SUNNYVALE, Calif., — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected John Bishop as Chairman of the Board of Directors and named Cristina Kepner as Lead Independent Director, effective February 12, 2013. Mr. Bishop, currently Cepheid’s Chief Executive Officer, succeeds Thomas Gutshall, who will continue to serve on Cepheid’s board as […]

ANDOVER, Mass., — MKS Instruments, Inc. (Nasdaq:MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced that its Board of Directors elected Gerald G. Colella to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. He previously served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Colella will continue to report […]

South Easton, MA, – Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) today announced that Dr. Mickey Urdea has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective Friday, February 8, 2013. Dr. Urdea will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr.Wayne Fritzsche, a longtime Board member who resigned on Thursday, February 7, […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — BASi (Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.) (NASDAQ: BASI) announced today that Jacqueline Lemke has been named President and CEO, with continuing responsibility as CFO. Ms. Lemke also has been appointed to BASi’s Board of Directors. She had served as Interim President and CEO since July 2012, and was named CFO in April 2012. […]

NeTLIMS™ NJ, LLC, a provider of advanced Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), has named Dan Louk Director of Client Services for the company. As Director of Client Services, Louk will be responsible for spearheading the effective delivery of services to customers, overseeing customer support and training as well as working with NeTLIMS team members to ensure […]

PathoGenetix, Inc., a commercial-stage developer of an automated system for rapid bacterial strain typing, has hired Paul Krassnoff as Director of Manufacturing. Mr. Krassnoff will develop production and quality assurance systems for the manufacture of the company’s proprietary Genome Sequence Scanning™ (GSS™) System. GSS isolates and analyzes microbial DNA directly from an enriched biological sample—without […]

WALTHAM, Mass. –Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that The Manufacturing Institute, Deloitte, University of Phoenix and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers recently recognized Lisa Witte, VP/GM of its Portable Analytical Instruments business, with a Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Award. Lisa Witte joins 121 […]

Dunedin, FL – Ocean Optics has appointed Jeff Throckmorton, Ph.D., Vice President of Engineering to lead the development of its line of end-user and OEM optical sensing products. Jeff Throckmorton, Ph.D., Vice President of Engineering, Ocean Optics Jeff Throckmorton, Ph.D., Vice President of Engineering, Ocean Optics With offices in the US, Europe and Asia, Throckmorton […]

Basel, Switzerland,– Lonza today announced its plans to adapt the management structure of the company to focus on its target markets and to improve the effectiveness of its worldwide organizational structure and operations. Effective immediately, the Management Committee will be newly renamed Executive Committee and will consist of five members: Richard Ridinger – CEO, Toralf […]