Michael Sheldon

Background

About Michael Sheldon

Dr. Sheldon received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1983 and a Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook in 1993. After joining the faculty in Genetics at Rutgers University in 2007, he has served as Senior Director of Sample Processing Services at RUCDR Infinite Biologics®, with operational oversight of all sample processing including isolation of primary cells from blood and other tissues, creation of cell lines, extraction and quality control of nucleic acids and storage and global distribution of biomaterials. All the sample processing workflows at IBX are designed to ensure consistent and superior quality standards within a state-of-the art automation infrastructure that provides high throughput sample management and analysis for DNA, RNA and protein-based technologies to hundreds of labs globally. When RUCDR Infinite Biologics became Infinity BiologiX (IBX) in 2020, he founded the IBX Scientific Affairs department with the mission to play a strategic role in the advancement of a number of company goals, including providing expert technical resources to potential and existing clients, discovery and adoption of new fields and associated technologies and the coordination of outreach initiatives designed to enhance the public profile of the company. Dr. Sheldon also serves as Director of the IBX College of American Pathologists (CAP) Biorepository.