Jake Xia

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

PLC Medical Systems, Inc. provides medical devices. It offers technologies for cardiac and vascular markets. The company was founded on August 23, 1982 and is headquartered in Milford, MA.

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.

Firecyte Therapeutics, Inc. is an emerging biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA that is focused on developing novel treatment strategies for progressive neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. The company's research is centered around the role of microglia and neuroinflammation in these diseases. The team is led by Jonathan Levenson, the Chief Scientific Officer, who has over 16 years of experience in neuropsychiatry, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation. The company was founded by Dong Feng Chen and William E. Yelle, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of Siemens AG, Behring Diagnostics Business provides diagnostic services.

AutoGenomics, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of an automated, microarray-based multiplexing diagnostic platform. The company was founded by Fareed Kureshy, Shailendra Singh, and Ramanath Vairavan in April 1999 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

SonaMed Corp. designs, develops, manufactures and markets automated, internet ready screening and monitoring systems for the hospital, physician's office and home monitoring markets. The company was founded by William Ford Dolphin in 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Part of Applied Biosystems, Inc., Photovac, Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in portable environmental instruments. The company is based in Markham, Canada. Photovac was acquired by Applera Corp. on April 13, 1995.

twoXAR, Inc. provides drug discovery services. Its DUMA platform rapidly evaluates massive public and proprietary datasets to identify and rank probability drug-disease matches. The company was founded by Andrew A. Radin and Andrew M. Radin in 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

CoTherix, Inc. develops therapeutic products. Its ventavis product is a nebulizer delivered therapy for pulmonary artery hypertension, which restricts blood flow to the lungs. CoTherix markets its products in the US, Europe, and Australia. The company was founded in February, 2000 by Donald J. Santel and Gerard Turino and is located in Brisbane, CA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Integral, Inc. provides internet consulting and web development services. Its services include virtual private networking, network security, on-side service, troubleshooting and monitoring. The company was founded by Vadim Levy on November 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Montgomery Village, MD.

GenPharm International, Inc. manufactures biopharmaceutical products. The company works towards the application of transgenic animal technology to the development of human antibody products, which are used for therapeutic uses. It was founded in 1988 and is located in San Jose, CA.

CNS Therapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures drug delivery products. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Metera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Entrega, Inc. develops oral drug delivery technologies. The firm’s platform enables novel applications in a variety of fields, such as disease management and tracking in the burgeoning mobile health arena. Its proprietary technology seeks to solve the oral delivery problem with an engineering solution that protects the payload and delivers biological molecules, drug substances and nanoparticles. The company was founded by Samir Mitragotri in 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pearl Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases. It offers respiratory product development, high quality therapies for COPD, Asthma and treatment and prevention of chronic respiratory diseases and asthma. The company was founded in 2006 by Sarvajna Dwivedi and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Emergent Travel Health, Inc. develops vaccines against infectious diseases. The firm develops vaccines against typhoid, cholera, hepatitis, anthrax, and other infectious diseases. Its proprietary adenoviral-based technology platform enables the rapid development of oral vaccines that can target viral or bacterial protein antigen. The company was founded by Kenneth Kelley and Daniel R. Henderson in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The Mit Club of Northern California is a regional alumni club of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The non-profit company is based in Northern California. The club is run by volunteer MIT alums and organizes around one hundred events every year, serving over 15,000 alumni. The club promotes design and innovation through an interdisciplinary approach, with emphasis on collaborative exploration and problem solving.

Hammerton, Inc. is a company that specializes in designing and crafting American-made lighting fixtures. The private company is based in Salt Lake City, UT. With over 25 years of experience, the company has become a leader in custom lighting design, engineering, and manufacturing. The company's team of 150 employees has created lighting fixtures for various establishments, including hotels, restaurants, luxury resorts, corporate headquarters, private clubs, and residences worldwide.

PHT Corp. designs and develops software applications. The firm offers biopharmaceutical clients comprehensive services for acquiring, managing, and analyzing data collected directly from patients through all phases of clinical development. Its electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) system collects and reports secure real-time patient data from smartphones, tablets, and the web. The company was founded by Stephen Raymond in 1994 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.