Gisela Paulsen

Genomatica, Inc. designs and develops biotechnology products. It offers metabolic engineering for renewable production of commodity chemicals. The company was founded by Bernhard O. Palsson and Christophe H. Schilling in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Inc. discovers, develops and manufactures health care products. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

SomaLogic Operating Co., Inc. engages in the development of technologies used in the areas of diagnostics, clinical research, and pharmaceutical development. It offers protein biomarker systems for applications in drug discovery, therapeutic treatments, and wellness monitoring. The firm's products and services include SOMAscan service, SOMAscan at the institution, individual SOMAscan reagents, SOMAmer discovery service, SomaLogic CLIA laboratory, and technical support. The company was founded by Larry Gold and David Brunel in 2000 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. develops and produces molecular-based diagnostic tests and automated testing platforms. It specializes in oncology, virology, microbiology and blood screening tests areas. The firm's customers include researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals, laboratories and blood banks. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, 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.

Casdin Capital LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Eli Casdin in 2012. They provide investment management services to pooled investment vehicle, or more specifically, a private investment fund, the securities of which are offered to certain qualified investors on a private placement basis.

Visby Medical, Inc. operates as a healthcare technology company. It develops diagnostic products for professionals and consumers. The company was founded by Gregory Loney and Adam de la Zerda in 2008 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cellmax, Inc. provides research and clinical testing services. It develops non-invasive, accurate blood tests for early detection of cancer. The company was founded by Atul Sharan and Ying-Chih Chang in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Verana Health, Inc. engages in the development of software solutions for remote patient monitoring and data analytics. It focuses on bridging the gap between healthcare providers and patients with mobile tests. The company was founded by Mark S. Blumenkranz and Daniel V. Palanker in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Imagen Technologies, Inc. operates as a medical technology company that develops and offers devices for the prevention of diagnostic errors. The company was founded by Alexander Dresner, Robert Lindsey, Thomas Stuart Hotchkiss and Sumit Chopra in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vineti, Inc. develops software for scaling and digital solutions for cell and gene therapies. The firm focuses on enabling life changing autologous therapies, supporting standards, and developing infrastructure that will expand patient access through expedited discovery, delivery and regulation in the field. The company was founded by Heidi Hagen, Malek Faham, Amy DuRoss and Razmik Abnous and is headquartered in San Francisco CA.

Genome Medical Holding Co. operates tele genomics platform which allows genetic experts to consult with patients and physicians across the country. The firm specializes in genomics, genetics, precision medicine, medical practice, personalized medicine, genetic counseling, DNA and genome. The company was founded by Lisa J. Alderson, Robert C. Green and Randal W. Scott in 2016 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Paige Ai, Inc. engages in revolutionizing pathology and strengthen lynchpin of medical diagnostics with quantitative, computational technology, fusing machine learning, and human expertise. It involves in building an artificial intelligence to change clinical diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cedilla Therapeutics, Inc. operats as a biotechnology company. It engages in discovering and exploiting insights into protein stability. The company was founded by Alan D. D?Andrea, Steve Gygi, Matthew P. Jacobson, William G. Kaelin, Jr. and Jack Taunton on September 6, 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Thrive Earlier Detection Corp. operates as a healthcare company. It focuses on incorporating earlier cancer detection into routine medical care. The company was founded by Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Isaac Kinde, Christoph S. Lengauer, and Nickolas Papadopoulos in 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sionna Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage life sciences company located in Natick, MA. The company is dedicated to developing highly effective and differentiated treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) by normalizing the function of CFTR, the key protein associated with disease progression in CF. Sionna is advancing a pipeline of small molecules engineered to correct the protein defects caused by ?F508, the most common mutation that affects the CFTR protein. The company has a first-in-class portfolio of programs directly targeting correction of ?F508-CFTR, the key and unique mechanism to enable full restoration of ?F508-CFTR function, and complementary programs targeting ICL4 and more. The CEO of the company is Michael Cloonan.

Mnemo Therapeutics SAS is a French biotechnology company that develops cell therapies to create accessible cures for cancer patients. The company is based in Paris, FR, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company applies a novel approach to cell therapy using its enfinit platform, a groundbreaking drug discovery engine. Mnemo is committed to addressing the challenges in the field of immuno-oncology, such as a lack of cancer-specific targets, long-term persistence, and sensitivity. The company aims to engineer the future of immunotherapies to transform the lives of people with cancer by discovering novel cancer-specific targets and boosting immune activity to treat solid tumors. The company was founded in 2019 by Alain Maïore and Michel Sadelain. Robert LaCaze has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Leyden Labs develops preventive medicines that target respiratory viruses. The private company is based in Leiden, Netherlands.

IDRx, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in an undisclosed location. The American company is dedicated to transforming cancer care with intelligently designed precision therapies. IDRx aims to address the limitations of today's precision cancer medicines with highly potent and selective targeted therapies to stop key tumor escape mechanisms and prolong response to therapy. The company's pipeline programs include small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and idrx-73, designed to inhibit key genetic drivers and drug-resistant mutations of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). IDRx was founded in 2021 by Alexis A. Borisy, Nicholas B. Lydon, Ben Auspitz, George D. Demetri, and Robert M. Forrester. Ben Auspitz has been the CEO since incorporation.