SAN DIEGO, CA. — Molecular Assemblies Inc., a company developing a

proprietary enzymatic DNA synthesis technology designed to power the next generation of DNAbased

products, today announced the appointment of Michael J. Kamdar as CEO and director.

Mr. Kamdar brings 25 years of highly successful biotechnology leadership and transaction

experience to his new role.

On behalf of the board of directors, Chairman Larry Stambaugh said, “We are honored to have

Mr. Kamdar join the Molecular Assemblies team. He has represented some of the most

successful life science companies in the community and his leadership, commercialization and

financing experience will be invaluable to Molecular Assemblies as we build a dominant and

leading company in the next generation of genomics.”

Kamdar comes to Molecular Assemblies with more than 25 years of domestic and international

pharmaceutical and biotechnology leadership experience as founder, b