Dr. Cobb is the acting Director for Clinical Molecular Diagnostics at Roche Diagnostics Corporation where he serves in a scientific advisory role supporting the laboratory scientific community. He obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ... and trained as a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgetown University Institute for Molecular Genetics. He then completed an American Board of Medical Genetics fellowship program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the National Human Genome Research Institute and is a board certified diplomat of the American College of Medical Genetics. Previously, he was the Head of Scientific Affairs for the global organization where he was responsible for the molecular portfolio's medical plans. He has over 15 years of experience in diagnostics and serves on several international scientific committees and working groups.

Dr. Jason Alter is the Director of Clinical Genomic Affairs for GenomeDx Biosciences. He and his team specialize in the integration of advanced genomic testing with clinical practice. Jason has extensive experience in the field of prostate cancer prognostic assay development and ... commercialization. Prior to joining GenomeDx Biosciences Dr. Alter was Vice President of Marketing and commercialized NADiA ProsVue, an FDA-cleared assay developed to identify post-prostatectomy men at reduced risk for metastasis. Dr. Alter also commercialized both biopsy and post-prostatectomy prognostic assays for prostate cancer at Aureon Biosciences. Jason has a dual B.A. in Biology and History from Alfred University, an M.S. degree in Microbiology from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Binghamton University. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Shawn C. Baker is the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of AllSeq. Having received his Ph.D. at the University of California - Davis, he started his career as a Research Scientist at Illumina when it was a 15-person startup. After spending several years at the bench ... developing gene expression array products, he transitioned to Product Marketing where he led a team in charge of Illuminas Expression and Regulation sequencing portfolio. In 2013 Dr. Baker co-founded AllSeq, establishing the only true sequencing marketplace, matching researchers with service providers based on their needs.

The discovery of proteinaceous disease biomarkers and their clinical validation is critically important for the enablement of molecular diagnostics and ultimately, precision medicine. In spite of the importance of biomarkers, research done in the last two decades has yielded ... limited success in enhancing the repertoire of protein biomarkers of disease. This apparent dichotomy is in large part due to the fact that the process from discovery to validation is complex and involves a multidisciplinary collaboration across clinical, biochemical and biophysical disciplines and that that many initiatives sought to identify unique markers for a given disease with perfect correlation. Recent advances in better biomarker discovery strategies, clinical sampling and sample storage, better sample preparation methods that consider the inherent instabilities associated with clinical specimens, better discovery methods and analytical instrumentation suited for assay validation and clinical assays together promise to generate better panel tests for disease biomarkers of clinical significance. Hide Biography Dr. Latterich has nearly 20 years of academic and commercial and leadership experience and features an accomplished research career focused on the proteomics-based discovery of novel biomarkers in oncology, respiratory disease and neurodegenerative disorders. Martin is currently CSO at BioScale, a Lexington, MA, based biotechnology corporation commercializing a novel acoustic biomarker quantification platform. Most recently Martin served as a Professor at the Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine in San Diego, where his laboratory used proteomics and genomics to discover novel biomarkers of cancer and degenerative disease though a systems biology approach that includes proteomics. He is also the CSO, co-founder and a board member for the non-profit Nicholas Conor Institute for Pediatric Cancer Research. Martin's work at the institute included designing new technologies to enable the better treatment of children with cancer, using personalized medicine technology to match their unique genetic make-up and tumor physiology to available treatment options. He previously served on the faculty of the University of Montreal, McGill University and the Salk Institute. His grant-funded work has been recognized by the 2003 Tier I Canada Research Chair, the 1998 Pew Scholar Award and the 1997 Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Award. Dr. Latterich also held senior management positions at several biotechnology companies, including Diversa and Illumina, where he headed the proteomics initiatives. He has made significant contributions to the field of cell biology, clinical biomarker discovery, proteomics and genomics. Among his recent discoveries are biomarkers for cancer, respiratory disease and neurodegenerative disorders. Dr Latterich has edited one book on RNAi, is author on over 34 publications in leading scientific journals and is listed on numerous patent applications. Martin is Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Proteome Science. He has served on several national and international study sections. He was a postdoctoral fellow in molecular and cell biology in the laboratory of Dr. Randy Schekman at the HHMI and University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Latterich earned his Ph.D. in cell biology and a B.Sc. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Durham University, U.K.

Judd W. Moul is James H. Semans, MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, and Director of the Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute at Duke University Medical Center. Prior to joining Duke, he was Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of ... the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland and an attending Urologic Oncologist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, DC. In addition, he was Director of the Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR); a Congress-mandated research program of the Department of Defense based at USUHS and WRAMC. In 2004, he completed a 26-year U.S. Army career, retiring as a full Colonel in the Medical Corps, and became Chief of the Division of Urologic Surgery at Duke. Serving as Chief from 2004 to 2011, he brought innovation and growth to the program. Most notably, he started the Duke Prostate Center, expanded the urology residency training program through a novel collaboration with the Department of Defense and was able to maintain Duke Urology as a top 10 program in the nation throughout his tenure. Dr Moul completed his Urologic Oncology Fellowship at Duke University and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Pennsylvania State University. He earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr Moul currently serves on the editorial boards of Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, BJU International, American Journal of Mens Health, Brazilian Journal of Urology, World Journal of Urology, and Oncology REALTIME. He has published over 500 medical and scientific manuscripts and book chapters and has lectured at national and international meetings. He has appeared on ABC, NBC, CNN, PBS, and other media as a prostate cancer authority. Honors and awards received have included the American Medical Associations Young Physicians Section Community Service Award for his national involvement in prostate cancer patient support groups, the Sir Henry Welcome Research Medal and Prize from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, the prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award by the American Urological Association, the Baron Dominique Jean Larrey Military Surgeon Award for Excellence, the Order of Military Medical Merit from the Surgeon General at the US Army, and the Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year award.

Dr. Hollister is a microbial ecologist and bioinformaticist. She is interested in quantifying and characterizing microbial communities from a wide variety of environments, including the human body. Utilizing high throughput, next-generation DNA and RNA sequence approaches, her ... research seeks to improve our understanding of microbial communities, their distribution across time and space, the ways in which they function, and their influence at broader scales. Dr. Hollister currently serves as the Director of Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics for the Texas Children's Microbiome Center.

Andreas Jeromin, PhD, has more than 25 years of experience in CNS clinical diagnostics and companion diagnostics and co-authors more than 150 publications. He is the founder of Atlantic Biomarkers, Inc., and currently the consulting Chief Medical Officer to Quanterix Corp and ... member of several biomarker/CNS disorder consortia and working groups.