UTRECHT, The Netherlands –The Executive Board of Utrecht University, by special appointment, named Alexander Makarov, Ph.D, professor of high resolution mass spectrometry at the Bijvoet Center of the Department of Chemistry. Makarov is Director of Global Research, Life Science Mass Spectrometry (LSMS) for Thermo Fisher Scientific. “I hope this appointment will become a bridge that […]

SHEFFIELD, UK: Phase Focus Ltd (Phasefocus), the company that is revolutionising microscopy and imaging with the lens-free Phasefocus Virtual Lens® technology, today announced the changes to its board of directors: • Paul Atherton and Charles Holroyd appointed as Chairman and Non-Executive Director • Martin Humphry appointed director and Chief Technology Officer Phase Focus Ltd (Phasefocus), […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has appointed Francis deSouza to the role of President. Mr. deSouza will report to Chief Executive Officer Jay Flatley and will lead Illumina’s business units and the core functions responsible for envisioning, developing and producing the company’s products. He will also become part of Illumina’s executive […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Carbo Analytics (https://www.carboanalytics.com), developers of sugar analysis systems, today announced that it has appointed Dr. Amit Kumar to their Board of Advisors. Dr. Kumar joins Dr. Edward Wolfrum, Senior Manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Dr. Dana Sedin, Manager of Chemistry/Sensory at New Belgium Brewing Company, and Dr. Jeremy Nelson, […]

TUCSON, Ariz. — Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX), an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenge of drug resistant organisms and hospital acquired infections, announced today that Mark C. Miller has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Miller currently serves as Executive Chairman and director of Stericycle (NASDAQ: […]

HOLLISTON, Mass. — Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey A. Duchemin, has been appointed by the Board of Directors to the additional positions of President and Director, effective immediately. He […]

Washington, DC 10/16/13; San Diego, CA 10/21/13—Illumina had made two announcements about its future. On its third quarter conference call, the company said it is exiting the qPCR market. The company provides the Eco qPCR instrument and NuPCR assays. “This decision was due in part to our belief that sequencing delivers advantages over qPCR technology […]

Alameda, CA. — Singulex, Inc., the developer and leading provider of Single Molecule Counting (SMC™) technology for clinical diagnostics and scientific discovery, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Bishop, Ph.D. as Vice President, Research and Development and Linda M. Greub as Vice President, Business Development. Dr. Bishop will oversee all R&D efforts, including assay and […]

HOLLISTON, Mass.– Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, has hired Yong Sun, a veteran global marketing and sales leader in the life sciences and medical device industries, as Harvard Bioscience’s Vice President Strategic Marketing and Business Development, […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced changes to the organization and management of its research products business. The research products business will be consolidated into a new ESI BIO Division which shall be BioTime’s primary developer, manufacturer and distributor for its growing portfolio of stem-cell-based research products. Jeffrey Janus, BioTime’s Vice […]