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IsoPlexis: Nachum Shamir, Siddhartha Kadia, Michael Egholm

Aug 23, 2022

IsoPlexis has appointed Nachum "Homi" Shamir to its board of directors as a class II director. Shamir was most recently chairman and CEO of Luminex from 2014 through its sale to DiaSorin in 2021. Previously, Shamir was president and CEO of Given Imaging from 2006 through its sale to Covidien (now Medtronic) in 2014. Shamir currently serves on the board of directors of Strata Skin Sciences and as chairman of the boards of Mediwound and Cactus Acquisition.

IsoPlexis also said that it has accepted the resignations of Siddhartha Kadia and Michael Egholm from its board. IsoPlexis will continue to search for an additional board member and expects to fill this opening prior to its next annual meeting.

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