SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) today announced that accomplished researcher and executive Richard A. Lerner, M.D. has been elected to the Company’s board of directors. Dr. Lerner is President of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., one of the largest private nonprofit research organizations in the United States. In addition to directing the Institute’s scientific activities, Dr. Lerner is the Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor of Immunochemistry, the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Chair in Chemistry, and a member of The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at Scripps Research. He also serves on the board of Kraft Foods Inc. and the board of Opko Health, Inc., formerly eXegenics Inc.
