Virginia Goss Tusher

Director/Board Member at The California Academy of Sciences

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Dr. Tusher joined 5AM Ventures in 2006, after serving as a consultant to the firm for four years.
Prior to joining 5AM, she studied cancer genetics and bioinformatics at Stanford University in the lab of Dr. Gilbert Chu.
Her doctoral research is published in PNAS and included the development of algorithms for Significance Analysis of Microarrays, now available by commercial license.
Prior to Stanford, she worked as an engineer at Affymetrix, Inc. Dr. Tusher holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University and a PhD in Biochemistry from Stanford University.
She is based in the Menlo Park, CA office.

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Companies	Position	Start
The California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The California Academy of Sciences operates as a scientific and cultural institution. The Academy houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a rainforest. It was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Virginia Goss Tusher

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AFFYMETRIX, INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
5AM Venture Management LLC 5AM Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance 5AM Venture Management LLC (5AM Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2002 by Andrew J. Schwab, Carin M. Rollins and John D. Diekman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, US.	Private Equity Analyst	-

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Training of Virginia Goss Tusher

Princeton University	Undergraduate Degree
Stanford University	Doctorate Degree

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5AM Venture Management LLC 5AM Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance 5AM Venture Management LLC (5AM Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2002 by Andrew J. Schwab, Carin M. Rollins and John D. Diekman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, US.	Finance
Affymetrix, Inc. Affymetrix, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Affymetrix, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells products and services for genetic analysis. The company was founded by Stephen P. A. Fodor in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.	Health Technology
The California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The California Academy of Sciences operates as a scientific and cultural institution. The Academy houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a rainforest. It was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Commercial Services

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