William T. Sharp

Cellomics, Inc. provides imaging technology products and services. It is a provider of technologies and products for the advancement of cell science research, including complete systems for high-content imaging of cells, tissues and whole organisms. The firm's platform includes automated imaging instruments, image analysis software, data management and bioinformatics software, coupled with reagents, cell-culture media, sera and specialty media formulations, along with laboratory automation and services. The company's offering is aimed at providing life science researchers with a quantitative, automated approach to understanding the biology of cells, including stem cells and cell systems, supporting all aspects of the drug discovery process as well as academic and systems biology research. Cellomics was founded on October 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Gentra Systems, Inc. develops and markets manual and automated nucleic acid purification products. It’s DNA and RNA purification products include Generation kits, Purescript, Autopure ls, and Versagene. The company was founded in 1988 by Ruth M. Shuman and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

BioProcessors, Inc. provides micro-engineered solutions for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. It offers biomanufacturing workflow methods and technologies that help scientists to optimize the process development. The company was founded by Andrey Zarur in October 2000 and is located in Woburn, MA.

Aruna Bio, Inc. manufactures and provides neural stem cells. Its products include neuronet pure human neurons screening kit, neuronet pure human neurons discovery kit, co-culture kit hastropro-neuronet, hastropro human astrocytes kit and motor neurons GFP+htscreening kit. The company was founded by James Stice and Steven L. Stice in 2003 and is headquartered in Athens, GA.

CYTOO SA operates as a contract research organization which develops physiological cell-based assays. It focuses on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing new technologies for cell analysis for life sciences research community. The company has offices in Bethesda and Grenoble. The company was founded by François Chatelain, Alexandra Fuchs and Jacques Lewiner in 2008 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

DxNow, Inc. develops micro fluidic and imaging technologies for point-of-care diagnostic solutions. It offers forensics services, lab research, diagnostics and assisted reproductive technologies. The company was founded by William T. Sharp and Utkan Demirci in 2013 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.