John Goetz

Feb 16, 2018

John Goetz, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Bio-Rad Laboratories, will retire and resign from his position effective March 30, 2018, but will remain available for consultation after his employment ends if a successor has not yet been named. Goetz has been with Bio-Rad for more than 40 years and was named COO in 2014.

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The Scan

Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

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A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.