In the early 1950s, an influenza epidemic took Hungary by storm leading to a shortage of laboratory equipment. This is where Gyula Takátsy, a Hungarian medical doctor, microbiologist and inventor comes in. Seeing how strained his country was because of the pandemic, Takátsy went on to develop the first microplate thus providing the market with an efficient and low-cost method for identifying the influenza virus. We at Boston Laboratory Equipment honor Dr. Gyula Takátsy by providing our customers with quality microplate readers and microplate washers at an affordable price.