Danaher Announces Executive Appointment
July 25, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR - News) announced today that William K. "Dan" Daniel II has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Danaher Corporation. Mr. Daniel, 43 years old, has served as Vice President and Group Executive at Danaher since July 2006. He previously worked for almost 20 years at ArvinMeritor, [...]
Restek Announces Transition to 100% Employee Ownership
July 25, 2008
Restek Corporation announced today their anticipated January 1, 2009 transition from 22% to 100% employee ownership under an ESOP structure. Restek has been planning for and testing employee ownership models since its inception in 1985. Don McCandless will continue to lead the company as Head Coach. Founder Paul Silvis will remain as Chairman of the [...]
Waters Corporation Announces the Purchase of VTI Corporation’s TGA Products
July 24, 2008
MILFORD, Mass.--July 24, 2008--Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that it has completed the purchase of the net assets of VTI Corporation of Hialeah, FL for an undisclosed amount. Waters will immediately merge the acquired business into its TA Instruments Division. VTI is a manufacturer of sorption analysis and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) instruments which are widely [...]
Symyx Launches Research Services for Life Sciences
July 24, 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb First Company to Contract for Symyx Solubility Services SANTA CLARA, CA--Jul 24, 2008 -- Symyx Technologies, Inc. (SMMX - News) announced today the launch of its new client-directed and collaborative research services for Life Sciences. These services allow clients to access Symyx's installed base of parallel experimentation and testing capabilities through packaged offerings [...]
Denator builds up sales organization prior to launch premiere at HUPO 2008
July 24, 2008
Gothenburg, Sweden, 24. 07. 2008. Denator AB announced today that the company is establishing a commercial sales network in Europe and the US. Katarina Alenäs joins Denator to become the European Sales Director. Over the past 10 years, Ms. Alenäs has held sales, marketing and product management roles in several life science and diagnostics companies [...]
July 24, 2008
Second Phase to Analyze the Genetic Information of 36,000 Additional Individuals to Better Understand Seven New Common Disorders SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX - News) today announced that the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain has awarded to Affymetrix the second phase of its Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) project, the world’s largest-ever study of the genetics [...]
Scripps Research Institute Scientists Find Structure of Critical Ebola Virus Protein
July 23, 2008
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have uncovered the structure of a critical protein from the Ebola Virus that allows viral entry in human cells. “This structure reveals how this critical piece of the virus is assembled and helps explain how the pathogen evades and exploits the human immune system," explained Erica [...]
BioTek Instruments, Inc. Announces Product Lineup for 2008 DDT World Congress
July 23, 2008
July 23, 2008, WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, Inc., will attend the 13th annual Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics World Congress, August 4-7, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts with several of their latest technologies as well as a yet to be announced addition to their beneficial microplate instrumentation portfolio. Products featured at BioTek's [...]
July 23, 2008
FREDERICK, Md., July 23 -- SuperArray Bioscience Corporation announced today it has changed its name to SABiosciences Corporation and moved to a brand new facility three times larger than the previous location. The changes reflect both its phenomenal growth over the last few years and its continuing expansion into other additional technologies besides gene expression [...]
Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc. Announces Production Agreement with Leading MEMS Foundry
July 23, 2008
CNProbes, an Emerging Nanotech Solutions Provider, Has Executed an Agreement with a Leading MEMS Foundry (Contract Manufacturer) This Agreement Puts CNProbes Closer to Ramping up Full-Scale Production and Launch of CNProbes' Flagship Product, a Carbon Nanotube Probe Tip for Use in the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Last update: 9:06 a.m. EDT July 23, 2008 SEATTLE, [...]

