Illumina to Offer $650 Million Convertible Senior Notes

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, approximately $650 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2023 (the “Notes”). Illumina also intends to grant the initial purchasers a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $100 million in aggregate principal amount... Read more

Ubiquigent Awarded Innovate UK Grant, Closes Further Round of Investment and Strengthens Management Team

Dundee, UK, 15th August 2018: Ubiquigent Limited, a company focused on enabling and supporting ubiquitin system targeted drug discovery, announced today that it was awarded a new grant from Innovate UK as part of its Investor Accelerator Pilot to support a project entitled; ‘The development of novel compounds to seed a neurodegeneration drug discovery programme’.... Read more

Sphere Fluidics Appoints Dr Tris Vaughan (Vice President R&D Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering for MedImmune) to their Scientific Advisory Board.

August 13, 2018 02:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sphere Fluidics, a company providing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, announced today that Tris Vaughan, PhD FRSB has joined its scientific advisory board (SAB). Dr Vaughan’s appointment will further strengthen the company’s understanding of biopharmaceutical discovery and cell line development... Read more

After More Than Four Decades at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany: Walter Galinat to Retire

09 AUG 2018 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Darmstadt, Germany, August 9, 2018 – The Personnel Committee of the Board of Partners of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany has resolved by best mutual agreement with Walter Galinat (62) to end his contract as a general partner of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany and Executive Board member of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.... Read more

Fluidigm to Host 2nd Annual Imaging Mass Cytometry User Group Meeting

PDF Version Leading translational and clinical researchers to share new insights and best practices using Imaging Mass Cytometry SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation, a leader in mass cytometry and microfluidics technologies, today announced it will hold its 2nd Annual Imaging Mass Cytometry User Group Meeting September 10–11 at the Seattle Art Museum. In this... Read more

MTS Announces Appointment of Todd Klemmensen as Senior Vice President and General Counsel

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Aug. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high performance test systems and sensors, today announced the appointment of Todd Klemmensen, currently MTS Systems Associate General Counsel and acting General Counsel, as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for the company, effective August 5, 2018.... Read more

Metrohm to host 3rd Global User Meeting IC in Herisau, Switzerland

8/7/2018 (Herisau, Switzerland) From August 28 through 30, 2019, Metrohm will be hosting the 3rd Global User Meeting IC in Herisau, Switzerland. The focus will be on latest developments in ion chromatography, which will be presented by our application specialists as well as guest speakers from various industries and academia.The 3rd Global User Meeting IC... Read more

GNA Biosolutions wins AACC’s Disruptive Technology Award

Published on August 6, 2018. Chicago, Illinois, August 1, 2018: GNA Biosolutions was named the winner of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry’s (AACC) Disruptive Technology Award competition, held on Monday evening at the 70th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago, Illinois. The AACC Disruptive Technology Award recognizes innovative testing solutions that... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases New Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis Solutions at M&M 2018

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases New Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis Solutions at M&M 2018 Technology advancements broaden the portfolio for academic and industrial researchers working in materials and life sciences, leading them to a next wave of discovery BALTIMORE, Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Microscopy and Microanalysis 2018 — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today... Read more