David J. Oldfield - Production Center Team Leader - Mr. Oldfield obtained an A.C.S. accredited bachelors degree in Biochemistry from Eastern Michigan University in 1997.  He worked for two years with the environmental company ENCOTEC in Ann Arbor, Michigan which included soil, oil and water extractions of pesticides, herbicides and PCBs for large industrial companies and for EPA testing.  In 1999 David started working for a research lab at the University of Michigan Medical Center where he was an associate researcher and ran the Radioimmunoassay Core facility for the Michigan Gut Peptide Center.  He also became the lead research associate for the Center's Real-Time PCR core and became known as an excellent source of information and troubleshooter for real-time PCR techniques.  David continued working for the University of Michigan managing a large Internal Medicine Research lab where he supervised the day to day operations of the lab and helped to update the labs equipment and computer systems.  Early in 2007 David was offered a position with Gene Express Inc. and in June he was appointed as the Production Center Team Leader.