Cofactor Genomics

Jarret Glasscock holds a PhD in Genetics from Washington University in St. Louis, completed under Warren Gish–a father of computational biology and an author of BLAST. His interests and skills in computational biology and bioinformatics are well-complemented by his background in genetics. Before founding Cofactor Genomics in 2008, Jarret spent 4 years involved in early testing and characterization of many of the Next-Gen platforms. Before this focus on Next-Gen, he had led a team of computational biologists at the Genome Center to build complex tools for large sequencing projects. Dr. Glasscock transitioned out of his roles as Research Faculty in the Department of Genetics at Washington University and as part of the Washington University Genome Center Technology Development at the end of 2008 to devote full time to Cofactor.

Jon Armstrong, CMO

Cofactor is proud to welcome Jon Armstrong as their CMO. Mr. Armstrong holds an M.S. degree in Neuroscience and spent the last nine years in the Technology Development Group at the Genome Center at Washington University. Early in his tenure at The Genome Center, he was instrumental in designing and fabricating one of the earliest C. elegans whole genome oligo microarrays. Prior to joining the Cofactor Genomics management team, Jon spent the last four years testing and developing targeted genomic capture platforms and is acknowledged as an expert in their experimental applications. We are pleased to have Mr. Armstrong’s combination of extensive industry knowledge and excellent presentation and interpersonal skills to bring our sequencing and analysis products from the lab to market.