Waters Corporation Appoints Richard Fearon to Board of Directors

MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters™ Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced the appointment of Richard Fearon to its Board of Directors, effective March 27, 2023. Mr. Fearon is the former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial and Planning Officer of Eaton Corporation, a multinational power management company. “Rick’s expertise is at the intersection of financial excellence, strategic development and [...]

Factorial Biotechnologies collaborates with Watchmaker Genomics to dramatically simplify single-cell sequencing

SAN CARLOS, Calif. -- Factorial Biotechnologies, an emerging single-cell sequencing company with a novel intracellular library preparation technology, has announced a collaboration with Watchmaker Genomics, a life sciences company that specializes in developing high-stringency applications for reading, writing, and editing of DNA and RNA. This collaboration will focus on further optimizing a disruptive technology that enables [...]

Mission Bio Joins NSF Cell Manufacturing Research Initiative to Advance Cell Therapy Development

Collaboration will enable members to leverage the Tapestri® single-cell technology to streamline cell therapy development and manufacturing processes SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Mission Bio, the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, has joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT), leveraging its Tapestri® Platform to improve analytical [...]

US life science company selects Milton Park as first UK manufacturing hub

New England Biolabs® (NEB®) – a global leader in the discovery and production of enzymes for molecular biology applications – has announced it is establishing its first overseas product development and manufacturing site at Milton Park, one of the UK’s leading life science clusters. NEB Lyophilization Sciences™ is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEB and [...]

EDAX and Gatan merge to offer the ultimate suite of microscopy tools

PLEASANTON, CA  – Gatan, Inc., a global leader focused on enhancing and extending the operation and productivity of electron microscopes, has merged with EDAX, LLC, a leader in X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation. The combined organization will retain the Gatan name, offering the ultimate suite of tools for transmission electron (TEM) and scanning electron [...]

Ajinomoto Genexine CELLiST launches new cell culture medium ‘AminoSupp…

Target single and double sanction badge users Expected effectiveness of covering various types of cell culture media Ajinomoto Genexine's cell culture medium brand CELLiST (CELLiST) announced on the 24th that it has launched ‘AminoSupplement Cys1/Cys2’. CELLiST plans to construct and supply a product lineup that can cover various types of cell culture media by dividing [...]

MaxCyte Appoints Douglas Swirsky as Chief Financial Officer

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- MaxCyte, Inc., (Nasdaq: MXCT; LSE: MXCT), a leading, cell-engineering focused company providing enabling platform technologies to advance the discovery, development and commercialization of next-generation cell-based therapeutics and to support innovative, cell-based research, today announced Douglas J. Swirsky has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Swirsky is a [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens Cell Therapy Facility at University of California, San Francisco, to Accelerate Development of Breakthrough Therapies

WALTHAM, Mass. & SAN FRANCISCO -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), will accelerate advanced cell therapies for difficult to treat conditions, including cancer, rare diseases, and other illnesses, from a newly opened cGMP manufacturing facility adjacent to UCSF Medical Center’s [...]

René Fáber takes over as Chief Executive Officer of Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A.; Joachim Kreuzburg remains Chairman of the Board

Aubagne, France -- In its meeting today, the Board of Directors of Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. appointed René Fáber, Deputy CEO and member of the Board of Directors, as Chief Executive Officer of Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A., effective March 28, 2023. He will take over the position from Joachim Kreuzburg, who has served in the combined function [...]

Merck Announces Expanded Partnership with Beyond Benign to Increase Global Access to Green Chemistry Education

Merck, has entered an expanded partnership with global green chemistry education nonprofit Beyond Benign. Helps grow Beyond Benign’s flagship programs to 175 institutions and 4,000 faculty members globally, reaching one million students annually Partnership to support Beyond Benign’s online learning platform and higher education program DARMSTADT, GERMANY -- Merck, has entered an expanded partnership with [...]

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