Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces the appointment from today of Andrew Harvey as Group Human Resources Director, a newly-created position on the Spectris Executive Committee. Andrew’s responsibility will be to provide central leadership for the Group’s HR activities and, in particular, to support the strategic growth initiatives as […]

Genomics Analysis Leader Appoints Dr Shikha O’Brien as Chief Business Officer Cambridge UK Congenica, a world leading developer of genome analysis and interpretation technologies, expands its operations in the US with the announcement that it has recruited Dr Shikha O’Brien as its Chief Business Officer. Dr O’Brien will be based out of San Diego, California, […]

Hamburg, Germany –  On January 9, 2017, William A. Linton was elected as a member of the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, during an extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting. “With William Linton, we are very pleased to welcome a successful entrepreneur and experienced manager from the life science sector to our Supervisory Board,” stated Philipp von Loeper, […]

Männedorf, Switzerland – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that Dr. Klaus Lun, Head of Corporate Development and a member of the Management Board of the Tecan Group since June 2013, has been appointed Head of the Life Sciences Business division. On December 14, 2016, Tecan announced that Dr. Stefan Traeger, Head of […]

den Prairie, Minn. – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today announced the appointment of Ms. Maximiliane (Max) Straub to its Board of Directors. Ms. Straub currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance, Controlling, and Administration for Robert Bosch LLC. A native […]

Eden Prairie, Minn. – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today announced the retirement of Dr. William Bachrach, President of MTS’s Test business, effective January 13, 2017. In conjunction with Dr. Bachrach’s retirement, given the growth in demand and sophistication of testing needs across the primary markets served […]

Company CEO to update industry in presentation at the 35th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–DNAnexus Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced two significant additions to the company’s executive leadership team. Brady Davis has joined the company as vice president, strategy and marketing, and John Ellithorpe, Ph.D. […]

SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Protein Metrics Inc., a premier provider of mass spectrometry software for protein characterization, announces a third year of record revenue.  Sales of products doubled from 2015 with due to new customers, increased sales to existing customers, and new products.  New 2016 products include: Supernovo™, a hands-free de novo sequencing software for […]

SAN DIEGO– Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), continuing its strategy to bring the power of genomics into clinical applications, today announced it has named one of the world’s top clinical genomics experts to head its clinical genomics unit. Garret Hampton, PhD, will join as Executive Vice President of Clinical Genomics for the company, starting January 9, […]