Clinical Micro Sensors Inc. Appoints Gary Blackburn, Ph.D. to Vice President, Scientific Affairs.PASADENA, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--July 7, 1998-- R&D Expert Will Help Launch New Breed of Hand-held Biochip Sensors Clinical Micro Sensors Inc. (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ), a leader in the development of low-cost microchip sensors for DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. and other biomolecules This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia that describe particular biomolecules or types of biomolecules. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see an article that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page , Tuesday announced the appointment of Gary Blackburn, Ph.D., to the position of vice president, scientific affairs. Blackburn brings more than 15 years of clinical diagnostics experience to the post where he will manage CMS' research and development activities, both in-house and via external collaborations. In addition, he will also manage the company's intellectual property and technology development. "Dr. Blackburn brings in-depth management skills that will help CMS introduce breakthrough products for a range of diagnostic applications," said Jon F. Kayyem, Ph.D., the company's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "CMS will benefit tremendously from his status as one of the diagnostics industry's leading business development experts." Blackburn joins CMS after serving as director of technology management at Boehringer Mannheim Corp. -- a leading biochemical research, pharmaceutical and clinical diagnostics company that was recently acquired by Hoffman-La Roche. He was responsible for evaluating and negotiating licenses to acquire promising new technologies. Prior to his tenure at Boehringer Mannheim, Blackburn served as director of research and director of licensing and strategic planning at diagnostic systems innovator IGEN International Inc. He directed the development of IGEN's electrochemiluminescence (ECL (Emitter-Coupled Logic) A digital circuit composed of bipolar transistors in which the emitter ends are wired together. ECL gates switch faster than TTL gates, but consume more power. See TTL, I2L and bipolar. 1. ) detection technology. Blackburn earned a B.S. in chemistry (magna cum laude) and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. . He also served as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University. He holds several patents covering a range of novel chemical sensors and detection methods, and his research has been published broadly in leading scientific journals. Clinical Micro Sensors is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1995 to develop portable, low-cost and easy-to-use products for the electronic detection and identification of DNA and other biomolecules. Its proprietary HybriSensor and AMBER electron transfer and hybridization hybridization /hy·brid·iza·tion/ (hi?brid-i-za´shun) 1. crossbreeding; the act or process of producing hybrids. 2. molecular hybridization 3. technologies promise to dramatically expand the range of commercial uses for molecular diagnostics. Applications include clinical diagnostics, biomedical research, food safety, environmental monitoring and the detection of biological warfare agents. The company's headquarters and R&D laboratories are based in Pasadena.
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