Laima Antanaviciute is the Market Development Manager for digital PCR (dPCR) and PCR at QIAGEN for both United States and Canada regions. She has 10 years of molecular biology and genetics research experience in assay development, validation and quality control including 3 years of experience as a Field Application Scientist (FAS) within the biotechnology industry. Over the past year, she worked as a FAS for the original digital PCR system developed by Formulatrix®, which was later acquired by QIAGEN. Antanaviciute received her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from University of Reading in the United Kingdom, during which she published a number of scientific articles reporting her findings in genetic mapping.