The Life Science Industry Awards (LSIAs) acknowledge innovative products that have been introduced over the past year that contribute to the progress of science. The LSIAs are selected by BioInformatics, a Science and Medicine Group company, which draws on its network of scientific experts and lab personnel to choose the winners.

This year's LSIA winners represent a cross section of major laboratory equipment and consumable providers. The solutions address many of the most prominent developments in the life sciences, including CRISPR, single-cell genomics, and protein analysis. These innovative products illustrate the success of commercialized technologies meeting scientists' evolving R&D needs.

"The companies we honor with these prestigious awards are innovators who enable academic, clinical, and pharma/biotech scientists to make new discoveries and diagnoses," Bill Kelly, president of BioInformatics and founder of The Science Advisory Board, said in a statement. "We're proud to have supported them as they seek to enable the discovery of new genes, new cellular mechanisms, new protein functions, and, ultimately, the discovery of new treatments that make lives better."

Most Innovative New Product: Cell Biology

• 10x Genomics (Gold Award) for its Chromium X instrument
• Corning (Silver Award) for its HepGo Assay-ready 3D Liver Spheroid Kit
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bronze Award) for its Gibco Human Plasma-Like Medium

Most Innovative New Product: Genomics

• Integrated DNA Technologies (Gold Award) for its rhAmpSeq CRISPR Analysis System
• Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Silver Award) for its Emnetik System
• Roche (Bronze Award) for its Avenio Tumor Tissue Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Kit

Most Innovative New Product: Protein Analysis

• Sartorius (Gold Award) for its Octet R series analysis platforms
• Waters (Silver Award) for its Acquity Premier System
• Bio-Techne (Bronze Award) for its Abby automated Western blotting system