Kevin J. McKernan

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

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.

Medicinal Genomics Corp. engages in the provision of genetics-based cannabis testing and breeding technologies. It offers microbial testing, strain identification and registration, and point-of-grow screening cannabis solutions. The company was founded by Kevin J. McKernan in 2011 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

Agencourt Bioscience Corp. provides genomic services and nucleic acid purification products. Its services enable biotechnology, pharmaceutical, government, and academic research laboratories to develop new drugs. The company was founded in July, 2000 by R. Brian McKernan, Kevin J. McKernan, and Brendan L. McKernan and is headquartered in Beverly, 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.

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.