KNOXVILLE, TN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 06, 2007 -- Protein Discovery, Inc., a privately held life sciences company, today announced that the company has hired Peter Osucha for the position of vice president of engineering. Mr. Osucha's initial work will include directing the final development of the company's MALDIplex™ M5 Sample Prep Station to ensure that the MALDIplex project transitions smoothly into product manufacturing and customer site installations. Mr. Osucha's responsibilities include making the finished product ready-to-use and well documented, meeting project guidelines for cost efficiency and control, and implementing high quality product design, development, and manufacturing practices at Protein Discovery. Mr. Osucha will also apply his systems integration expertise and leadership capabilities to the definition and development of complete product and service solutions based on the MALDIplex M5 system that will allow Protein Discovery to address the specialized sample preparation requirements of selected research and clinical diagnostics applications.
