John Davidson

Biography

John, or "JD", is chief science officer and a co-founder of Tangen Biosciences, and received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Harvard University in 2000.  Since then he has spent the last 14 years working on assays and technologies involving DNA: Mutation detection in cancer, Gene synthesis, DNA sequencing instruments.  JD joined Blue Heron Biotechnology in 2003, where he was instrumental in developing cell-free DNA error correction processes and automating gene synthesis.  JD joined Ion Torrent in April 2008, before the company had demonstrated proof of concept and prior to acquisition by Life Technologies in 2010.  

Research Interest

 assays and technologies involving DNA: Mutation detection in cancer, Gene synthesis, DNA sequencing instruments.