Biotech & Life Science Members (as of March 2013)

AdvaStim   www.advastim.com
Developing advanced neuorostimulation products and neuromodulation technologies that reduce device failure rates and improved efficacy over time.

Larry Derose, CEO;  Barry Yomtov, CTO.

Atentiv
Provides personalized digital learning tools that are demonstrated to remediate ADHD, poor working memory, and other learning disorders through an EEG-based direct brain computer interface.

Eric Gordon, CEO; John Hope, Marketing VP.

Cell Assay Innovations   www.cellassayinnov.com
Is a biotechnology service company dedicated to cell-based assay technology development with a focus on proprietary kinase assay panels for drug screening and other cell culture services.

Deborah Moshinsky, President;   LiPing Wu, CSO

HepatoChem  www.hepatochem.com

Offers pharmaceutical and biotech companies reliable and efficient access to small molecule metabolites in order to accelerate drug R & D and reduce costs.

Marc Bazin, President; Shelley Amster, Marketing Director; Ryan Buzdygon, Postdoc

InSomniSolv
Developing a neurostimulator device to mitigate insomnia.

Peter Kelley, Founder;  John Douglas, Consultant.

Lariat Biosciences

Is developing a non‐invasive diagnostic to detect early signs of cancer based on circulating DNA fragments arising from the death of tumor cells which carry the mutant genetic signature that gave rise to the abnormal growth.

Jonathan Larson, CEO.

RAN Biotechnologies, Inc.   www.ranbiotechnologies.com

Designs and manufacture two types of materials:
- Solid Resins for selective capture and controlled release of viruses, bacteria, and proteins. Examples of related applications are viral clearance, vaccine purification, fluid disinfection and diagnostics.
- FluoroSurfactants for droplet microfluidics.

Roger Nassar, CEO

Quad Technologies, LLC.  www.quadtechnologies.net

Has a game changing dissolvable hydrogel technology, QuickGel™, that can selectively bind antibodies, proteins, or cells from solution while mitigating non-specific binding. QuickGel™ has applications in label-free cell separation, offline-sample prep, and IVD

Sean Kevlehan, CEO; Brian Plouffe, CSO; Adam Hatch, Director of R&D

WindGap Medical

Developing an auto-injector for emergency medical interventions that is compact, thermally robust, and intuitive to use.

Chris Stepanian, President & CEO;   Brent Buchine, CTO

Graduates

Akrivis   www.akrivis.com

Developing a proprietary technology which provides ultrasensitive detection and accurate quantification of biomolecules to aid in the early identification and treatment of serious human diseases.
Joel Bereniac, CEO;  Ban-An, CSO; Rajiv Panwar.

CYTOO   www.cytoo.com
Provides technology to normalize cell morphology and behavior whereby improving the robustness, sensitivity and quantification capabilities of cell-based assays and High Content Screening (HCS)

Francois Chatelain, CEO;  Pauline Menager, Senior Scientist; Brian Carmichael, Bus. Dev. Manager

Sharp Edge Labs    www.sharpedgelabs.com
Is developing next-generation biosensors for cellular biology research and high-throughput screening based on Fluorogenic Activating Proteins (FAPs)

Scott Sneddon, CEO