María Teresa Ruiz

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Ventria Bioscience, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It offers Express Tec., a plant based recombinant protein supplement. The firm also offers controlling zoonotic disease and also provides access to its platform technology through contract manufacturing services. The company was founded by Raymond L. Rodriguez, Peter Matlock and William J. Rutter in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, CO.

Andes Biotechnologies SA researches and develops effective treatments against cancer. It has developed a new proprietary technology based on the discovery of a novel family of RNA targets of mitochondrial origin that when disrupted by anti-sense technology they selectively destroy cancer cells. The company was founded by Luis O. Burzio, Arturo Yudelevich and Pablo D.T. Valenzuela in 2008 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

Keclon SA engages in the development and generation of synthetic enzymes. Its technology platform allows to rapidly generating new and improved enzymes that can significantly reduce production costs using genetic engineering, synthetic biology and directed evolution tools. The company was founded by Hugo Menzella, Leandro Vetcher, Sebastian Bernales and Salvador Peiru, Rodolfo Cabrera in December 2011, and is headquartered in Rosario, Argentina.

Algenis SpA conducts research on small molecules derived from microalgae. It produces, formulation and clinical developments bioactive molecules produced by marine microalgae with medical application as muscle relaxant and analgesic, as well as for the treatment of neurological diseases. The company also conducted academic clinical research and published their work in several peer-reviewed journals. Algenis was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

Andes Biotechnologies Global, Inc. provides healthcare services. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.