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EX. 23.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Harvard Apparatus, Inc.:
We consent to the inclusion of our report dated February 25, 2000, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Harvard Apparatus, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and comprehensive
income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1999 which report appears in this Registration Statement, and
to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in this Registration
Statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
September 18, 2000
