Oct. 21, 2005 — Microchip Biotechnologies Inc., a Dublin, Calif., company that is developing nanofluidic sample preparation and analytical instrumentation for the genomics and biodefense markets, announced that it named Barney Saunders as its chief operating officer.

Most recently, Saunders was with Agilent Technologies, where he held the positions of general manager and vice president for bioresearch solutions and senior director of science and technology. Previously, he had been with Amersham Biosciences.