Lakewood, N.J. — Animal Origin Free (AOF) STEMxyme® collagenase/neutral protease (Dispase®) Blends 1 and 2, produced by Worthington Biochemical Corporation, are now available for primary and stem cell isolation, regenerative medicine, biopharmaceutical and cell bioprocessing applications. These new, specialized combinations of AOF Clostridium histolyticum collagenase and AOF Bacillus polymyxa neutral protease (Dispase®) offer a minimum […]

Manassas, VA -– ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, is pleased to announce two important appointments to the senior leadership team. Barbie Bigelow has joined ATCC as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Technology and Dr. Maryellen de Mars also joins as the Senior Director for the Standards Resource Center. Both […]

Manassas, VA — ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, is pleased to announce two important appointments to the senior leadership team. Barbie Bigelow has joined ATCC as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Technology and Dr. Maryellen de Mars also joins as the Senior Director for the Standards Resource Center. Both […]

DARMSTADT, Germany & ST. LOUIS, Mo.– Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science sectors, and Sigma-Aldrich today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck will acquire Sigma-Aldrich for $17.0 billion (€13.1 billion), establishing one of the leading players in the […]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, in partnership with the Sepsis Alliance, has extended its sepsis awareness outreach to Spanish-speaking communities. The Company provided funding to enable translation and subtitling for the Sepsis Alliance video “Sepsis: Emergency” as part of its Sepsis Awareness Month initiative. “We are also proud of our partnership with Sepsis Alliance, […]

Darmstadt, Germany -– Merck today announced that the Board of Partners has promoted Stefan Oschmann (57) to the position of Deputy CEO and Vice Chairman of the Executive Board. Concurrently, Belén Garijo (54) was appointed to the Executive Board to take over leadership for the Pharma business. The management changes will become effective as of […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — “Its purpose is to inspire San Diego-based scientists to innovate and collaborate on research projects that ultimately will drive science and technology forward to better understand human disease. These are foundational principles that Duane worked hard to promote in Southern California.” Thermo Fisher Scientific and the UC San Diego Office of Research […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has created a new services and consumables organization, the Agilent CrossLab Group, and named Mark Doak group president, effectively immediately. Doak has been senior vice president and general manager of the Services and Support Division. “Services has become a strategic business for Agilent […]

WALTHAM, Mass.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has appointed three new members to its Scientific Advisory Board: Dr. Andrea Califano, Dr. Arnold J. Levine and Dr. Aviv Regev. Dr. Califano is the founding chairman of the department of systems biology at Columbia University, and he currently serves on […]

Dr. Marian Rehak (R&D Director, Sphere Fluidics Limited) said, “After an exacting selection process, Sphere Fluidics has selected Cambridge Consultants Limited as our partner in product engineering for Cyto-Mine (a novel single cell analysis instrument). They are a world-class technology consultancy business with expertise in microfluidics, optoelectronics and picodroplet areas – critical for success”. Dr […]