia?

200

This technology, used by Thermo Fisher, allows for the sequencing of entire genomes.

What is Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)?

200

Thermo Fisher's revenue exceeded this amount in 2020.

What is $30 billion?

200

This planet, known for its extensive ring system, is the second-largest in our solar system.

What is Saturn?

200

This author, known for his complex narratives and exploration of existential themes, wrote "Crime and Punishment."

Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?

300

Thermo Fisher received emergency use authorization from the FDA for a test for this virus in March 2020.

What is SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)?

300

Thermo Fisher's instruments are used in this type of imaging, which provides detailed views of biological specimens.

What is Electron Microscopy?

300

Thermo Fisher has over this number of employees worldwide.

What is 80,000?

300

This gas, a noble gas with the atomic number 10, is used in neon signs and has a distinctive reddish-orange glow.

What is Neon?

300

This bird, known for its elaborate courtship dance, is native to New Guinea and Australia.

What is the Bird of Paradise?

400

This company, acquired by Thermo Fisher in 2019, is known for its molecular diagnostics.

What is Qiagen?

400

Thermo Fisher's acquisition of this company in 2016 expanded its capabilities in chromatography and mass spectrometry.

What is Affymetrix?

400

Thermo Fisher's products are used in this many countries.

What is over 150?

400

This physicist's uncertainty principle states that the position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely determined simultaneously.

Who is Werner Heisenberg?

400

This city, home to the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, is known as the City of Light.

What is Paris?

500

Thermo Fisher partnered with this company in 2019 to develop drug products for multiple sclerosis and Huntington's disease.

What is MMJ International Holdings?

500

This Thermo Fisher product line is essential for PCR testing.

What are TaqMan Assays?

500

Thermo Fisher's mission is to enable customers to make the world this.

What is healthier, cleaner, and safer?

500

This element, with the chemical symbol Hg, is the only metallic element that is liquid at room temperature.

What is Mercury?

500

This river, the longest in Asia, flows through China and is also known as the Chang Jiang.

What is the Yangtze River?