Mary L. Schramke

Dionex Corp. develops, manufactures, sells, and services chromatography and extraction systems for separating, isolating, and identifying the components of chemical mixtures. The firm's products are used extensively by the environmental, life science, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, chemicals, electronics and power industries. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Photon Dynamics, Inc. manufactures test inspection and repair systems for the flat panel display industry. The company was founded on May 12, 1986 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Oxford Bioscience Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1992 by Edmund Martin Olivier, Alan G. Walton and Cornelius T. Ryan. The firm is headquartered in Boston.

ViaCyte, Inc. develops a stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for the treatment of diabetes. Its development portfolio includes VC-01 product candidate, a cell replacement therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd is an independent venture capital firm is founded by Anne Glover and Hermann Hauser in 1997. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

Rho Capital Partners, Inc. (Rho Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Joshua Ruch. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Teledyne Technologies, Inc., Princeton Instruments supplies scientific instruments. The company is based in Lexington, MA. Princeton Instruments was acquired by Roper Technologies, Inc. on May 16, 1997 for $40.40 million.

Part of Agilisys Holdings Ltd., Vocalis Ltd. develops and markets speech recognition applications for telephone systems and computers. The company is based in Cambridge, UK. The British company was founded by Hermann Maria Hauser.

Adnexus engages in the development of Adnectins biologics and medicines in the United States. The company was founded by Frank D. Lee on September 16, 2002 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

The American Philosophical Society is an organization that hosts biannual general meetings for its members, families, and distinguished guests. The non-profit company is based in Philadelphia, PA. The meetings cater to the diverse interests and expertise of attendees and provide a unique opportunity to indulge the audience’s breadth of intellectual curiosity. The society has an exceptional collection of over 13 million manuscripts, objects, books, images, and works of art covering various topics such as early and revolutionary history, natural history, Indian linguistics and culture, nuclear physics, computer development, medical science, genetics and eugenics, and the development of cultural anthropology.

Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. provides radio frequency tuning solutions for mobile devices in the wireless industry. It is a fabless supplier of tunable components for RF circuits used in cellular handsets, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and other consumer wireless devices. The firm offers tunable RF circuits, based on third-generation RF MEMS technology and its semiconductor processes, let users pack more performance into the same space. The company was founded by Charles Gordon Smith and Hermann M. Hauser in 1994 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of Amadeus Partners Ltd., Amadeus General Partner Ltd. provides investment services. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. Founded in 1997.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Applied Biosystems LLC develops and markets instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services for academic research, the life science industry, and commercial markets. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

Cambridge Epigenetix Ltd. provides epigenetic tools. Its TrueMethyl oxidative bisulfite sequencing, a novel technology that pioneers single-base resolution sequencing of the modified bases hydroxymethyl cytosine and methylcytosine. The firm's TrueMethyl enables analysis of the DNA methylome offers basic research, pharmaceutical discovery and diagnostics and TrueMethyl can be used with methylation arrays and targeted assays. The company was founded by Shankar Balasubramanian, Michael Booth and Bobby Yerramilli-Rao in 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Congenica Ltd. develops genome-based discovery and diagnostic technologies. It uses Sapientia technology platform, which allows genome scale DNA sequence data to be presented within a clinically actionable diagnostic report. The company was founded by Matthew Hurles, Richard Durbin and Philip Beales in 2013 and is headquartered in Hinxton, the United Kingdom.

Evonetix Ltd. is a biotechnology company. The firm offers pharmaceuticals and drug discovery, industrial biotech and renewables, materials science, agriculture, digital data storage, and food and beverages. The company was founded by Hermann Maria Hauser and Joseph Brennan in 2015 and is headquartered in Little Chesterford, the United Kingdom.

APEX Ventures GmbH (APEX Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Christoph Kanneberger and Andreas Riegler. The firm is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Onsight Ventures Management GmbH (Onsight Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria.

Bit Bio Ltd. engages in research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering. Its products are human-induced skeletal myocytes and glutamatergic neurons. The company was founded by Mark Kotter in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

The Japanese company has a wealth of experience in micro-biome research and have obtained high-quality microbial genome data from various samples. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company strategically combines their own single-cell analysis technology, bit-map®, to realize the next-generation microbiome analysis that approaches the essence of microbial functions. The company also uses the microbial genomic information owned by bitBiome to provide new knowledge for research and development promoted by joint partners and customers. The company was founded by Yoshihito Daimon, Masahito Hosokawa. Kimihiko Sato has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

PolyAI Ltd. platform for conversational AI. The company was founded by Tsung-Hsien Wen, Nikola Mrk?ic and Pei-Hao Su and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Reactive Biosciences Inc. engages in the design and developemnt of novel solutions targeting needs in crop protection, animal health and human health. It specializes in chemistry, research, and biotechnology. The company was founded by Stephen J. Benkovic, Gerald R. Fink, Lucy Shapiro, Paul R. Schimmel and C. Tony Liu in 2015 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

PhoreMost Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. It engages in identifying new druggable targets for cancer and other unmet diseases. PhoreMost uses SiteSeeker technology, a live-cell phenotypic assay system that can identify unexpected, or cryptic druggable sites in specific disease driving targets and pathways that can?t be readily seen using conventional non-cell based analytical methods. The company was founded by Christopher John Torrance and Ashok Venkitaraman on April 1, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.