Invitrogen and AB postpone merger
The sharp downturn in markets over recent weeks is delaying a final shareholder vote on the linkurl:merger;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54747/ of biotech companies linkurl:Invitrogen;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/18238/ and linkurl:Applied Biosystems;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/15680/ (ABI). The delay "is a direct consequence of the dramatic drop in share prices across the board since June," Peter Dworkin, vice president of investor relations and cor
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From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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