MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB), provider of Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT®) sequencing products, today announced the appointment of Michael W. Hunkapiller, Ph.D., as Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors. Dr. Hunkapiller, a General Partner at Alloy Ventures and former President and General Manager of Applied Biosystems (now part of Life Technologies, NASDAQ: LIFE), has been a member of the PacBio Board since 2005. Hugh Martin remains the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.