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People in the News: Soren Germer, Greg Thompson, Michael Rasche, More

Jan 25, 2019 | staff reporter

Soren Germer, Michael Zody, Ana Bastiani-Posner

Soren Germer has been promoted to senior VP of genome technologies of the New York Genome Center. He previously served as the center's senior scientific director of sequencing operations, and before that, sequencing program manager. In his new role, Germer will lead the activities of the NYGC's sequencing and analysis teams.

Also, Michael Zody has been promoted to scientific director of computational biology of the NYGC, a new role. Zody will continue to provide scientific leadership to the computational biology team as well as lead new grants, foster partnerships, and serve as strategic scientific advisor.

In addition, Ana Bastiani-Posner has joined the NYGC as senior VP of finance and administration. Previously, she held executive finance roles at Allergan, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and Schering-Plough.

Greg Thompson

GeneCapture has appointed Greg Thompson as its chief operating officer. Thompson will oversee the product design, commercialization, and medical device approvals for the firm's portable and rapid diagnostic for the point-of-care market. Thompson previously served as VP of design in the medical division and VP of global product design and development at Sanmina. Thompson earned a BSEE degree in computer engineering from North Dakota State University.

Michael Rasche

Metabolon has appointed Michael Rasche as its president of international business. Rasche will lead the firm's international business activities with a focus on customer and team expansion. Prior to Metabolon, Rasche acted as chief commercial officer at Definiens. Before Definiens, Rasche served as corporate VP of global commercial operations at Ayoxxa. He has also held leadership positions at Dako (now Agilent), Roche, and Bayer Diagnostics in Europe, as well as North and South America.

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