Applied Biosystems to Webcast Presentations at Two March Healthcare Conferences

Business Wire, March 11, 2008

Presenting March 18 at the Cowen & Co. Annual Healthcare Conference and March 19 at the Lehman Brothers Annual Global Healthcare Conference

FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, will webcast its presentations at two upcoming financial conferences. Mark Stevenson, President of Applied Biosystems, will present at the Cowen & Co. 28th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. ET, and at the Lehman Brothers Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, March 19, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Both presentations will include an update on the Applied Biosystems' business with a focus on the Group's growth strategy.

Interested parties may access the live webcasts and replays by visiting the Investors & Media section of the Applied Biosystems web site at http://ir.appliedbiosystems.com or the Applera web site at www.applera.com. It is suggested that listeners access the webcasts 15 minutes before they are scheduled to begin. The webcast replays will be archived on the Presentations page of the Investors section of each website.

About Applera Corporation and Applied Biosystems

Applera Corporation consists of two operating groups. Applied Biosystems serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services. Customers use these tools to analyze nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), small molecules, and proteins to make scientific discoveries and develop new pharmaceuticals. Applied Biosystems' products also serve the needs of some markets outside of life science research, which we refer to as "applied markets," such as the fields of: human identity testing (forensic and paternity testing); biosecurity, which refers to products needed in response to the threat of biological terrorism and other malicious, accidental, and natural biological dangers; and quality and safety testing, such as testing required for food and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Applied Biosystems is headquartered in Foster City, CA, and reported sales of approximately $2.1 billion during fiscal 2007. The Celera Group is a diagnostics business delivering personalized disease management through a combination of products and services incorporating proprietary discoveries. Berkeley HeartLab, a subsidiary of Celera, offers services to predict cardiovascular disease risk and optimize patient management. Celera also commercializes a wide range of molecular diagnostic products through its strategic alliance with Abbott and has licensed other relevant diagnostic technologies developed to provide personalized disease management in cancer and liver diseases. Information about Applera Corporation, including reports and other information filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available at http://www.applera.com, or by telephoning 800.762.6923. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and Applera does not undertake any duty to update this information unless required by law.

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