John S. Delli-Santi

Maytag Corp. designs, manufactures and markets residential and commercial products. It operates in two segments, home appliances and commercialp products. Its home appliances segment engages in the manufacture, sale and servicing of laundry products, dishwashers, refrigerators, cooking appliances, and floor care products. It is located in Newton, IA

FluoroPharma, Inc. manufactures diagnostic imaging products. It engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary diagnostic imaging products. The company was founded by David R. Elmaleh in 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Eurofins Genomics Blue Heron LLC engages in the development of accurate gene synthesis platform for the production of genes and gene variants for use in expression analysis. Its services include GeneMaker technology, vector synthesis & custom cloning, plasmid preparation, and variant library. The company was founded by John Mulligan in 1999 and is headquartered in Bothell, WA.

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.

Dharmacon, Inc. engages in the research and development for ribonucleic acid synthesis. Its products are gene editing, RNA interference, cDNAs and ORFs, transfection, and viral packaging. The company was founded by Stephen Scaringe in 1995 and is headquartered in Lafayette, CO.

MP Biomedicals LLC manufactures and sells biotechnology research products. Its products include adsorbents, antibodies and immunoreagents, apoptosis, biochemicals and reagents, culture media and reagents, kits and assays, lab detergents and sanitizers, labware and instruments, proteins, enzymes, and peptides, radiochemicals, rare and fine chemicals, and research diets. The company was founded by Milan Paninc in 1959 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

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

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of biomedical research services and science education programs. It funds grants to both institutions and individuals in support of a wide range of science and research-related initiatives, including precollege and undergraduate science education, pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships, and international research activities. The company was founded by Howard R. Hughes in 1953 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Eurofins DiscoverX Corp. develops, manufactures, and commercializes reagents and complete cell-based assay kits and provides profiling and screening services as well as other turnkey solutions for the drug discovery, screening, and life science markets. Its products include cell lines, target engagement assays, biochemical assays, detection reagents, cell culture kits, reagents, and consumables, ligands, and inhibitors, and retroviruses and cloning vectors. The company was founded by Pyare Khanna and Fabrice Plasson in January 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It markets medicines for diseases which include infections, arthritis, depression, hypertension and other heart disorders, as well as certain types of cancer. Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals is located in New York, NY.

BD Biosciences, Systems & Reagents, Inc. provides tools and solutions to research and clinical laboratories in basic research, drug discovery, development, biopharmaceutical production and disease management. The company was founded on May 9, 1991 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

LOKOYA Advisors LLC is a private company based in Dover, DE.

CONNECT creates and scales companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. It creates an environment in which entrepreneurs and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and technology resources. The organization was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, 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.

ZyGEM NZ Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company. It offers applications in a broad range of life sciences and industrial processes. The firm produces deoxyribonucleic acid extraction products, as well as enzymes used in molecular biology, diagnostics, and industrial applications. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand.

BD Pharmingen, Inc. is an American company that manufactures diagnostic substances.

Biological Dynamics, Inc. engages in the development of cancer diagnostic solutions for labs and homes. Its platform offers a way to isolate cell-free nanoparticles and macromolecules directly from whole blood, serum, or plasma. The firm also develops a suite of oncology tests for early cancer detection, treatment response, and recurrence monitoring. The company was founded by Raj Krishnan, Edward D. Truitt III, Michael J. Heller, Roy Lefkowitz, and David Charlot in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Nalu Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company, which develops, manufactures, and commercializes invasive solutions for patients with chronic neuropathic pain. It markets Nalu neurostimulation system that delivers gentle electrical pulses to the nervous system to modulate pain signals to the brain. The company was founded by Keegan Harper, Lee Hartley, Mike Partsch, and Daniel Pivonka in October 28, 2014 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

RusBioVentures LLC (RBV Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Alexey Konov. The firm is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Tonbo Biotechnologies Corp. provides cell analysis reagents for use in in-vitro cell assays and protocols. It offers antibodies and reagents, recombinant proteins, PCR reagents, and research focus as well as technical support and custom and bulk reagents. The company was founded by Todd R. Nelson and john Miller in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. is a company that is digitizing biology with molecular electronics to diagnose and treat diseases. The company has developed the world's first molecular electronics chip, the Roswell ME Chip™, which reads all molecules of life and provides direct real-time electrical detection of single-molecule events on-chip. The company's platform technology reduces the cost and complexity of DNA sequencing to address large markets in infectious disease surveillance and containment, precision medicine, molecular diagnostics, and DNA digital data storage. Roswell Biotechnologies was founded in 2014 by leaders in DNA sequencing and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Mola Paul and Barry Merriman, with Mola Paul serving as the CEO since 2014.

Part of Silence Therapeutics Plc, Silence Therapeutics GmbH is a German biotechnology company that develops RNAi-based drugs. The company is based in Berlin, Germany and was founded in 2014.

Sequre Dx, Inc. is a genomics intelligence company that focuses on advancing on-target gene editing and cell therapies from discovery to patient. The company is based in Waltham, MA. The company offers preclinical platforms for the biopharma industry, including diagnostic assays and bioinformatic analytics that solve preclinical off-target evaluation needs. Sequre Dx aims to make gene editing and cell therapies suitable for all patients who would benefit from these life-saving technologies. The CEO of the company is Ellen E. Sheets.