Michael J. Collins

General Re Corp. is engaged in the provision of reinsurance policies. It is a holding company for global reinsurance and related operations. The firm owns General Reinsurance Corporation and holds a controlling interest in Kolnische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG. It operates through the following segments: North American Property & Casualty Reinsurance, International Property & Casualty Reinsurance, Life & Health Reinsurance and London Market Property & Casualty. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Molecular Devices LLC engages in the provision of bioanalytical solutions for protein and cell biology in life science research, pharmaceutical, and bio-therapeutic development. Its product portfolio includes platforms for screening, genomic and cellular analysis, colony selection, and microplate detection. The company was founded by Harden M. McConnell in July, 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cytyc Prenatal Products Corp. provides products for the diagnosis of pregnancy related and female reproductive disorders. The company also designs, develops, and manufactures women health care products. It was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA

Biolog, Inc. enages in the manufacture of diagnostic substances. It offers microbial identification, phenotype microarrays for microbial and mammalian cells, mitochondria function assays, educational porta, microbiome, microbial community analysis, and microbial detection. The company was founded by Barry R. Bochner and Donald W. Barnby in 1984 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

PerkinElmer Life & Analytical Sciences, Inc. provides medical and biotechnology research instruments. The firm's services include drug discovery, genetic screening, environmental assessment, forensics, life science research, chemical analysis processes, scientific research, materials characterization, and clinical applications for the biopharmaceutical companies. The company is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

BioNex Solutions, Inc. develops instrumentation and integrated systems for laboratory automation applications in biopharmaceutical, biotech, academic research and clinical laboratories. It offers Automation, Robotics, Control Software, Manufacturing and Engineering products. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc. provides proteomic and genomic products and services to the life sciences industry. It offers clinical genetic tests for developmental delay, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy and seizure disorders and mitochondrial disorders. The company was founded by Jocelyn W. Burke, Elizabeth Holland, Brendan L. McKernan, Kevin J. McKernan, Brian R. McKernan and Timothy Olcott in 1999 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. manufactures semiconductor materials and devices. It provides development and industrial manufacturing of advanced superconducting materials and superconducting devices for alternative energy, smart grid, healthcare and big science applications. The company was founded on April 2, 2008 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Omniome, Inc. provides biotechnical research services. The firm's biosensors can be adopted for mobile diagnostics and health monitoring applications. The company was founded by Kandaswamy Vijayan in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Deloitte Consulting LLP provides business consulting services. It offers services related to public finance, public sector management, health and social protection, information technology, financial sector, and trade and investment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Eppendorf SE develops, manufactures, and distributes instruments and equipment for use in life-science research laboratories. The firm specializes in the areas of liquid, cell, and sample handling. Its products include pipettes, dispensers, centrifuges, bioreactor systems, cell culture and imaging consumables, centrifugation instruments, freezers, shakers, temperature control and mixing devices, as well as laboratory consumables. The company was founded by Heinrich Netheler and Hans Hinz in 1945 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Labcyte, Inc. operates as a biotechnology tools company that manufactures and markets echo liquid handling systems. It offers liquid handling, automation and consumables. The company was founded by Richard Nathan Ellson and Mark D. Fischer-Colbrie and A. Mark Bramwell in October 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Bruker Daltonics, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets life sciences tools. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Part of Applied Biosystems, Inc., Agencourt Personal Genomics develops genetic analysis technologies. The company is based in Beverly, MA. The company was founded by Brendan L. McKernan, R. Brian McKernan, Kevin J. McKernan. Agencourt Personal Genomics was acquired by Applied Biosystems, Inc. /Old/ from Beckman Coulter, Inc. on July 11, 2006 for $120 million.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

March of Dimes Foundation is a non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health. The organization works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. March of Dimes Foundation was founded on January 3, 1938 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Bruker BioSpin Corp. designs, manufactures and distributes life science tools based on magnetic resonance. It serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, proteomics, molecular diagnostic, semiconductor, chemical, cement, metals, petroleum, food, beverage and agricultural companies. The company was founded on January 2, 1975 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Trinean NV develops and produces nanoliter spectrophotometers and consumables. Its products include DropSense96, Xpose, and spectral content profiling. The firm covers both microfluidic structures and multi-channel spectrometry for microliter sample handling. The company was founded by Ronny Baeckstaele and Kris Naessens in 2006 and is headquartered in Gentbrugge, Belgium.

Freeslate, Inc. develops scientific software solutions. Its products include Core Module 3 (CM3) Automation Platform, CM Protégé Automation Platform, Reactors, and LEA Software. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Courtagen Group LLC is a venture capital firm located in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Part of Bruker Corp., Bruker Biospin Group is a company that manufactures and distributes analytical and medical instruments. The company is based in Billerica, MA.

GE Healthcare, Inc. manufactures and distributes diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. It offers dyes that are used in magnetic-resonance-imaging procedures. The firm also manufactures medical diagnostic equipment including CT image machines. It develops healthcare technological solutions for medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Fluidic Analytics Ltd. develops proprietary technology to characterize proteins. The company was founded by Tuomas Knowles in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Unchained Labs designs, develops, and manufactures tools and devices for biologics research. It sells its products to biopharma and academic customers. The company was founded by Timothy A. Harkness in January 2015 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Tri-Valley Ventures (Tri-Valley Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Gregory David Hitchan and Don Corbin Garman. The firm is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

Strateos engages in the automation of chemistry, biology, and tissue analysis into closed loop robotic laboratories that support drug discovery programs. The company is headquartered in the Menlo Park, CA.

Fluent BioSciences, Inc. is a privately funded biotechnology company based in Watertown, MA. The company's mission is to revolutionize single-cell biology through accessible, affordable, and scalable solutions for every researcher. Fluent Biosciences aims to accelerate the understanding of biology and disease through its breakthrough pre-templated instant partitions (PipSeq™) technology, which facilitates near-instantaneous self-assembly of individual cells or molecules into millions of uniform partitions without the need for complex instrumentation or expensive consumables. The company was founded in 2018 by Adam Abate, Sepehr Kiani, and Bill Hyun, and Sepehr Kiani has been the CEO since 2018.

LabVoice, Inc. has developed a voice assistant designed specifically for laboratory needs. The company is based in Carrboro, NC and was founded by Mathew A. Hahn and Frederic Bost. The assistant simplifies laboratory processes by creating a common human-lab interaction, allowing scientists to focus on the science. The voice assistant can take notes, set timers and reminders, and increase safety and efficiency in a voice-enabled laboratory. Frederic Bost has been the CEO since incorporation.