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Deepcell: Kevin Farrell

Deepcell has appointed Kevin Farrell as senior vice president of operations. Farrell has previously served as head of Global Operations and Customer Success at Berkeley Lights and as senior vice president of global business operations at Standard Biotools (formerly Fluidigm). His new role is critical for expanding and scaling up operations, including manufacturing and supply chain, to support product commercialization at Deepcell, the creator of an innovative area of single cell biology analysis called morpholomics. Prior to joining Deepcell, Farrell worked as head of business operations for a molecular diagnostics startup, serving as an executive-in-residence. 

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