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Clue Genetics: Peter Repetti

Jun 24, 2022

Peter Repetti has been appointed as VP of research at Clue Genetics, where he will oversee the company's platform of intellectual property around fungal genomes and will lead its research initiatives in metabologenomics. He will take his new post on July 1 and will be based at Clue's facility near Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Repetti previously held R&D leadership positions at Mendel Biotechnology, Koch Biological Solutions, and BASF.

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