Alister Reynolds
Alister Reynolds has agreed to become CEO of SomaLogic. He is replacing Byron Hewett, who is stepping down. Reynolds has been on the company's board since 2003, and has held senior executive positions at Quest Diagnostics and its predecessor Corning.
Erik Phelps
Tempus has hired Erik Phelps as executive VP and general counsel. He will be responsible for general corporate matters, strategy, and several other legal areas. Phelps comes to Tempus from electronic health records maker Epic Systems, where he also served as general counsel. He holds a JD from George Washington University Law School.
James Heath
The Institute for Systems Biology named James Heath its new president, effective January 2018. The current President and ISB Cofounder Lee Hood will remain on the institute's board. Heath is the Elizabeth W. Gilloon professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, and a professor of molecular and medical pharmacology and codirector of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also is director of the NanoSystems Biology Cancer Center, which is funded by the National Cancer Institute.
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