febit Appoints Heinz Blunier as COO

LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany, Jan. 13, 2009 – febit holding GmbH, a developer of the flexible and automated biochip-based DNA-analysis platform Geniom®, today announced the appointment of Heinz Blunier, to the newly created position of Chief Operation Officer. Blunier previously served as Head of Engineering Department at Inventa, CEO of Tegimenta AG, a [...]

Phenomenex Publishes Handbook for Chromatographic Forensic Toxicology Analysis

Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, announces the publication of a new handbook for the application of chromatography in forensic toxicology analysis. "Improved Methods for Forensic Toxicology Analysis" covers the total separation continuum from sample preparation through GC/MS or LC/MS/MS analysis, highlighting specialized new Phenomenex solutions for drug and [...]

Symyx Announces Schering-Plough License for Electronic Lab Notebook

Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) today announced that Schering-Plough Corporation has licensed Symyx Notebook to equip Schering-Plough research scientists with a single, enterprise-wide electronic lab notebook across the company's global R&D operations. "By providing a common, shared notebook across the enterprise, Symyx Notebook facilitates enhanced compliance, greatly improved collaboration between researchers, and support for integration [...]

Leica Microsystems Vice President Completes First Year with Great Success

Bannockburn, IL. Leica Microsystems is pleased to announce that Douglas Reed, age 49, who joined Leica Microsystems on November 19, 2007 as Vice President for the Life Science Division, North America and has completed his first year in the position. “Our focus has been and will continue to be to allow scientists to extract the [...]

Invitrogen Receives Approval from Health Canada for System to Help Determine Organ Transplant Compatibility

Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced that its DynaChip® HLA Antibody Analysis System has received approval from Health Canada’s Medical Device Bureau for the detection and identification of antibodies to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) markers, which is an essential step in determining the compatibility of organ donors. HLA markers are proteins [...]

DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Salmonella Assay Now Certified by AOAC for Environmental Testing

Food processors who already rely on the BAX® system from DuPont Qualicon as a certified method for detecting Salmonella in their end products and ingredients can now use the same polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to monitor their production environments. Validation studies comparing the BAX® system to traditional culture methods for detecting Salmonella on stainless [...]

Perlegen Advances toward Product Launch with Hiring of Specialized Sales Leader

Perlegen, a leader in correlating genetic variation to predisposition to disease and drug response through development of genetic tests, announced today that it has hired Mark J. Ostrowski as senior vice president of sales. In this newly created position, Mr. Ostrowski will bring his deep experience with Perlegen’s commercial targets to reach and expand the [...]

Leica Microsystems Vice President Completes First Year with Great Success

Bannockburn, IL. Leica Microsystems is pleased to announce that Douglas Reed, age 49, who joined Leica Microsystems on November 19, 2007 as Vice President for the Life Science Division, North America and has completed his first year in the position. “Our focus has been and will continue to be to allow scientists to extract the [...]

BioDtech Announces the Release of EndoPrep™

BioDtech, Inc. (BDTI) an emerging life science company, today announced the release of EndoPrep™, the first product designed for the safety of genetically engineered and protein drugs. EndoPrep™ allows for the more accurate detection of a toxin associated with the production of antibodies, recombinant proteins and synthetic peptides which are the basis for new cancer, [...]

Professor Yike Guo Becomes InforSense Chief Technology Officer

-Prof. Guo Steps Down as InforSense CEO, Remains Board Member I -nforSense Receives Commitment for Additional Capital of 5Mio USD investment from Major Investors, Including Executive Team, Following Two Consecutive Record Quarters and 30% Year-Over-Year Growth -David Bennett, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Appointed CEO -John O’Connell, Founder of Staffware, Continues as Executive Chairman of [...]

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