Castle Biosciences: Rodney Cotton, Mara Aspinall
Castle Biosciences has appointed Rodney Cotton to its board of directors. Cotton worked for more than two decades at Roche, most recently serving as senior VP, head of strategy and transformation, and chief of staff to the CEO for Roche Diagnostics. He currently serves on the board of directors of Eisai Pharmaceutical US and Orchard Software. Cotton is also an advisory board member for Flo2 Ventures. He holds an MBA from California State University, Dominguez Hills; an M.S. in strategic management from the University of Southern California; and a B.A. in biological sciences and technology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Castle also noted that current board member Mara Aspinall will not stand for reelection and her term will expire at the company's annual meeting in May.
InnoSign: Eric Lindquist, Paul van de Wiel
Eric Lindquist has been appointed as CEO of InnoSign, a Dutch company offering an mRNA-based pathway activity profiling test called OncoSignal. He will replace cofounder Paul van de Wiel as CEO, who will remain as chief operating officer and a board observer. Lindquist previously served as chief business and chief commercial officer at biotechnology firm Celcuity. Before that, he was global VP of the oncology and transplant business and commercial development at Natera. He also worked in business development, sales, and marketing at Cynvenio Biosystems, Asuragen, HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Roche, Apocell, J&J Life Sciences, and Abbott Laboratories. He holds a B.S. in genetics and cell biology from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Capella University.
EditCo Bio: John Tan, Travis Maures
John Tan has been appointed CEO and Travis Maures CSO of Synthego gene editing spinoff EditCo Bio. Tan is the former president and chief operating officer, and Maures the former chief technology officer of Synthego.
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