Martin Rosenberg

Scarab Genomics LLC specializes in providing the most robust bacterial fermentation host for general/routine recombinant protein expression and nucleic acid production. The private company is based in Madison, WI and was founded by Trevor M. Twose. The company's Clean Genome® technology reduces the mutation rate to almost zero, even under the most stressful conditions. Scarab Genomics offers Clean Genome® LowMut T7, which provides a T7 promoter in the genome for clients wishing to use this expression option rather than the recommended synthetic T5 promoter in the pSX2 vector. Scarab Genomics also offers an insertion sequence (IS) detection kit that tests for the presence of all known E. coli IS elements in any DNA sample of interest.

The International Biomedical Research Alliance supports the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program and associated global Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. training programs based in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a drug discovery and development company pursuing untapped sources of chemical diversity through identifying drug candidates derived from marine microbes. Nereus' discovery portfolio also includes additional drug candidates for oncology, inflammation, and infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Smithkline Beecham Plc develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company markets pharmaceuticals for human and animal healthcare consumption, vaccines, over the counter medicines, health related consumer products, clinical laboratory testing services, disease management and pharmaceutical benefit management. It is headquartered in Brentford, UK.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.