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 <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;1, 2006.</font></b></a></p> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p> </div>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">under</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">BRUKER BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>Delaware</b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">04-3110160</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State of
  Incorporation)</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer
  Identification Number)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">40 Manning Road<br>
Billerica, Massachusetts 01821<br>
</font></b>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;">BRUKER BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;">AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the Plan)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D.<br>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
Bruker BioSciences Corporation<br>
40 Manning Road<br>
Billerica, MA 01821<br>
</font></b><font style="font-weight:normal;">(Name and address of agent
for service)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(978) 663-3660<br>
</font></b><font style="font-weight:normal;">(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">copy to:</font></i></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard M. Stein<br>
Nixon Peabody LLP<br>
100 Summer Street<br>
Boston, Massachusetts 02110<br>
(617) 345-1000</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;each&nbsp;class&nbsp;of<br>
  securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;registered</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.7%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:8.0pt;"><br>
  </font>Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.7%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;maximum<br>
  offering&nbsp;price<br>
  per&nbsp;share</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.32%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.7%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;maximum<br>
  aggregate<br>
  offering&nbsp;price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.32%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.7%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:8.0pt;"><br>
  </font>Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  registration&nbsp;fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  2000 Stock Option Plan Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,680,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.27(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,533,600(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Also
registered hereunder are such additional number of shares of Common Stock,
presently indeterminable, as may be necessary to satisfy the antidilution
provisions of the Plan to which this Registration Statement relates.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Computed
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low
selling price per share of Bruker BioSciences Corporation&#146;s Common Stock on the
Nasdaq National Market on August 25, 2006.</p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTE</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration
Statement is being filed solely for the purpose of registering 1,680,000
additional shares of Common Stock of Bruker BioSciences Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;) originally adopted in 2000.&#160;
The total number of shares issuable under the Plan is 8,000,000 as of
June 29, 2006, of which 6,320,000 shares were previously registered on
Form&nbsp;S-8 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-47836 and 333-107924).&#160; Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the Bruker Daltonics Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-47836) and the Bruker BioSciences Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-107924) are herein
incorporated by reference.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></b><a name="Item5_InterestsOfNamedExpertsAndC_141652"></a></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The validity of
the authorization and issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby
will be passed upon by Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, counsel to the
Company.&#160; Richard M. Stein, a partner in
the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP, beneficially owns shares of Common Stock and
options to purchase Common Stock in the Company and also serves as Secretary
and a Director of the Company.&#160; In
addition, Nixon Peabody LLP beneficially owns options to purchase Common Stock
in the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</font></b><a name="Item8_Exhibits_141707"></a></p>

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  by reference)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b><a name="Signatures_141858"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Billerica in The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts on August 31, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BRUKER BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Frank H. Laukien and William
J. Knight and each of them, with the power to act without the other, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or either of them, or
their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Frank H. Laukien</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ William J. Knight</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:53.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William J. Knight</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:53.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ M. Christopher Canavan, Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;28, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">M. Christopher Canavan, Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Taylor J. Crouch</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="53%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:53.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Taylor J. Crouch</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Daniel S. Dross</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel S. Dross</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Collin J. D&#146;Silva</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Collin J. D&#146;Silva</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP (included as part of
  its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p>
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  of this Form S-8 and incorporated by reference)</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2006.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BRUKER BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
04-3110160
(State of
  Incorporation)
(IRS Employer
  Identification Number)
40 Manning Road
Billerica, Massachusetts 01821
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
BRUKER BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Bruker BioSciences Corporation
40 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821
(Name and address of agent
for service)
(978) 663-3660
(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
copy to:
Richard M. Stein
Nixon Peabody LLP
100 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 345-1000
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Amended and Restated
  2000 Stock Option Plan Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
1,680,000
$
6.27(2)
$
10,533,600(2)
$
1,128
(1)
Also
registered hereunder are such additional number of shares of Common Stock,
presently indeterminable, as may be necessary to satisfy the antidilution
provisions of the Plan to which this Registration Statement relates.
(2)
Computed
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low
selling price per share of Bruker BioSciences Corporation's Common Stock on the
Nasdaq National Market on August 25, 2006.
NOTE
This Registration
Statement is being filed solely for the purpose of registering 1,680,000
additional shares of Common Stock of Bruker BioSciences Corporation (the "Company")
issuable pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") originally adopted in 2000. 
The total number of shares issuable under the Plan is 8,000,000 as of
June 29, 2006, of which 6,320,000 shares were previously registered on
Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-47836 and 333-107924).  Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the Bruker Daltonics Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-47836) and the Bruker BioSciences Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-107924) are herein
incorporated by reference.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of
the authorization and issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby
will be passed upon by Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, counsel to the
Company.  Richard M. Stein, a partner in
the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP, beneficially owns shares of Common Stock and
options to purchase Common Stock in the Company and also serves as Secretary
and a Director of the Company.  In
addition, Nixon Peabody LLP beneficially owns options to purchase Common Stock
in the Company.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP (included as part of
  its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated herein
by reference)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page
  of this Form S-8 and incorporated by reference)
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Billerica in The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts on August 31, 2006.
BRUKER BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Frank H. Laukien
Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Frank H. Laukien and William
J. Knight and each of them, with the power to act without the other, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or either of them, or
their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Frank H. Laukien
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman
August 31, 2006
Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D.
of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ William J. Knight
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
August 31, 2006
William J. Knight
and Accounting Officer)
/s/ M. Christopher Canavan, Jr.
Director
August 28, 2006
M. Christopher Canavan, Jr.
/s/ Taylor J. Crouch
Director
August 31, 2006
Taylor J. Crouch
/s/ Daniel S. Dross
Director
August 31, 2006
Daniel S. Dross
/s/ Collin J. D'Silva
Director
August 31, 2006
Collin J. D'Silva
Director
Richard D. Kniss
Director
Joerg C. Laukien
/s/ William A. Linton
Director
August 25, 2006
William A. Linton
/s/ Richard M. Stein
Director
August 31, 2006
Richard M. Stein
/s/ Bernhard Wangler
Director
August 31, 2006
Bernhard Wangler
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP (included as part of
  its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated herein by reference)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page
  of this Form S-8 and incorporated by reference)
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