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Team

Senior Director, Principal Investigator, Institute Scientist

Julian Avila Pacheco

Associate Director

Kevin Bullock

Research Scientist II

Angelina Choy

Research Associate III

Lucas Dailey

Biochemist I

Research Scientist II, Laboratory Manager

Courtney Dennis

Biochemist II

Jeremy M. Frank

Administrative Assistant

Sarah Jeanfavre

Biochemist II

Jesse Krejci

Software Engineer

Eivgeni Mashin

Biochemist II

Kerry Pierce

Research Scientist II

Pedro Vendramini

Research Scientist I

Savidya Hettiarachchi

Research Associate II

Daniel Hitchcock

Principal Software Engineer

Peter Smith

Research Associate III

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