GOETTINGEN, Germany–At yesterday’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG unanimously passed the resolution to extend the current appointment of the Group�s CEO, Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, by another 5-year period to November 10, 2015. Kreuzburg has been a member of the Executive Board since November 11, 2002, and has been the Group�s top executive since […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR – News) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. to Danaher’s Board of Directors. Dr. Zerhouni’s initial term expires at Danaher’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. Dr. Zerhouni, a physician, scientist, and world-renowned leader in radiology research, served as director of the National […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) announced today the addition of Andrew J. Last, PhD, to its management team as Chief Commercial Officer. “Andy is a proven leader in our core business as well as in the downstream markets of validation and routine testing,” said Kevin King, president and CEO of Affymetrix. “He will drive […]

SAN DIEGO — Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM – News), today announced that Dr. Yves Ville has joined the company’s Clinical Advisory Board. Dr. Ville is a prominent obstetrician-gynecologist and currently serves as professor and chairman of the department of obstetrics and fetal medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital at the Paris Descartes University. (Logo: https://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040415/SQNMLOGO) “I am […]

John Senaldi Chosen to Lead Business Unit Focused on Automation R&D Tools and Solutions SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX – News) today announced the appointment of John Senaldi as senior vice president of Symyx and president of its High Productivity Research (HPR) business unit. Symyx HPR delivers premium microscale, parallel experimentation tools, along […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. –PRNewswire– The new position of Executive Vice President, Commercial Affairs at Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. has been taken up by Howard Goldstein, a biotech lab systems executive with more than 30 years of experience creating and managing life science product organizations. Mr. Goldstein will direct Microchip Biotechnologies’ marketing, business development, sales and customer service […]

GIBBSTOWN, N.J.–Deon Vos has been named President and Managing Director of EMD Chemicals Inc. He succeeds Meiken Krebs, who will assume the position of Senior Vice President of Strategy, Organization and Business Processes, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (EMD Chemicals is a North American affiliate of Merck KGaA). These appointments will take effect on January 1, […]

NEW YORK–Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) announced today that its Board of Directors approved the termination of Shahram K. Rabbani’s services as the Company’s Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, effective immediately. At this time, Mr. Rabbani will continue to serve as a Director of the Company. The Company also announced today that its Board of Directors approved […]

LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG – News) announced today that Richard T. Crowder, Ph.D., was elected to Neogen’s Board of Directors at the company’s recent annual meeting of shareholders. Crowder has more than 40 years of experience in the food, agriculture, and trade industries and currently serves as an adjunct professor of agricultural […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–Picarro, Inc., the maker of the world’s highest performing and easiest to use gas analyzers, today announced that Thomas Fallon, COO of Infinera Corporation, has joined its board of directors. Mr. Fallon, who will become president and CEO of Infinera in January 2010, brings a wealth of operational, management and optical industry experience to […]