NRGene: Keith Blanks, Richard Calk

NRGene has hired Keith Blanks as chief commercial officer and Richard Calk as chief strategy officer. Blanks previously was senior VP of sales and marketing at Calyxt, where he led the launch of one of the world's first gene-edited food products. Calk joins NRGene after serving as president and COO of Neogen. NRGene said that the two will help the Israeli company grow in North America.