{"id":4006,"date":"2026-02-13T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/4006\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:30:12","slug":"fyr-bio-appoints-barbara-k-zehentner-mba-phd-hcld-abb-as-chief-operating-officer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/4006\/","title":{"rendered":"FYR Bio Appoints Barbara K. Zehentner, MBA, PhD, HCLD (ABB), as Chief Operating Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Veteran laboratory operations leader brings deep expertise scaling high-complexity CLIA\/CAP environments and multiomic platforms to support FYR&#8217;s EV-Omics growth across neuroscience and oncology<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">MISSOULA, Mont., Feb. 10, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/fyr.bio\/?utm_source=press_release&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=coo_appointment_2026&amp;utm_content=introduction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FYR Bio;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FYR Bio<\/a>\u00a0(&#8220;FYR&#8221;), a biotechnology company leveraging extracellular vesicles (EVs) to deliver AI-enabled multiomic insights from a peripheral blood sample, today announced the appointment of Barbara K. Zehentner, MBA, PhD, HCLD (ABB), as Chief Operating Officer (COO).<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2890005\/FYR_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06e3c7b6af76c58184ba909fb8c03d36.jpeg\" alt=\"FYR Bio\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"141\" width=\"400\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/><\/a> FYR Bio      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">In her role, Zehentner will lead FYR&#8217;s operational strategy and execution as the company scales its EV-Omics (EVO) platform, expands laboratory capacity, and advances collaborations with biopharma, academic, and clinical partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">&#8220;Barbara has a proven record of leading high-complexity laboratory organizations, building teams, and strengthening the operational foundations that enable reliable delivery for clients and partners,&#8221; said Chris Booth, PhD, CEO and co-founder of FYR Bio. &#8220;As FYR expands our platform capabilities and partner programs across neuroscience and oncology, her leadership will help us execute with consistency and quality at every step.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Zehentner brings more than two decades of experience building and leading high-complexity laboratory operations across various large and small companies, spanning multi-site workflows, automation, quality systems, and inspection readiness. Most recently, she served as COO at CareNexa LLC dba Molecular Testing Labs, leading multi-state operations and product development. Previously, she was Vice President of Molecular Laboratory Operations at Adaptive Biotechnologies, directing multi-site, high-throughput next-generation sequencing operations and supporting rapid growth in a public-company environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">&#8220;I&#8217;m excited to join FYR during a pivotal phase of growth,&#8221; said Barbara K. Zehentner, MBA, PhD, HCLD (ABB), Chief Operating Officer of FYR Bio. &#8220;FYR&#8217;s EV-focused multiomic approach aligns closely with my experience scaling complex platforms through strong quality systems, smart automation, and disciplined execution. I look forward to working with the team to expand capacity, strengthen compliance readiness, and deliver dependable multiomic outputs that help partners move biomarker programs, clinical studies, and translational decisions forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">About FYR Bio<br \/>FYR Bio (FYR Diagnostics Inc) is revolutionizing the ability to dynamically observe disease and treatment response to produce better biomarkers, trials, drugs and outcomes. FYR&#8217;s EV-Omics\u2122 (EVO) platform leverages its proprietary technology, SPARCs\u2122, to enrich for extracellular vesicles from diseased cells and enable assessment of cellular proteins and nucleic acids with a peripheral blood sample. Utilizing AI-enabled multiomic insights, EVO unravels the complexity of disease mechanisms, thereby informing potential diagnostic and treatment options. The unparalleled view provided by FYR&#8217;s multiomic approach can transform personalized patient care, from screening through therapy selection and monitoring. For more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/fyr.bio\/?utm_source=press_release&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=coo_appointment_2026&amp;utm_content=about_fyr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fyr.bio;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fyr.bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran laboratory operations leader brings deep expertise scaling high-complexity CLIA\/CAP environments and multiomic platforms to support FYR&#8217;s EV-Omics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[232,3512,3516,3515,3514,3062,3513],"class_list":{"0":"post-4006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-abb","8":"tag-abb","9":"tag-barbara-k-zehentner","10":"tag-laboratory-operations","11":"tag-operational-strategy","12":"tag-peripheral-blood-sample","13":"tag-quality-systems","14":"tag-zehentner"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}