NEW YORK — Phosphorus, a computational genomics and clinical genetic testing company, announced today the formation of the Phosphorus Scientific Advisory Board, an established group of medical and science experts chosen to advise the company on the development of new products and the company’s large-scale, multi-site research initiatives. “We’ve gathered some of the top leaders in […]

SHANGHAI, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland — WuXi NextCODE, a WuXi AppTec group company and the contract genomics organization enabling precision medicine worldwide, today announced that the company’s chief operating officer Hannes Smarason has been appointed as the company’s chief executive officer, and WuXi AppTec senior vice presidents John Long and Alex Fowkes have been named […]

Shenzhen, China– Recently, BGI announced that Dr. Leroy Hood, a world renowned scientist and genomics pioneer, has joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Hood, a pioneer in the systems approach to biology and medicine, is president and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology and senior vice president and chief scientific officer of Providence […]

Cole-Parmer, a leading manufacturer of laboratory equipment, announced today that Jeremy Lea and Graham Willis have joined the company, as new Commercial Leader and HR Director for EMEA respectively. Both bring with them a wealth of experience, and have been appointed to ensure that Cole-Parmer is optimally positioned to serve its customers and help grow […]

Solomon honored for her leadership in developing nucleic-acid and microfluidic products SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Darlene Solomon, Agilent senior vice president and chief technology officer, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering — considered among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer or technologist. […]

GOETTINGEN, Germany At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG approved the Executive Board’s recommendation to submit a proposal to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 6, 2017, to raise dividends to 0.46 euros per preference share and to 0.45 per ordinary share. Prior-year dividends, adjusted by the stock split that was implemented in […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that it has appointed Raymond C. Stevens, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Professor Stevens is currently Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, and Director of The Bridge Institute, at the University of Southern California, where he has served since July 2014.  From 1999 until July 2014, he served as […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that John W. Thompson will join the company’s Board of Directors on May 3, 2017, bringing extensive technology leadership experience to the company. Mr. Thompson’s executive leadership experience includes having served in chief executive officer roles at Symantec and Virtual Instruments, as well as 28 years of […]