Salt Lake City, Utah. January 13,
2004 - BioMicro Systems, Inc., announced today the appointment
of Stephen Blose, V.M.D., Ph.D., to the company's Board
of Directors. Dr. Blose was previously the Division
General Manager of Imaging Products, at Bio-Rad Laboratories
Inc. where he lead the development of DNA/protein microarray
systems; liquid protein array (Bio-Plex) systems; and
bioinformatics, proteomics, and molecular imaging systems.
He was also in charge of R&D, manufacturing, global
marketing, and acquisitions for the division. Prior
to Bio-Rad, Dr. Blose was Chief Executive Officer of
Protein Databases, Inc., a company providing systems
and services for the global proteomics market. He came
to Protein Databases from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
NY, where he was a Senior Scientist working for Dr.
James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate (co-discoverer of DNA).
"I am excited to be joining the board of directors of
BioMicro Systems. The company has made tremendous progress
in integrating several valuable technologies into a
proprietary microarray hybridization station, the MAUI®
System, which due to its superior sensitivity, is steadily
being adopted as the hybridization system of choice
by microarray users worldwide.," said Dr. Blose. "I
look forward to being a part of BioMicro’s future success."
"As we rapidly expand the commercialization of our MAUI®
System worldwide and move closer to achieving profitabilty,
I am pleased that Dr. Blose has agreed to join our Board.
Steve has an outstanding track record of product innovation,
growing successful technology businesses, and establishing
global sales and marketing channels," said James S.
Kuo, BioMicro’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Since March 2003 when BioMicro began marketing its first
product, the MAUI® System for microarray hybridization,
over 30 instrument systems have been sold to laboratories
worldwide.
About BioMicro Systems, Inc.:
BioMicro Systems, Inc. is a private company focused
on the development and commercialization of biological
research products based on its proprietary microfluid
handling technologies.
BioMicro Systems, Inc.
1290 West 2320 South • Suite D • Salt Lake City, UT
• 84119-1476 • USA
801.303.1470 • FAX 801.303.1471 
