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Quadrant Biosciences: Funda Suer

Jun 01, 2022

Funda Suer has joined Quadrant Biosciences as EVP of clinical diagnostics and CLIA laboratory director. She was previously division head of molecular genetics at Sema4. Prior to that, Suer was at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where she was laboratory director as well as associate professor in the department of genetics and genomic sciences, according to her LinkedIn profile. She previously was senior director of genetics at Quest Diagnostics' Athena Diagnostics.

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