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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.6

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-4, No. 333-66686) and
related Prospectus of PerkinElmer, Inc. for the registration of 23,324,164
shares of common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated March 10, 2000, except for the last paragraph of Note 16, as to
which the date is June 12, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of NEN Life Sciences, Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and 1999 and for
the period July 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and the years ended December
31, 1998 and 1999, included in PerkinElmer, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2000.


/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 16, 2001