David Szekeres

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute conducts and translates biological research programs. The firm offers tumor initiation and maintenance, cancer metabolism and signaling network, tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology, degenerative disease, development/aging/regeneration, immunity and pathogenesis, human genetic, cardiovascular metabolism, integrative metabolism, metabolism genomic control, bioinformatics and structural biology programs. The company was founded by William Fishman and Lillian Fishman in 1976 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

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.

CureMatch, Inc. develops combination therapy software system for decision support in personalized cancer medicine. The company was founded by Blaise Barrelet, Razelle Kurzrock, Igor Tsigelny, Navid Alipour and Gregory horowitt in October 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Animantis LLC develops computational tools to comprehensively characterize cellular function to guide the future of medicine. The company was founded by Bryan J. Walker, Martin R. Blanchard and Ryan S. Kerwin and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the development and commercialization of proprietary biopharmaceutical products. The firm's primary product is Abuse-Deterrent Amphetamine Immediate and its product pipeline includes ADAIR, ADMIR, ADHD, and Narcolepsy. The company was founded by David C. Baker on January 11, 2018 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Colossal Biosciences, Inc. is a company that uses CRISPR technology to try to bring back extinct species. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by George McDonald Church and Ben Lamm, with Ben Lamm serving as CEO since its incorporation.