Dr. Burton brings more than 22 years of biotechnology
industry experience, primarily focused on recombinant
protein purification, process design, and implementation.
Prior to working with DNA Bridges/DNA Gateway
International, Gene was VP Product Development at Receptor BioLogix.
Previously, he served as director of purification and
isolation development at Bayer Corp.’s biotechnology unit in
Berkeley, Calif. He spent over 17 years at Genentech,
initially as a research division protein chemist, and left
the company as a senior scientist and group leader of
process purification development. Prior to his industry
experience, Dr. Burton served as post-doctoral at Stanford
University, and as a post-doctoral fellow and assistant
professor at The Rockefeller University. He has more than 50
peer-reviewed publications and five patents applied or
issued. Dr. Burton earned a BS in chemistry from Montana
State University, and a PhD in biochemistry from Michigan
State University.
