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Molecular Probes

Molecular Probes was a biotechnology company located in Eugene, Oregon specializing in fluorescence. The company was founded in 1975 by Richard and Rosaria Haugland in their kitchen in Minnesota, then moved briefly to Texas and finally to Oregon in the early 1980s.2 It employed 175 people in 1997.1 Its products include SYPRO Ruby and NanoOrange.1 It is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1975Founded1

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Molecular Probes was a biotechnology company located in Eugene, Oregon specializing in fluorescence. The company was founded in 1975 by Richard and Rosaria Haugland in their kitchen in Minnesota, then moved briefly to Texas and finally to Oregon in the early 1980s.2

Corporate structure

Molecular Probes is part of a group headed by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.. 1,172 entities, 39 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
    • Life Technologies 100% · Carlsbad, California, United States
      • INVITROGEN BIOSERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • FEI Company Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
    • Molecular Probes Eugene
    • Alfa Aesar Subsidiary · Haverhill
    • Brahms Subsidiary · Hennigsdorf, Germany
    • Invitrogen Subsidiary · Carlsbad
    • Pierce Biotechnology Subsidiary · Waltham
    • Thermo Electron Subsidiary · Waltham
      • Thermo Optek Subsidiary · United States
    • Thermo Fisher (Israel) Subsidiary · Ness Ziona, Israel
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finland) Subsidiary · Vantaa, Finland
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific (Germany) Subsidiary · Dreieich, Germany
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific (Sweden) Subsidiary · Uppsala, Sweden
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, UAB Subsidiary · Vilnius
    • 0972792 B.C. LTD Subsidiary · Canada
    • 236 Perinton Parkway, LLC Subsidiary · New York, United States
    • 27 Forge Parkway LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Abgene Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • ABII 2 Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • ACI Holdings Inc. Subsidiary · New York, United States
    • Acoustic Cytometry Systems, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AcroMetrix LLC Subsidiary · California, United States
    • Acros Organics Subsidiary · Geel, Belgium
    • Acurian, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Advanced Biotechnologies Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Advanced Scientifics International, Inc. Subsidiary · Pennsylvania, United States
    • and 1,149 more

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Products and brands

  • NanoOrange
  • SYPRO Ruby

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 19971751

Timeline

  1. Feb 3, 2014Acquired Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.1
  2. Jul 2, 2003Acquired Acquired by Invitrogen1
  3. 1975Founded Founded1

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