Brian Pollok

Ansata Therapeutics, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical products. It develops and commercializes topical drugs for dermatologic indications. The company was founded by Brian A. Pollok in 2002 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Aurora Biosciences Corp. designs and develops proprietary drug discovery systems, services and technologies to the discovery of new medicine. It develops a proprietary ultra-high throughput screening platform that uniquely integrates innovative fluorescence chemistry, molecular biology, miniaturization, automation, and informatics. The company also provides assay development and screening services. Aurora was founded in 1995 and is located in San Diego, 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.

Invitrogen develops, manufactures and markets research tools in kit form and provides other research products and services to corporate, academic and government entities. These research kits simplify and improve gene cloning, gene expression and gene analysis techniques.

Neoantigenics, Inc. developes therapeutic plus diagnostic products. The firm focuses on developing oncology theranostics products, founded on the novel science around oocyte (egg)-associated cancer proteins. The company was founded Brian A. Pollok, John C. Herr and Edward J. Leary in July 2012 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group (UVA LVG) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Propagenix, Inc. The company was founded by Brian A. Pollok, C. Richard Schlegel and Sharon S. Challberg in 2014 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

American Type Culture Collection operates as a global biological materials resource and standards organization offering a collection of products and services. Its services include production and characterization, testing, biorepository, and deposit. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.