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Berkeley Lights: Siddhartha Kadia

Berkeley Lights has appointed Siddhartha Kadia to its board of directors, increasing the board's size to nine members. Kadia was president and CEO of EAG Laboratories, a company acquired by Eurofins Scientific in 2017, and, before that, president of life sciences at Life Technologies. He also serves on the boards of IsoPlexis and BioSkryb. Kadia holds a PhD in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

The Scan

Machine Learning Helps ID Molecular Mechanisms of Pancreatic Islet Beta Cell Subtypes in Type 2 Diabetes

The approach helps overcome limitations of previous studies that had investigated the molecular mechanisms of pancreatic islet beta cells, the authors write in their Nature Genetics paper.

Culture-Based Methods, Shotgun Sequencing Reveal Transmission of Bifidobacterium Strains From Mothers to Infants

In a Nature Communications study, culture-based approaches along with shotgun sequencing give a better picture of the microbial strains transmitted from mothers to infants.

Microbial Communities Can Help Trees Adapt to Changing Climates

Tree seedlings that were inoculated with microbes from dry, warm, or cold sites could better survive drought, heat, and cold stress, according to a study in Science.

A Combination of Genetics and Environment Causes Cleft Lip

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers investigate what combination of genetic and environmental factors come into play to cause cleft lip/palate.