Great Lakes IT Report: Velcura hires two

Source: Great Lakes IT Report

July 7, 2004

Ann Arbor-based biotech company Velcura Therapeutics Inc. said Tuesday that it had hired two more staffers. Holly Britt Anderson was named laboratory-office administrator, and will handle procurement, safety, environmental compliance, grant and contract compliance and administrative duties. She has a bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan Universityin biological and analytical sciences and is currently completing her MBA at EMU. Her background includes stops at Biotechnology Business Consultants L.L.C. in Ann Arbor and the Central Laboratory for Reproductive Services Program at the University of Michigan. Jessica Eason-Butler joins Velcura as a staff scientist, exploring how bone cells develop. Most recently, she was a research contractor at Pfizer Inc. in Ann Arbor. She is a 2002 Michigan State University graduate with a Masters degree in animal science, with an emphasis on animal breeding and genetics.