Cambridge-based Helicos BioSciences Corp. has appointed former Third Wave Technologies Inc. executive Ivan Trifunovich as president and CEO, and said that Ron Lowy, who had served as CEO since 2008 and president since February, will return to his role as board member.
Trifunovich has previously served as a senior consultant to the Helicos board, and he was named as executive chairman of the board last month. Helicos, which has gone through executive, staff and strategic changes this year, develops genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery and diagnostic markets.
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