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TATAA Biocenter: Sofia Adolfsson

Jul 25, 2023

TATAA Biocenter has promoted Sofia Adolfsson to scientific officer and head of bioinformatics. She has served as head of bioinformatics at TATAA since 2021, after having previously held various roles at Uppsala University, the Karolinska Institutet, and Lund University. She earned her PhD in 2009 from ETH Zurich and has a broad research background including in areas such as evolutionary biology and cancer diagnostics.

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