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Manuel de la Cruz Gutierrez

Director of the Holman Biotech Commons

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dmanuel@pobox.upenn.edu

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Holman Biotech Commons (215-746-2459)

Manuel oversees the direction and operations of the Holman Biotech Commons. This Penn Libraries' branch supports research, education, and patient care for the top-ranked University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and life sciences’ programs in the School of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Bioinformatics
  • Biomedical graduate studies

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