Andrew Bond

BioTrove, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets systems, consisting of laboratory instruments and related consumables, for genomic analysis, high-throughput screening and molecular diagnostics. The company was founded by Tanya S. Kanigan and Colin J. H. Brenan in 2000 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Gen9, Inc. engages in the development of synthetic biology technologies. It transforms synthetic biology by creating technologies to increase innovation within several industries including biopharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and bio-fuels. The company was founded by Joseph M. Jacobson, George Church and Drew Endy in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

PrimeraDx, Inc. develops and commercializes molecular diagnostics systems. It offers ICEPlex System, an open platform that allows clinical researchers to design their assays for the development of multiplexed, multimodal, and quantitative in vitro diagnostic to simultaneously interrogate dozens of biomarkers in the same reaction. The company's ICEPlex System also enables to design complex multi-modal assays that test for disparate target types, such as SNPs, expression biomarkers, miRNAs, and fusion genes, as well as addresses research challenges in oncology, infectious diseases, translational medicine research, and pharma quality control. It also focuses on developing oncology products that are intended to support cancer research, diagnostics, and therapeutics; and companion diagnostics solutions that help pharmaceutical companies to design, develop, and validate custom CDx tests. The company was founded by Vladimir I. Slepnev in 2004 and is headquartered in Mansfield, MA.