ArcticZymes Technologies has appointed Dr. Darren Ellis as its first Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Ellis brings over 20 years of industrial R&D experience (from Solexa (now Illumina) and ThermoFisher Scientific) in leading and developing molecular research and In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) applications, technologies and products. Furthermore, he has global expertise in Business-to-Business (B2B) application development, successfully helping commercial partners and customers to bring their technologies and product developments to
market. Dr. Ellis joined the Company in March this year to lead the establishment of the Application Laboratory at Oslo Science Park and to recruit an experienced team of application scientists. The laboratory is operational and currently focusing on the development of workflow applications related to infectious disease testing. As CSO, Dr. Ellis will support the Company to strategically expand and optimize the Company´s innovation capabilities and efforts in Norway and internationally as the Company grows both organically and inorganically. He will lead an international and experienced scientific team with the ability to bring further cutting edge and high-value innovations to market, hence, elevating the
innovation pipeline to the next level.