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John Eid is a Biophysicist who has led fundamental technology development for over a decade. His research areas include advanced microscopy, single molecule detection and analyses, automated data acquisition system development, biophysical system modeling, genome sequencing applications and bioinformatics. Prior to co-founding Whole Biome, John served as a Principle Scientist at Pacific Biosciences. He joined the company shortly after it was founded and created, developed and applied its core sequencing technology from its incipient stages through commercialization. John completed his postdoctoral research at the Roland Institute at Harvard University, his Ph.D. in Biophysics and Computation Biology at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and his B.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University.