sentences:  In 2006, Applied Biosystems acquired the Research Products Division of Ambion, a supplier of RNA-based reagents and products.That year, with the Influenza A Subtype H5N1 "avian flu" strain scare, the company launched a global initiative to identify and track such infectious diseases.In 2006, Applied Biosystems also acquired Agencourt Personal Genomics, located in Beverly, MA, to commercialize Agencourt's SOLiD sequencing system.