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Biocept: Antonino Morales, Robert Walsh, Samuel Riccitelli

Biocept has named Antonino Morales as president and CEO. He has been the San Diego-based company's interim CFO since February 2022 and a director since July 2021. Samuel Riccitelli, Biocept's interim president and CEO and a director of the firm, has resigned. The company also said that Controller Robert Walsh has been promoted to VP and will serve as principal accounting officer. He will continue as Biocept's controller.

The Scan

Cystatin C Plays Role in Immunosuppression, Cancer Immunotherapy Failure, Study Finds

A study in Cell Genomics provides insight into how glucocorticoids can lead to cancer immunotherapy failure via cystatin C production.

Aging, Species Lifespan Gene Expression Signatures Overlap

An Osaka Metropolitan University team reports in Nucleic Acids Research that transcriptional signatures of aging and maximum lifespan have similarities.

Splicing Subgroup Provides Protocols for Evaluating Splicing Variant Data

The group presents their approach on how to apply evidence codes to splicing predictions and other data in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Mouse Cochlea to Aid Treatment Development

Researchers in PNAS conducted single-cell and single-nuclear sequencing of about 120,000 cells at three key timepoints in cochlear development to generate a transcriptomic atlas.