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Biocrates: Nicolas Schauer, Moritz Seuster, Wulf Fischer-Knuppertz

Sep 12, 2019

Austria-based Biocrates announced that it has appointed Nicolas Schauer as co-CEO and CSO along with Moritz Seuster as co-CEO and CFO. Wulf Fischer-Knuppertz is resigning from the firm's executive board and will continue to serve as a consultant. Prior to joining Biocrates, Schauer sold his own metabolite profiling company in 2017. 

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