Company Announcements BioTools opened its first international subsidiary in Surrey, UK, in January. CAMO Scientific partnered with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, which will provide its Unscrambler multivariate data analysis software to FT-IR customers. David M. Cohen resigned from X-Rite’s Board in March and was replaced by Bradley J. Coppens, managing director of OEP Holding. FOSS A/S […]
Company Announcements DeCODE Genetics sold Emerald BioStructures and Emerald BioSystems to Beryllium in November 2009 for an initial payment of $3 million and an earn-out payment. Emerald BioStructures founder Lance Steward, PhD, MBA, was named CEO of both companies. HighRes Biosolutions named Andy Zaayenga as director of Business Development. BioTek Instruments established a direct sales […]
A focused approach has paid off for febit biotech GmbH. Febit biotech was founded in 2005 after disagreements between investors led to the closing of febit AG in 2004. Febit AG’s intellectual property, production technology, product line and name were purchased by former investors to create febit biotech. Febit is focused on two main application […]
Company Announcements Accelrys appointed Michael A. Piraino, previously co-founder and CFO of MD Technology Partners, as senior vice president and CFO, and Paul J. Burrin, previously with Google, as chief marketing officer. GeneGo is now selling Omicsoft’s Array Studio and Array Server globally, except Japan. CLC bio recorded an over 130% increase in 2009 sales. […]
Company Announcements Illumina Board member Jack Goldstein will not stand for re-election in May. Thermo Fisher Scientific completed a 35,000-square-foot addition to its Pierce facility in Rockford, Illinois. In February, Thermo Fisher Scientific opened an additional facility in Cheshire, UK, adding 60 new jobs. The facility serves as a Center of Excellence for its Anatomical […]
China has released an update to its rules for chemical registration and evaluation. Although in effect since 2003, few companies comply with the rules, according to China Chemical Industry News. To comply, chemical manufacturers and users must register new chemical substances with the Ministry of Environmental Protection if they are not already included in an […]
The Swedish government has increased R&D appropriations for 2010 by 3.3% to SEK 29,470 million ($4,092 million) (in 2010 prices). R&D funds appropriated for the country’s “higher education units” increased 1.9% to SEK 13,636 million. R&D appropriations for the Swedish Research Council rose 10.7% to SEK 4,500 million. Measured by the category of “education and […]
A new Indian research funding body is set to begin operating this month. The National Science and Engineering Research Board will allocate funding for basic science research. The Board will assume the duty of funding external projects from the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) Science and Engineering Research Council. As an entity separate from […]
The Israeli government plans to create 30 centers of academic excellence over a five-year period. The $347 million project will be funded in equal amounts by the government, the host institution and a specific foundation for each center. In the coming academic year, the first five centers will be established. The centers are designed to […]
The President’s Council on Advisors on Science & Technology recently released a new report on nanotechnology. Recommendations include increased investments in nanotech manufacturing, nanotech commercialization, training of nanofabrication workers, and environment, health and safety research. Fourteen of the 25 federal agencies that participate in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) also provide funding for it. For […]
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