Product category:
Proteomics
News Release from: AnaSpec
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 28 August 2006
Rich Meyer to lead detection reagents
division
AnaSpec has announced that Rich Meyer has joined as research and development manager and will lead its detection reagents division
In this position, Meyer is responsible for strengthening the product development strategy of AnaSpec's detection reagents division This will involve optimising the effectiveness of existing product lines as well as identifying and developing novel product applications
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 7 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Meyer joins AnaSpec from Invitrogen where he served as director of global chemistry and acting director of R+D for the Molecular Probes subsidiary.
Meyer's previous experience includes over 20 years of executive positions within the biotech industry and ten years as an independent academic investigator.
"Rich's expertise and experience are a perfect complement to AnaSpec's strategic vision," said Anita Hong, president of AnaSpec.
"Over the past several years AnaSpec has developed an extensive base of products that cover a wide range of research arenas.
"With Rich's intensive knowledge of the industry, AnaSpec is well positioned for an aggressive extension of its product offerings into a much more expanded range of applications".
"I am delighted to join AnaSpec because of the established reputation of its industry-leading peptides division and the opportunities afforded by its detection reagents and kits division", said Meyer.
"I look forward to harnessing those opportunities to provide life science researchers with innovative, time-saving solutions for their research needs." Meyer has a PhD in chemistry from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed scientific papers and holds over 30 United States patents.
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