Connie Wedel

BD Biosciences Clontech develops, produces, and markets biological products to the life science market worldwide. The firm produces biological systems, kits and support products for use in fields such as drug discovery, cancer research, neurobiology, pharmacology, cell biology and functional genomics. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Sony Biotechnology, Inc. manufactures life science technology products and solutions to the global flow cytometry market. The company offers line of flow cytometry products, including the revolutionary Reflection cell sorter, popular Lyt laser system, lab productivity software, and novel reagent solutions. It was founded by Gary Durack in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

KromaTid, Inc. provides products and services for mutation detection and disease diagnosis. Its services include high resolution screening of individual genes to the entire genome, sequence, location and orientation from a single assay, cost effective discovery of inversions and translocations, rapid assay development and data delivery. The company was founded by Andrew F. Ray, Susan M. Bailey, Michael Cornforth, Edwin Goodwin, and Joel S. Bedford in 2007 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.

NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc. develops flow cytometry and cell sorting technology solutions for life science researchers to perform cellular analysis, develop molecular diagnostics, and improve personalized medicine. Its products include wolf cell sorter and N1 single cell dispenser. The company was founded by Nate Heintzman and Yuhwa Lo in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Carterra, Inc. engages in provision of innovative technologies designed to accelerate the discovery of novel therapeutic candidates. It offers Kinetics software, Epitope mapping, therapeutic areas, and antibody formats. The company was founded by James Smith and Josh Eckman in 2005 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Celsee Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets integrated comprehensive single-cell analysis solutions. It provides identification, analysis, and retrieves single cells from blood and tissue. The company was founded by Priyadarshini Gogoi, Saedeh Sepehri, and Christopher Siemer in 2011 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

ViroCyt, Inc. develops life science instrumentation and assays products for the analysis of viruses and microorganisms. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Broomfield, CO.

Essen Instruments, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of cell and bead based screening solutions. It offers phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing. The firm’s proprietary technologies, instrumentation, assays and software products address the pervasive need to provide turnkey solutions that increase productivity in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science research. The company’s products are used in biologics discovery, small molecules, in vitro tox and cellular research antibody applications. The company was founded by R. Terry Dunlay, Larry A. Sklar, and Bruce S. Edwards in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

3D Biomatrix, Inc. designs and manufactures three-dimensional scaffolds for cellular assays in drug discovery. It offers 96-well hanging drop plates, 384-well hanging drop plates, 384-well spheroid transfer tool, hanging drop plate sample packs and assay kits. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Tyball Associates, Inc. provides medical device consulting services. The private company is based in Northville, MI.

SwitchGear Genomics, Inc. provides products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome. It launches LightSwitch Synthetic Response Element which is used for understanding transcription factor activity in living cells. The firms endogenous human promoter vectors are used in primary screening assays to understand how drug candidates may affect biological pathways. The company was founded by Richard M. Myers, Nathan D. Trinklein and Shelley Force Aldred in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Swift Biosciences, Inc. develops molecular biology reagents. It offers Next Generation Sequencing sample preparation for Illumina and Ion Torrent platforms. The firm?s products include Accel-NGS and Amplicon Panels and myT Primer. The company was founded by David C. Olson and Vladimir L. Makarov in February 2010 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

RealBio Technology, Inc. develops cell and tissue culture technologies. It introduced D4 Culture System-an advanced, disposable cell culture platform capable of developing full three-dimensional cell structures in vitro. The firm's D4 Culture System enables customers to develop cell structures that mimic the natural composition, configuration and function of normal and diseased tissue. The company was founded by Lee Noll in June 2009 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI.

Orchid Cellmark, Inc. provides DNA testing services. It generates genetic profile information by analysing an organism's unique genetic identity. The firm also offers non-DNA forensic laboratory services. The company was founded on March 8, 1995 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Micronics, Inc. develops molecular and immuno-hematology diagnostic products. Its products include PanNAT molecular diagnostic system, immunohematology diagnostic products and research & development products. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Amnis Corp. provides cell imaging and instrument development, manufacturing and marketing services. The Company's ImageStreamX and FlowSight imaging flow cytometers combine the speed and sensitivity of flow cytometry with the power of digital microscopy serving a broad spectrum of Life Sciences research market needs. The company was founded by David A. Basiji, William E. Ortyn and Harold H. Kawaguchi in 1999 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC is an American company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.

Cosemi Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures optical semiconductor devices used in telecommunications and consumer electronics equipment. Its products include HDMI AOC, DisplayPort AOC, USB AOC, and LS Series. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

E2O Communications, Inc. manufactures fiber optic transmission components. The company was founded by Liew-Chuang Chiu and H. C. Lee and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

twoXAR, Inc. provides drug discovery services. Its DUMA platform rapidly evaluates massive public and proprietary datasets to identify and rank probability drug-disease matches. The company was founded by Andrew A. Radin and Andrew M. Radin in 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.