John A. Cottingham

Invitrogen develops, manufactures and markets research tools in kit form and provides other research products and services to corporate, academic and government entities. These research kits simplify and improve gene cloning, gene expression and gene analysis techniques.

Life Technologies, Inc. provides essential technologies needed by the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical communities. The company manufactures and markets a breadth of offerings unique in the industry, used in applications of the life sciences discovery, development, and production process

Fulbright & Jaworski as founded in 1919, it is a international law firm that provide legal services. It serves the needs of businesses, governments, non-profit organizations and individual clients around the world. The company's practice areas include corporate finance, litigation, antitrust, environmental and tax law.

Protometrix, Inc. develops proteomics technologies. The company is headquartered in Carlsbad, 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.