Calvin S. Johnston

Blount, Inc. markets branded parts and accessories for the forestry, lawn and garden, farm, ranch, agriculture and construction equipment markets. It engages in manufacturing of saw chains, sprockets, related accessories, timer harvesting and log loading equipment, industrial tractors and loaders, and material handling equipment, and rotation bearings and mechanical power transmission components. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a variety of lawn and garden equipment. It produces tractors, mowers, snow-throwers and other lawn and garden equipment, primarily for the consumer market. The company was founded in 1922 by William J. Niederkorn and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Aldevron LLC engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It offers plasmid DNA, antibodies, and proteins. The company was founded by Michael Chambers and John Ballantyne in 1998 and is headquartered in Fargo, ND.

Big Rock Sports LLC designs, manufactures, and distributes taxidermy products. It distributes sporting goods, fishing, hunting and shooting equipment. The firm offers fishing, hunting, shooting, firearms, ammunition, camping, marine, and electronics and boating supplies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Graham, NC.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides nuclear testing services. The Laboratory's security needs include countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and strengthening homeland security against the terrorist use of such weapons. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Los Alamos National Laboratory operates as a multidisciplinary institution. It offers services in science, engineering, earth science, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and space science. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Los Alamos, NM.

Oregon Health & Science University Foundation exists to secure private philanthropic support for Oregon Health & Science University. The organization also invests and manages gifts from different donors. The OHSU Foundation also administers a separate grant-making program, the Medical Research Foundation awards, supporting biomedical research in Oregon by new investigators. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Matrix Sensors, Inc. provides technologies for life science bio-molecule and gas sensing measurements. It offers chemical sensing for next generation mobile devices, wireless sensor networks, appliances, and wearable devices for home, health and fitness. The company was founded by Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Calvin F. Quate and James Gimzewski in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

DNA Script engages in the provision of research and development in biotechnology. It manufactures synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid using enzymatic technology. The company was founded by Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel and Xavier Godron in 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Lumicks BV is a Dutch life science tools company that develops equipment for dynamic single-molecule and cell avidity analysis. The company is based in Amsterdam, NL, and has subsidiaries in the Netherlands and the United States. The company's tools allow researchers to analyze complex biological processes in real-time by applying and measuring forces around biological interactions. Lumicks' C-Trap® optical tweezers and fluorescence & label-free microscopy, and Z-Movi® cell avidity analyzer are used to measure and select immune cells based on their real-time interactions with target cells. Lumicks was founded in 2014 by Olivier Heyning and Andrea Candelli, with Olivier Heyning serving as the CEO since then.

Gandeeva Therapeutics, Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in drug discovery using a unique approach to develop precision medicines. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada and was founded by Sriram Subramaniam, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's focus is on understanding the language by which proteins communicate in vivo, which is fundamental to deciphering biology. The company's discovery process involves identifying the optimal protein-protein interactions and altering protein structures to develop drugs that can treat various diseases.