Friday 18 February 2011

BioTek appoints new applications and business development manager in Canada

BioTek Instruments Inc appointed Dr Charles Amirmansour to the company as Canadian Applications & Business Development Manager. Dr Amirmansour is responsible for supporting BioTek's technical and new business activities with Fisher Scientific Canada.

"Dr Amirmansour has a unique set of skills, creating cutting-edge business development programs, with an extensive background in life science and drug discovery applications," said Gary Barush, BioTek's Director of Marketing & Sales. "Additionally, his strong academic background will resonate with our research-based microplate technologies."

Prior to joining BioTek, Dr Amirmansour held various positions at PerkinElmer Inc, most recently as Product Line Leader and Sr Technology Specialist. Following the receipt of his doctorate in clinical pharmacology, Dr Amirmansour worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at The William Harvey Research Institute, National Heart & Lung Institute and Harefield Heart Science Centre under the supervision of Nobel Laureates, Professors Sir John Vane and Sir Magdy Yacoub.

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