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Ian Sheldrake Joins MATRIX MicroScience as UK Sales Manager

MATRIX MicroScience Lt., (Newmarket, UK) has announced that Ian Sheldrake has joined the company as UK Sales Manager. Ian comes to MATRIX with over 20 years microbiology experience in the industry. Prior to joining MATRIX Ian has held leading sales positions in several multinational diagnostic companies.

Ian comments that "I am extremely excited to bring my background and experience to the MATRIX Team especially with the recent launch of the PATHATRIX® -AUTO, it being the only commercially available system successfully addressing the up-front selection and concentration of target organisms. The PATHATRIX® system is extremely flexible in that it is compatible with a number of existing rapid microbiological methods, and, when applied in a sample pooling format, can literally save a company thousands of pounds in testing costs. I believe that my experience as a specialist is diagnostic microbiologist will help the industry embrace this technology as an integral part of their environmental, ingredient, and finished product testing programs." Dr Adrian. Parton, C.E.O. of Matrix MicroScience commented "We are all very excited that Ian has chosen to join our team as he brings with him a wealth of experience and an excellent reputation in the industry. I know that Ian will be able to provide our customers with outstanding levels of service."

Matrix MicroScience

Matrix is a highly innovative company focused on the development of diagnostics for the rapid detection of food-borne pathogens such as Salmonella spp., Listeria spp., Campylobacter spp. Cronobacter spp., MAP and E.coli O157. Matrix has achieved multiple AOAC RI approvals for a range of its products, and is widely used and approved by multi-national companies, contract laboratories, regulators, and researchers. PATHATRIX® - A U T O has been developed in response to our customers increasing demand for automation.

Matrix MicroScience is an international organization with offices, research and production facilities in Newmarket, UK, and Golden,CO, USA.