IDT Opens Molecular Biology R&D Facility in Redwood City
Dr Caifu Chen to lead new product development at California site
Research and development for Integrated DNA Technologies' (IDT) validated molecular biology products will now be performed in a newly built facility in Redwood City, California. The 8,000 square foot building houses state-of-the-art labs that will allow IDT scientists to maximize the company’s world-class custom oligonucleotide manufacturing capability.
“For years we’ve focused on enabling research,” said Stephen Gunstream, Chief Commercial Officer. “Redwood City takes that mission to the next level. Now, in addition to our traditional offerings, we will be able to develop complete workflow solutions for cutting edge applications. This provides more value to our customers.”
To lead Redwood City’s Product Development Team, IDT announced that Dr Caifu Chen has joined the company as Senior Vice President for Research and Development. Dr Chen has 25 years of genomics research experience in the academic and biotech sectors, particularly in developing qPCR- and NGS-based assay products for research and diagnostics applications.”
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