Sunnyvale, CA — Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for drug development, today announced that Baylor University acquired a Freeslate Core Module 3 (CM3) Reaction Screening System to both support Baylor research interests and provide screening services to the Texas community. Freeslate’s high throughput system is expected to significantly accelerate innovation […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Mike McMullen, senior vice president, Agilent, and president of the company’s Chemical Analysis Group (CAG), will succeed William (Bill) Sullivan as CEO on March 18, 2015. Sullivan will remain as an advisor through the end of the company’s fiscal year, Oct. 31, 2015, […]

SHOREVIEW, Minn. — PaR Systems, Inc. (https://www.par.com), a world leader in aerospace manufacturing, material handling, automation, and robotic solutions since 1961, announced today that it has opened a facility in Toulouse, France. The new facility, PaR Robotique SARL, opened on July 1, 2014, will provide European customers with the same high level of service and […]

Männedorf, Switzerland -– Tecan has launched the Freedom EVO® NGS workstation to simplify next-generation sequencing (NGS) sample preparation and PCR set-up. Offering user-friendly, walkaway automation of library preparation at the touch of a button, it eliminates the need for extensive manual processing. NGS is the fastest growing application in genomics, yet many sample preparation protocols […]

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Hudson Robotics, Inc., of Springfield, NJ, in cooperation with Johns Hopkins University, has recently been awarded an NIH grant to develop a commercially viable high-throughput screening (HTS) system for in vivo studies of zebrafish. This system, termed the Automated Reporter Quantification in vivo (ARQiv) system, will bring high-throughput screening technology into the […]

Westbrook, Maine -– Artel, the leader in liquid handling quality assurance, announced today that Greg Fischer has joined the company as software project manager, overseeing Artel’s growing portfolio of software solutions. Software development and support are key focus areas for the company, particularly since the launch earlier this year of ArtelWare™ – an advanced application […]

Sunnyvale, CA — Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for biopharmaceutical development, today announced the CM Protégé PharmD System will now support reaction screening and optimization. The CM Protégé PharmD System is an automated platform that supports a wide range of drug development applications, including high throughput polymorph, salt, co-crystal, and […]

Cambridge, UK — TAP Biosystems (now part of the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group), a leading supplier of cell culture and fermentation systems for life science applications, is pleased to announce that its CompacT SelecT™, automated cell culture system has been chosen by a top ten pharmaceutical company to reliably produce consistent, high quality cells in […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has implemented its previously disclosed succession plan and will appoint Thomas P. Joyce, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective September 9, 2014. Mr. Joyce’s predecessor, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., will transition […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek is supporting the American Heart Association with a team of employees participating in this year’s Heart Walk at Oakledge Park in Burlington on September 27th. The AHA Heart Walk promotes health and wellness in the workplace with donations funding research for cardiovascular diseases and stroke. In 2013, BioTek employees raised […]