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Dante Labs: Sandra Close

Sep 01, 2021

Sandra Close has been appointed to the board of directors of Dante Labs. She is the former chief diagnostics strategy officer of Invitae, which she joined in 2020 after Invitae acquired ArcherDx, where she was executive VP of quality, regulatory, and business strategy. Prior to that, she was CEO and an independent consultant at GenEngine.

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