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Scott Bortner

Jan 21, 2015

RainDance Technologies appointed Scott Bortner its vice president of intellectual property. He will be responsible for strengthening and defending the IP portfolio underlying RainDance's core digital droplet technology and applications for non-invasive, liquid biopsy research. Bortner has more than 25 years of experience in the genomics IP space and has held senior IP counsel positions at Applied Biosystems, Affymetrix, and Natera.

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