UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2006

CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	0-28229	33-0675808
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

68 Elm Street, Hopkinton, Massachusetts		01748
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(508) 435-9500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	ITEM 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
	ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EX-99.1 PRESS RELEASE

ITEM 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 11, 2006, Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Caliper”), issued a press release announcing that on Thursday, January 12, 2006 Kevin Hrusovsky, President and Chief Executive Officer at Caliper, will present at the JP Morgan 24^th Annual Healthcare conference in San Francisco, during which he will discuss, among other things, Caliper’s expectations regarding its 2005 top-level financial performance and year-end cash position. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by Caliper, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
	99.1	Press Release entitled “Caliper Life Sciences to Present at JP Morgan 24th Annual Healthcare Conference Tomorrow” dated January 11, 2006

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
Date: January 11, 2006	By:	/s/ Thomas T. Higgins
		Thomas T. Higgins
		Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer