John C. Herr

Aurora Biosciences Corp. designs and develops proprietary drug discovery systems, services and technologies to the discovery of new medicine. It develops a proprietary ultra-high throughput screening platform that uniquely integrates innovative fluorescence chemistry, molecular biology, miniaturization, automation, and informatics. The company also provides assay development and screening services. Aurora was founded in 1995 and is located in San Diego, CA.

American Type Culture Collection operates as a global biological materials resource and standards organization offering a collection of products and services. Its services include production and characterization, testing, biorepository, and deposit. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.

Propagenix, Inc. The company was founded by Brian A. Pollok, C. Richard Schlegel and Sharon S. Challberg in 2014 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Part of Kimberly-Clark Corp., Medical Innovations Corp is a company that develops specialty feeding devices. The company is based in Milpitas, CA. Medical Innovations was acquired by Ballard Medical Products on March 03, 1993 for $12.50 million.

Ansata Therapeutics, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical products. It develops and commercializes topical drugs for dermatologic indications. The company was founded by Brian A. Pollok in 2002 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group (UVA LVG) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.