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People in the News: Christie Hunter

Sep 13, 2013
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The Human Proteome Organization has named Christie Hunter, director of proteomics applications at AB Sciex, recipient of its 2013 Science and Technology Award.

Hunter is being recognized for her work in developing a workflow that applied multiple-reaction monitoring mass spec to the targeted quantification of proteins and peptides in plasma.

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