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SAN MATEO, Calif. After the discovery of the first six cases of the B.1.1.7 variant in the Bay Area, researchers predict it will quickly become more prevalent. I would expect in the next couple of weeks you ll see it become the predominant strain, said James Lu, president and co-founder of Helix, a San Mateo-based genomic sequencing company.
Lu said that prediction doesn t apply to the whole country, rather to parts of California and Florida where B.1.1.7 has been spreading.
In December, his company partnered with Illumina through a contract with the CDC to begin genetic surveillance of coronavirus samples across the country.
Franklin Templeton shuffles senior leadership roles following research hub launch
ClearBridge CEO to expand role
ClearBridge CEO Terrence Murphy will become Franklin s new head of equities
Franklin Templeton has launched its new Investment Institute – a research and knowledge-sharing hub of global market insights – leading to a reshuffle among senior leadership roles.
Head of equities Stephen Dover will become chief market strategist and head of the Investment Institute from 1 February. His former role will be taken over by Terrence Murphy, the CEO of ClearBridge.
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Pandemic creates “weird boom time” for some Bay Area remote workers [The Cupertino Courier, Calif.]
Jan. 10 Millions of California workers have faced at least one of two gut-wrenching situations this past year: losing their jobs or risking their lives by showing up in person at work during a pandemic.
But for the others the “work-from-home” contingent things have been, well, mostly fine.
“My career, knock on wood, is taking off,” said Penny Bailey, a recruiter at a San Francisco-based startup that builds software for online teamwork. Bailey got her new job and a raise three months into the pandemic. “I feel really good about my income, and that’s new for me. That contrast isn’t lost on me. I feel this weird guilt.”
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