The Faces of Luminex: Jessica Bernethy, Legal Affairs

Here at Luminex, our Legal Affairs department’s two highest priorities are the relationships we foster with corporate partners and the security we maintain over our intellectual property. To best sustain our partnerships and intellectual material, we rely upon the expertise of a robust, highly specialized legal department. One such expert is Jessica Bernethy, Corporate Paralegal, whose role includes crafting new agreements and answering the many legal questions of her colleagues. She joined Luminex in 2016 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a minor in management from the University of New Orleans, as well as an advanced technical certificate for paralegal studies from Austin Community College.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: If employees have questions about anything related to legal matters, they can loop me in first — I may not know the answer, but I will do my best to assist in obtaining what they need, whether that’s an answer from an attorney, a drafted document, or to be pointed to a different direction all together. Each inquiry from an employee helps me to learn something new, so I love what I do. We handle new agreements, renewal of contracts, legal review of all materials, and more. My job is to support our attorneys in their role, as well as the employees at Luminex, as the employees and the company as a whole are our clients.

Q: How did you get started on this career path?

A: I always knew I wanted to be within the legal field, but the field is so diverse that I didn’t really know a specific end point of that career. Post undergraduate, I debated going to law school, but to ensure I would truly enjoy it prior to more schooling and potentially a lot of debt, I decided to take some paralegal classes first. I loved it! Being a paralegal lets me find the answer to the puzzle that nobody else can find without having to work the hours or having the liability of an attorney.

Q: What did you do before joining Luminex?

A: When I moved to Texas, my first job in this career path was as a disciplinary clerk at the women’s death row prison in Gatesville. After several additional moves throughout Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to include the Parole Division and Probation Department, I ended up in TDCJ’s Office of the General Counsel here in Austin. After a few more years, I transferred to the District Attorney’s Office in Travis County, and worked in several of their internal departments as well, including the court system, general state, environmental quality, and workman’s compensation departments. Overall, I spent about 12 years working within criminal law.

Q: What drew you to the company?

A: After spending all that time in criminal law, the idea of being in a different field of law really appealed to me. It gets overwhelming to see the worst: either the worst day in someone’s life or the worst in people, especially because you don’t really have any “wins” in criminal law. I had a friend who worked here at Luminex who told me that the paralegal position was open. When I started learning about what Luminex did, it was really intriguing to me. I’m not a scientific-minded person, but the possibility of being able to help Luminex, in my own way, work to improve people’s health and lives, it felt like a really interesting opportunity. It has been a huge learning experience but I love working here and I’m always learning something new.

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: I would have a hard time picking just one. My family has been seriously affected by cancer (colon, breast, and lung), Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), and thyroid problems such as Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Eradicating any of those would be wonderful, as they all affect not only the people going through the ailment, but their family and friends as well.

Q: If you weren’t at Luminex, where would you be?

A: I would love to have been a fighter pilot in the US Air Force like my dad was for 30 years. That being said, I get road rage even in the grocery store, so perhaps giving me control of a multimillion-dollar piece of equipment that can fly at almost 1,500 mph might not be such a good idea.

Q: What is something about you that no one at Luminex knows?

A: Most people probably don’t know I’m pretty good at billiards (or at least I used to be). If they ever decide to put in some sort of employee relaxation area in our local office, I would love it if a pool table was included.

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do in Austin on the weekend?

A: My parents have a ranch north of Fort Cavazos (aka Ft. Hood), and we love going up there and spending time with the family. But in the summer, it is imperative for most Texans to go “tubing” to cool off in the Texas heat. It’s so popular that there are whole businesses that will rent you tubes, drop you off at the beginning of the run, and pick you up after you’ve floated down the river for a couple of hours.

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The Faces of Luminex: Andrew Stinson, Manufacturing

There’s a big transition that happens when our R&D team hands off new products to our production team for commercial manufacturing. Each step needs to be planned and executed with meticulous attention to detail. We’re grateful for team members like Andrew Stinson, Manufacturing Engineer II. He joined Luminex earlier this year and holds a bachelor’s degree in medical engineering from the University of Utah.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: I’m the manufacturing engineer responsible for the transfer of new product lines. Internally, they’re first built by our R&D group, and now we’re looking to ramp up production with a commercial manufacturing process. I spend quite a bit of time on the manufacturing floor each day examining the current process and seeing what improvements we can make to achieve higher yields with full confidence in every product.

Q: How did you get started on this career path?

A: I was a fly-fishing guide several years ago when I decided to go back to school. I picked the degree with the best outlook, and in Salt Lake City, there was a lot of investment in biomedical research and design. As soon as I graduated, I took a role at a contract manufacturer, and I’ve been working in medical devices ever since. The cool part is being able to see the output of my work — the process improvements that lead to better yields.

Q: Engineering must be a big change from fly fishing, huh?

A: I have a big picture of the woods on my cubicle wall, but it’s not quite the same.

Q: What drew you Luminex?

A: I had worked with a similar company before, so I had some familiarity with Luminex. Knowing it had just been acquired by DiaSorin told me it was an attractive company, and once I met the people I’d be working with, I was sold. It’s pretty rewarding to know that each unit I help our team build is going to help a patient.

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: Rheumatoid arthritis has had a real impact on my family, so I would want to understand the contributing factors to autoimmune diseases to see why it is that the body attacks itself and prevent that from happening.

Q: If you weren’t at Luminex, where would you be?

A: Teaching yoga and meditation. Just before taking this role, I opened a yoga/meditation studio in Portland, Maine. I sold it to come down here and take this job.

Q: What is something about you that no one at Luminex knows?

A: I am planning to write and release an album in the next year. I sing and play guitar, and the music is a mix of indie, folk, and country.

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do in Austin on the weekend?

A: Hands down, it’s going to Barton Springs. I’m there all the time! It’s a beautiful spot by the water right across from downtown where you can swim, meditate, or do yoga.

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The Faces of Luminex: Shari Schoene, Quality Control

When Luminex products get to our customers’ hands, we want to ensure that every single one performs exactly as it should. That’s why quality control is so important at our company. We count on people like Shari Schoene, Manager of Reagent Quality Control. She’s been with us since 2010 and holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: I’m responsible for Reagent QC and Metrology. My role involves supporting production through functional testing of the product, labeling, raw material inspections, and maintenance stability, but it’s really about ensuring quality products are going out the door.

Q: How did you get started on this career path?

A: As a kid, I was always really curious, and science was a big thing for me. I thought I’d grow up to be a paleontologist or a gemologist. By the time I got to college, biology was what interested me most. After graduating, I took an opportunity that led me to the biotech industry, and that’s how I eventually got to Luminex.

Q: What do you like about quality control?

A: I like routine, and I’m a little bit of a perfectionist. QC is all about ensuring that our products meet our specifications before we release them to our customers for use. Through my job, I’m always striving to do better by creating consistent QC processes.

Q: What drew you to the company?

A: In 2010, I joined EraGen—a small company that manufactured molecular diagnostic testing reagents—when a friend who worked there told me about an opportunity in QC. We were acquired by Luminex shortly after that. There are still a handful of the old EraGen folks at Luminex today!

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: Cancer. It affects so many people and it’s personal for everybody, including myself, because we all have somebody who’s been affected.

Q: If you weren’t at Luminex, where would you be?

A: I would probably own a restaurant with my husband. He’s an excellent cook. My dad and my brother are also chefs, and I’m no slouch, myself! My whole family loves cooking and entertaining.

Q: What is something about you that no one at Luminex knows?

A: I’ve been a beekeeper for more than 12 years. I live in the city and have three hives in the backyard. My dad’s a beekeeper too, and at the end of every summer, we do a big honey harvest together.

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend?

A: I really like going to see live music — there’s a great local music scene in Madison. I also like to incorporate travel with seeing my favorite bands.

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The Faces of Luminex: Friedrich Laub, Intellectual Property

At Luminex, a subsidiary of DiaSorin Group, we believe that innovative spirit and significant investment in our R&D programs are essential to delivering products that will make a powerful difference for scientists and patients. To leverage the value of that innovation, as well as ensure our technology’s proper usage, we know it is vital to invest in protecting our intellectual property. For that, we count on Friedrich Laub, Vice President of Intellectual Property for Luminex and DiaSorin Group. Originally a native of Germany, Friedrich initially came to the US to complete his PhD in molecular biology and genetics and proceeded to earn his JD at New York Law School. He joined the company in 2022.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: I cover everything related to intellectual property, from patents and copyrights to trademarks and trade secrets. I’m responsible for intellectual property strategy and execution, patent portfolio creation and management, as well as IP litigation and general counseling. I do that on a global scale for Luminex, DiaSorin Inc., DiaSorin Italia, and DiaSorin Molecular.

Q: How did you get started on this career path?

A: Science is a common pursuit on the maternal side of my family. My mother studied biology in university and her father was a biology professor and ran an ornithology research institute. Ultimately, I made a mid-career switch when I realized that the often very long delay between work input and reward in science made research a type of work that I wasn’t suitable for in the long run. Colleagues of mine had made the switch to patent law before I did, so I took that as a template. After having been a researcher for several years, I became an intellectual property attorney, working first in law firms in New York and later at Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Q: What drew you to DiaSorin Group?

A: I’m very grateful for the opportunity to join Luminex and DiaSorin because it checked most, if not all, of my boxes. I liked the idea of working for a European company in the US, and DiaSorin is based in Italy with a significant US footprint. I feel at home at DiaSorin because it’s kind of a US-European hybrid, and I consider myself such a hybrid too, in a sense. The new job was also a step up for me with a larger scope of responsibility than I had before. I thought that moving to a new company and location in the US would keep me on my toes and keep things interesting.

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: Recently, there were studies reporting genetic mutations that appear to protect against Alzheimer’s disease, and I found them fascinating. We need to consider new ideas in this area especially because many of our therapies have not proven to be as successful as we’d hoped. Protective mutations like these are a great reminder that the natural laboratory is a treasure trove for clinical research.

Q: If you weren’t at Luminex, where would you be?

A: Sometimes I daydream about going into politics. The older I get, the more it bothers me that certain things are not addressed properly in terms of politics and policy.

Q: What is something about you that no one at Luminex knows?

A: I was a Boy Scout when I was a teenager. We did wonderful things like hiking trips, where we made a big effort to use as little plastic as possible with our tents and other tools. We also traveled abroad to Sweden and went on a bicycle trip from Paris to Northern Spain, for example

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend?

A: I’m learning kite surfing. I think it’s beautiful and I figured if I don’t do it now, I probably never will. I’m taking lessons and making progress, but it is demanding — that’s for sure!

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The Faces of Luminex: Bojana Rodic-Polic, Scientific Affairs

At Luminex, a subsidiary of DiaSorin, we strive to understand everything about our clients’ needs so we can develop molecular diagnostics that fit their workflows and provide reliable results when they want them. That’s why we have recruited top talent to our Scientific Affairs team, which consists of PhD-level scientists with clinical laboratory expertise. A great example is Bojana Rodic-Polic, Regional Director of Scientific Affairs at DiaSorin Molecular, who joined the company in 2012 and holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a PhD in immunology from Belgrade University.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at DiaSorin Molecular?

A: I’m privileged to be part of the Scientific Affairs team. Our responsibilities are very broad. They include working on research studies with our clients or with other companies, taking care of our clients’ needs for assay development and implementation, monitoring trends in the clinical laboratory world, supporting internal teams in interactions with laboratory and medical professionals, and establishing a good relationship with laboratories and thought leaders to promote collaboration between their institutions and our company.

Q: How did you get started on this career path?

A: During my undergraduate degree in biochemistry, I fell in love with immunology, especially the mechanisms of innate immunity and the response to infection. After getting my master’s and then my PhD in immunology at the Belgrade University School of Medicine, I came to the U.S. as a postdoctoral fellow. I worked in academic research and then moved into clinical molecular diagnostics at Tricore Reference Laboratories. This was my introduction to assay development and implementation, and I had the opportunity to work with multiple companies on clinical trials. One of the companies I worked with was DiaSorin Molecular, whose team I joined in 2012.

Q: What drew you to the company?

A: DiaSorin’s approach to customer service is aligned with my understanding of how the vendor-client relationship should work. Often, concerns from clinical lab clients are treated as quick to-do items that need to be crossed off lists — this can be frustrating, especially if there is no understanding of the cause of the problem and the consequences. Our goal at DiaSorin is to resolve the issue, but also to secure the best outcome for the client by identifying the source. This really sets DiaSorin apart from other companies.

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: A clinical challenge that I would solve is the issue of maternal mortality. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of any developed nation, and while rates are decreasing worldwide, maternal mortality in the U.S. is rising. I wish it was as easy as developing a medicine to cure it. We are all aware that it is going to take many changes, on many different levels, including improving access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare. Everybody has a mother, and this should hit close to home for all of us.

Q: If you weren’t at DiaSorin Molecular, where would you be?

A: I would like to be a nose! Fragrances are my passion, whether it is perfumes or cooking aromas, and I would love to be a fragrance chemist. I especially love fresh fragrances like citrus, lavender, and bergamot. I think my love of fragrances makes me a good cook too!

Q: What is something about you that no one at DiaSorin Molecular knows?

A: I’m a history buff. This includes all kinds of history: art, food, music, fashion, and more. I love traveling and learning about places through their past. I especially enjoy traveling with my daughter, who is as much a history nerd as I am.

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend?

A: I travel a lot for my job, so when I’m not traveling, I like to enjoy just being in my city. I love to take walks on my favorite beach in St. Petersburg, enjoy a cup of Cuban coffee, do some cooking, and relax at home.

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The Faces of Luminex: Chase Carter, Manufacturing

Each time customers open a new batch of reagents for a Luminex platform, they count on us to deliver a reliable, high-quality product that will allow them to generate accurate results. Hence, we rely on people like Chase Carter, Lead Maintenance Technician, to ensure that customers get only the best products. He joined Luminex in 2018 and earned his mechanic certification at the Universal Technical Institute.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: I am responsible for keeping the V1 automation lines and V2 manual lines running, and fixing them when they go down. I came on when Luminex had just bought Nanosphere, which was basically a start-up, so the machines had just been put into place for production. I’m pretty proud of having those machines running at scale now.

Q: How did you get started on this career path?

A: I started off in cars, believe it or not. I wanted to pursue cars — hot rods, things like that. I put myself through school while working machine maintenance jobs, which led to bigger and better machines. I got certified in mechanics with Porsche and Audi but never actually pursued it because I fell into machine production and maintenance instead. On an assembly line, it’s cool to see one station communicating to the next. Each one tells the next whether it did a good job or a bad job, and each robot responds to that information before deciding whether to proceed with assembling the part. It’s always interesting and never the same. I’m always learning something new.

Q: What drew you to Luminex?

A: This is the first time I’ve worked with a company that can actually help people by having an impact on health. It’s great to feel like I’m making a difference for my fellow humans.

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: It would definitely be cancer. I’d like to see that disappear.

Q: If you weren’t at Luminex, where would you be?

A: I probably would be building race cars.

Q: What is something about you that no one at Luminex knows?

A: I’m a hopeless romantic. They will never guess that one! I come across as kind of a tough guy. “Rough around the edges,” I’ve been told.

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do in Chicago on the weekend?

A: I’m north of Chicago, more in the country. My ideal weekend is hanging out with my dog at the house. I got a little rescue pit bull a few months ago and we’ve just been enjoying each other. I’m happy that she is a happy dog now. We live right on the river, and it’s peaceful to enjoy the sound it makes flowing along with some tunes and the crackle of a bonfire. Can’t beat it.

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The Faces of Luminex: Nicholas Cimmarrusti, Manufacturing

When we need to adjust our operations at one of our manufacturing facilities, we count on a dedicated team of engineers to ensure that the end result will give our customers the best products. We couldn’t do that without people like Nicholas Cimmarrusti, Process Development Engineer. He came to DiaSorin Molecular in early 2021 and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from the University of Alabama.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at DiaSorin Molecular?

A: I work with a team of process development engineers to drive new projects and process improvements for operations, such as scaling up a manual line to an automated line. We work across multiple sites, from DiaSorin Molecular in Cypress, California, to Luminex sites in Austin, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin. My day-to-day involves various meetings, design reviews with automation groups, systems development and integration tasks, and hands-on time with the equipment to make sure it’s running as desired.

Q: How did you get started on this career path?

A: I’ve always tinkered since I was a kid — taking stuff apart, seeing how it works, and trying to put it back together.

Q: What drew you to DiaSorin Molecular?

A: It was the company’s COVID-19 response. I wanted to help with scaling up production and make a difference. Everything that was done here to help with the pandemic was incredible.

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: Muscular dystrophy. That’s something that runs in my family. My grandfather has it, and so does my great-uncle.

Q: If you weren’t at DiaSorin Molecular, where would you be?

A: I’d probably have been a teacher. I’ve always loved math and science, and I enjoy watching people learn something new. It’s so rewarding to see the moment when someone grasps a new concept and the light goes on.

Q: What is something about you that no one at DiaSorin Molecular knows?

A: I really enjoy board games. All through college and afterwards, my friends and I try to get together and play all kinds of board games. The Settlers of Catan is one of my favorites. I’m very competitive!

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend?

A: I live in Huntington Beach, so I really like walking on the pier or walking down the beach.

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The Faces of Luminex: Chris Standley, Manufacturing

When we deliver instruments, consumables, or reagents to our customers, we want to be certain that each product is as reliable and high-quality as possible. That’s where Chris Standley, Maintenance Engineer Lead, comes in. He joined Luminex in 2012 and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: On a typical day, my role is to sustain and maintain the equipment that assembles our consumable devices for the https://www.luminexcorp.com/open-positions/.

The Faces of Luminex: Apurva Chinchore, Manufacturing

Here at Luminex, we take pride in how our products help deliver better clinical results for patients. To ensure that clinical labs get the very best products, we count on people like Apurva Chinchore, Manufacturing Engineer II. She joined the company’s Chicago location in 2018 and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pune in India and a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla.

The Faces of Luminex: Apurva Chinchore, Manufacturing

Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: My main focuses are continuous process improvement and design deployment responsibilities through development, validation, and market release. I get to work with any department that needs process improvement, which is what I love about my job. No day or project is the same. I analyze production data to spot trends, track variances, and solve bottlenecks. Any time a process changes or validation is made, I think about how it could affect the safety of the patient.

Q: Where were you before?

A: I had a contract industrial engineering position with GM. I visited plants in St. Louis, Fort Wayne (Indiana), and Michigan and helped improve their line balancing processes to move cars along the production line faster.

Q: What drew you to Luminex?

A: I had never worked in a medical device company, and I was really fascinated with the research and development side of the job. It was a great job description that suited my background. I feel proud to be part of a company that helps people obtain timely and confident answers and helps in patient care.

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: My dad passed away a year ago from kidney issues after being on dialysis for 3.5 years. The wait for a kidney transplant is long and the dialysis process took a toll on my dad and was overwhelming for the family. That’s a field I would really like to improve and help people.

Q: If you weren’t at Luminex, where would you be?

A: I always wanted to be a manufacturing engineer. But if I couldn’t be at Luminex, I might be back in India with my family helping them run their material handling business.

Q: What is something about you that no one at Luminex knows?

A: Not many people at the company know I have a twin sister. If she showed up here one day and just walked in, nobody would notice that she is not me!

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do in Chicago on the weekend?

A: If it’s not too windy or chilly, I really like to go to Millennium Park with my friends and family. The summertime is full of events and the place is lively. You can walk along the shore of Lake Michigan.

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The Faces Of Luminex: Angelo Rago

Luminex is under new leadership! We’re delighted to introduce readers to Angelo Rago, President, who joined the company in April 2022. A veteran of the medical device industry, he earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Bradley University and also completed management programs at Duke University and MIT, where he earned a certificate in business management.

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Q: What are your responsibilities at Luminex?

A: With DiaSorin’s acquisition we’ve created what we’re calling a new Luminex, which integrates the Luminex business and DiaSorin’s molecular business. The new Luminex has three pillars: molecular assays, either singleplex or multiplex; our Licensed Technologies Group, where partner companies use our technology in their products. I’m accountable for all of those groups on a global basis.

Typically I love learning an organization from the outside in—starting with the customer and working my way in—but because we’re in the midst of this integration, I’m spending more time on the inside part right now. As we bring these companies together, there’s a little bit of an adjustment for all of us. The most important asset of a company is its people: the right people create great processes that make great products. That’s why my 90-day plan focuses on understanding the people and processes in the two companies, and determining how we’re going to bring them together to make the new Luminex better than either of these great companies could have been on their own.

Q: Where were you before?

A: I was president of Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc., based out of the East Bay near San Francisco. I ran the global ophthalmic diagnostic business there.

Q: What drew you to Luminex?

A: The integration opportunity of bringing these two companies together and delivering greater value for patients. The breadth of disease states that we support is amazing. For example, through our One Lambda partnership, our technology supports the most commonly used test in the world for evaluating patients for transplants. These patients and their families are under incredible stress to get a new heart or liver or other organ, and our technology is at the forefront of ensuring that those transplants are successful. That’s just the tip of the iceberg of what we do. What better way to get up every day and know that your work will impact patients’ lives?

Q: If you could solve any clinical or genetic challenge, what would it be?

A: There’s lots of wonderful work happening in oncology around understanding the genetic makeup of cancer and using AI to help target treatments for patients. I find that very intriguing. If I could wave my magic wand, I would accelerate the process of giving clinicians the tools they need to make more targeted decisions for their patients. Data is being utilized to help make better clinical decisions, and some of that data is coming from the devices that DiaSorin and Luminex make. I’m very interested in digital health and hope to do more of that here.

Q: Where do you see opportunities for the new Luminex to contribute to digital health?

A: Currently we contribute a certain amount of data about a patient in a very narrow way. Where I see potential is in looking one level above that. What’s the question that’s really needed to be answered, and is there more that we can provide to make that workflow more efficient for healthcare teams? To answer that I will need to walk in the shoes of my customers and understand what their challenges are.

Q: If you weren’t at Luminex, where would you be?

A: For 34 years now, my entire career has been in medical devices. I really can’t imagine doing anything else. I made a decision early in my career to focus on medical devices, allowing me to help millions of patients around the world. My personal mission to provide patients a safer, better medical experience.

Q: What is something about you that no one at Luminex knows?

A: I started working when I was 10 years old. My father was an electrician, and one Saturday morning he woke me up and said, ‘You’re going to work.’ He dragged me along to factories where he was wiring up machinery and I was his assistant. That led to my interest in engineering, which is ultimately what got me into the medical device field with an entry-level engineering job at Siemens. If I hadn’t had that experience with my father, it would never have set me on this journey.

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend?

A: Spending time with my wife. Now that we’re empty nesters, it’s our time. We enjoy cycling and trying new restaurants. We just moved to Austin, so we’re living in a chaotic world of boxes but really looking forward to trying out the restaurants and the music scene here.

At Luminex, we’re a team of talented individuals helping change the world by improving healthcare and quality of life for all. We work tirelessly to empower our team to collaborate, connect, and solve problems in new and innovative ways. If you’re interested in joining us, check out our latest job postings at: https://www.luminexcorp.com/open-positions/.

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