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Assistant Director for External Affairs: Tom Powdrill, M.S., D.V.M
Dr. Tom Powdrill has served in both academia and industry in the fields of advanced molecular diagnostics, applied genomics and proteomics, molecular virology, and recombinant vaccine development for human hepatitis viruses. He has contributed as an author to a number of publications and patents in these areas and has participated in the development of modern microarray technology as a valuable tool for understanding animal and human health diseases at the molecular level.
Most recently, Dr. Powdrill has served as the president and co-founder of an applied genomics company, Vitruvius Biosciences, in The Woodlands, Texas. Facets of the technology developed at his company are currently being investigated as a universal and unbiased method to classify and archive biosignatures of important human and animal disease threat agents. Dr. Powdrill received his B.S. in Veterinary Sciences, his D.V.M in Veterinary Medicine, and his M.S. in Molecular Genetics from Texas A&M University.