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Lisa Watson

Observer · DISC type ci
Associate Director, Assay R&D at Illumina
📍 San Diego County, California, United States

Lisa Watson is a product development leader at Illumina with over a decade of experience in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) assays for oncology and transcriptomics. Holding a Ph. D. from the University of California, San Francisco, she excels at leading cross-functional R&D teams to launch high-quality library preparation products for complex applications.

She is a presenter at major genomics conferences on topics like 5-base methylation profiling for integrated variant analysis in FFPE samples.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Associate Director, Assay R&D
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Diego County, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Lisa shows up

Example Seeker
Assertive
Value Driven

They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Priorities

Topics Lisa cares about

NGS Assay Development
Leads teams developing and launching novel NGS library prep products for applications in oncology, transcriptomics, and epigenetics.
Oncology Genomics
Her work focuses on developing tools for cancer research, including assays for fusion detection and low-frequency variant detection from FFPE samples.
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Career

Work history

5-2024
Associate Director, Assay R&D
Illumina
4-2021 - 6-2024
Sr Staff Scientist
Illumina
6-2019 - 4-2021
Staff Scientist
Illumina
3-2017 - 6-2019
Senior Scientist
Illumina
3-2015 - 4-2017
Scientist 2
Illumina
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Education
2005 - 2011
Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
2000 - 2004
B.S.
UC San Diego
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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