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Swedish Gyros Protein Technologies AB, which was formed in spring by merging nanoliter-scale immunoassay expert Gyros AB and peptide synthesis instrumentation and reagent provider Protein Technologies Inc., has a new chair. Frank Witney took over as Chairman of the Board of Directors in June.

Witney, who holds a doctorate in molecular and cell biology from Indiana University, has held several leadership positions over the last quarter century. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Affymetrix before it was taken over by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2016. Prior to this, Witney was President and Chief Executive Officer of Dionex, which was also bought up by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2011. His previous experience includes stints at PerkinElmer, Packard Biosciences, and Bio-Rad Laboratories.