---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-023402"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLFS"
cik: "0000834365"
company_name: "BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T22:24:31.143109+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BioLife Solutions appoints Joydeep Goswami to board; Andrew Hinson retires after 14 years

## Summary
- Andrew Hinson retired from the BioLife board effective Oct 1, 2021; retirement not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Joydeep Goswami, Ph.D., appointed to fill the vacancy; qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Goswami is chief strategy & corporate development officer at Illumina (ILMN) and previously president at Thermo Fisher (TMO).
- Goswami will chair the Nominating and Governance Committee; compensation same as other non-employee directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-023402
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLFS
- cik: 0000834365
- company_name: BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921023402/0001437749-21-023402-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921023402/bioli20211006_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-023402
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-023402.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-023402.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joydeep Goswami was appointed as Director at BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Joydeep Goswami, Ph.D. to the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921023402/0001437749-21-023402-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Hinson retired as Director at BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective October 1, 2021, Andrew Hinson retired from the board of directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921023402/0001437749-21-023402-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.