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Genomenon: Sam Globus

Sep 13, 2022

Genomenon has hired Sam Globus as VP of operations. He comes to the bioinformatics company after serving as VP of strategy and operations at Eagle Genomics. Globus previously was VP of business strategy and operations at Celmatix, an early adopter of Genomenon's Mastermind Genomic Search Engine. In earning a PhD in molecular biology and biochemistry from Weill Cornell University Medical College, Globus performed research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center focusing on the basic molecular processes that create genetic diversity in eukaryotes.

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