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 […]

Matthias Düchting, regional head of sales and member of the Group Executive Committee is leaving Tecan Männedorf, Switzerland — The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced a change in its Management Team. Matthias Düchting, Head of the European sales organization and member of the Group Executive Committee, will leave Tecan by mutual agreement. […]

PARIS–Cellectis S.A. (Paris:ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, has announced that the European Patent Office has today upheld European Patent EP 1 485 475 owned by Cellectis and relating to the invention of engineering methods for meganucleases. This method is based on the genetic fusion of meganuclease modules to obtain hybrid meganucleases. In the course […]

Gatan is pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Sanguedolce as Vice President of Sales and Service. Mr. Sanguedolce brings to Gatan 23 years of industry experience in Sales, Marketing and Product Management, with major companies such as Veeco and Hitachi. His primary responsibility will be to enhance the entire customer experience through sales, service, […]

BILLERICA, Mass.–Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that it has appointed Dr. Bernd Gewiese and Dr. Werner Maas as Co-Presidents of its Bruker BioSpin division, with an effective date of February 1st, 2010. Presently, both are serving as Executive Vice Presidents of Bruker BioSpin. Frank Laukien, Bruker’s President and CEO, commented: “As Bruker approaches its […]

BILLERICA, Mass — Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Bill Knight to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Brian Monahan to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), with an effective date of February 1st, 2010. Presently, Bill Knight is serving as CFO, and Brian Monahan is serving as Chief Accounting Officer […]

WaferGen Names Christopher Sears, Ph.D., Architect of High-Value Molecular Diagnostics and Computational Biology Platforms, to Company’s Scientific Advisory Board FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS – News), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that Christopher Sears, Ph.D. has joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. His career has […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — GenVault Corporation (Carlsbad, CA) today announces that William Brody, M.D., Ph.D., has joined its Board of Directors. Dr. Brody, the Irwin Jacobs Presidential Chair of the Salk Institute, is an acclaimed physician-scientist and university leader. Prior to joining the Salk Institute, Dr. Brody served as president of The Johns Hopkins University. He […]

Company continues to strengthen board with industry veterans FREMONT — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS – News), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that Robert Coradini has joined the WaferGen Board of Directors. Mr. Coradini was most recently the President, New Ventures of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Group of […]

SAN DIEGO — Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM – News), today announced that Paul V. Maier has been appointed as the company’s interim chief financial officer effective November 10, 2009, reporting directly to the company’s interim chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Harry F. Hixson, Jr., Ph.D. (Logo: https://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040415/SQNMLOGO) Prior to the effective date […]