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Maria Thompson

Maria Thompson, PhD has a background in molecular genetics and over 16 years of experience in pharmaceutical and diagnostics research and development. She has held a variety of roles including Head of Genome Wide Screening for Type 2 diabetes, Six Sigma Black Belt, and VP of Scientific Affairs. Dr. Thompson is a Principal Consultant at APEX Think, a private consulting company providing scientific and technical advisory services to clients across the life science industry. Dr. Thompson holds a BSc in Genetics and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from the Royal London School of Medicine, UK.
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Dec 6, 2012

Personalized medicine is increasingly becoming a reality, led by the idea that knowing more about genome will help customize the proper treatment...

Dec 5, 2012

A big reason why scientists choose to do research is the desire to ultimately improve human health outcomes. Whether exploring how an enzyme...

Nov 29, 2012

Scientist’s Kevin Lustig and Chris Petersen were recently asked to co-author a book chapter on the future of Pharmaceutical Outsourcing. It is...

Nov 20, 2012

Pharmaceutical outsourcing of research services continues to grow and data is showing that Asia is seeing the biggest benefits. The big...

Nov 14, 2012

Taconic has donated custom mouse model generation for the Rare Disease Science Challenge. The research service is worth over $50,000 dollars and...

Nov 1, 2012

Our latest infographic touches on a subject we care deeply about: the cost of drug discovery and the need for cost-effective research and...

Sep 18, 2012

Innovation = knowledge + creativity + work. At Scientist, we try to reduce the barriers to all three elements of that equation via Scientist, but...

Sep 11, 2012

Scientist has always operated on mission of “empowering scientists.” What that boils down to is continuously asking ourselves “does this help...