Carl Wittwer

Described as “a pioneer in nucleic acid analysis,” Carl invented a number of key polymerase chain reaction technologies that are now used worldwide. He is a professor of pathology at the University of Utah Medical School, technical vice president and medical director of the Immunologic Flow Cytometry and Advanced Technology laboratories at Associated Regional and University Pathologists, a co-founder at BioFire, and a recent winner of the Utah Genius Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to molecular diagnostics.

Part of the Power List 2015

Who are the most influential laboratory medicine professionals?
That’s the question we posed to ourselves – and then to you – over two months ago, ahead of open nominations and a painstaking judging process. Here, without further ado, we celebrate the answer.

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