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Gene Network Sciences Names Departing Merck Head of Genetics Eric Schadt as Co-Chair of Scientific Advisory Board
April 21st, 2009
Gene Network Sciences, Inc. announced that it named Dr. Eric Schadt, a leading researcher in the field of genomics-driven drug discovery, co-chair of its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Schadt will be leaving his position as Executive Scientific Director of Genetics at pharmaceutical giant Merck to join forces with the departing head of Merck oncology, Dr. Stephen Friend, to create Sage, an open-access distributed data platform designed to enable collaboration by integrating the myriad of genomic data sets in the public and private domains. At Merck's Rosetta subsidiary, Dr. Schadt founded the Genetics department. His work at Merck focused on elucidating the genetic...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-21)
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