Dan Kikinis

Phoenix Technologies Ltd. designs, develops, and sells systems software products for PCs, peripherals, and information appliances. It develops basic input/output systems (BIOS), the software that loads a computer's operating system each time it is turned on. The company was founded by Rich W. Levandov in 1979 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science operates as a community of visionary people who advance the partnership between science and philanthropy. It partners with individuals, families, foundations, and the business community to develop philanthropic funding for the institute; educates the American public about the institute’s research; and represents the institute’s interests in the U.S. through the events such as galas, parlor meetings, and luncheons; meetings with institute scientists and campaigns to spread the news of research discovery. The company was founded by Chaim Weizmann in November 1944 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Lavante, Inc. provides cloud-based supplier management software solutions. It offers on demand supplier management solutions including recovery audit and supplier information management applications. The company was founded by Joseph A. Flynn and Thomas Flynn in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures bio-pharmaceutical drugs. The American company was founded by Merry R. Sherman, Dennis M. Brown. Merry R. Sherman has been the CEO since incorporation.

Cellsonics, Inc. engages in development of a next generation single cell isolation. The company is headquartered in Newark, DE.

Matternet, Inc. develops drones for its delivery vans. It offers Matternet M2, a drone logistics system that features automatic payload and battery exchange, intelligent routing and monitoring, precision landing, and intuitive command and control. The company was founded by Andreas Raptopoulos, Darlene Damn, Dimitar Pachov, and Paola Santana in 2011 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Cancer Commons is a non-profit organization that provides compassionate support for people with advanced or metastatic cancer. The private company is based in Palo Alto. The American company's services include leading-edge care navigation and personalized action plan creation for people with advanced or metastatic cancer. Founded in 2012, the company works one-on-one with patients and caregivers to surface the best-possible action plan for anyone dealing with advanced cancer.

Trident Labs, Inc. engages in the operation of toxicology laboratories. It offers urine and oral fluid drug testing to help medical offices monitor adherence to prescription medication and abstinence from illicit drugs. The company is headquartered in Holland, MI.

xCures, Inc. engages in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) based precision oncology platform. It offers patients and physicians an individualized treatment options and facilitates access via reimbursement, clinical trials, and access support. The company was founded by Jeff Shrager and Jay Marty Tenenbaum in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Microsonic Systems, Inc. develops acoustics-based instruments for biotech and pharmaceutical industries. It offers ultrasonic fluid processing devices including Microsonics ST30, a personal deoxyribonucleic acid sample preparations system; and HENDRIX SM100, a ultrasonic fluid processor. The company was founded by Steven Horwitz on August 24, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

TOMA Biosciences, Inc. develops and provides DNA-based cancer testing technology. The company was founded by Hanlee Ji, Lincoln Nadauld, James M. Ford, and Calvin J. Kuo in 2011 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

NaNotics LLC develops nanomedical platform for treating major human and animal diseases. It provides NaNots a new nano-medical platform consisting of in vivo “extractors” that deplete from blood specific molecular signals or signal inhibitors that drive or enable disease progression. The company was founded by Lou Hawthorne and John Dodgson and is headquartered in Mill Valley, CA.

Immunai, Inc. engages in decoding of immune system to improve health. It offers an immune profiling platform, which is used to advance research and development in checkpoint blockade, cancer cell therapy, and cancer vaccines. The company was founded by Noam Solomon, Luis Voloch, Danny Wells, Ansuman Satpathy and Dan R. Littman in December 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Omniox, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops medicines for hypoxic diseases. Its technology overcomes fundamental biochemical shortcomings of hemoglobin-based and per fluorocarbon oxygen delivery approaches. The company was founded in 2006 by Stephen P. L. Cary, Michael A. Marletta, Jonathan Winger and Elizabeth Marshall Boon and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure conducts research for breast cancer treatment. It is an non-profit organization engages in breast cancer cure research and fund raising activities. The company was founded by Nancy Goodman Brinker in 1982 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists engages in research and development of pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Arlington, VA. The company was founded by Leslie Z. Benet.

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. is an international non-profit scientific and educational organization based in Bethesda, MD. With over 11,000 members, the society is one of the largest molecular life science societies in the world. The society serves the scientific community through the publication of peer-reviewed journals and science news, organization of scientific meetings, advocacy for funding of basic research and education, support of career development and science education at all levels, promoting the diversity of individuals entering the scientific workforce, and celebrating important contributions and achievements in science and technology made by black scientists. The society also honors an outstanding scientist who has shown a sustained commitment to breaking down local and/or systemic barriers against scientists and students from historically marginalized or excluded groups. Founded in 1906, the society's mission is to advance the science of biochemistry and molecular biology and promote the understanding of the molecular nature of life processes.

The Association for Women in Science is an organization that supports and recognizes women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The organization provides a central repository for articles, blogs, press releases, webinars, videos, and newsletters, as well as curated content for women in STEM. The organization also educates about Title IX protections and how to report violations. The AWIS Wall of WISdom provides inspiration and advice from other women in science and STEM. Meredith R. Gibson has been the CEO of the American company since 2022.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center operates as a private cancer center. It offers cancer care services to adult; and child and teen patients. Its services include risk assessment and screening; diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; patient and caregiver education; and pediatric clinical trials. The company was founded by John J. Astor and Charlotte Astor in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

IncellDx, Inc. detects and monitors life threatening diseases. It offers transformative diagnostic and prognostic clinical patient information based on an innovative technology platform that enables simultaneous cell classification and single cell analysis of proteomic and genomic biomarkers. The company was founded by Bruce K. Patterson and Carol Penfold-Patterson on December 3, 2009 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

PharmaJet, Inc. operates as a medical device company which develops needle-free injection technology. Its products include Tropis needle-free injector device, and flu and polio application. The company was founded by Heather Callender-Potters and Kathleen Callender in 2005 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

California Heart Center Foundation provides cardiac care services. The non-profit company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Progen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops pharmaceuticals to treat cancer. The company is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Aravive Biologics, Inc. develops novel targeted therapeutics in oncology. The company was founded by Amato Giaccia and Albert Koong and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health (Wavemaker 360) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2018 by John G. Nackel. The firm is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

Assurance Health Services, Inc. provides healthcare services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Enable Medicine, Inc. is a company that aims to make biology more searchable. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company has generated and indexed over a petabyte of data and are studying over 20 diseases across 75 scientific studies. The company works with researchers at institutions worldwide to develop scientific and clinical insights to better understand complex biology. The company's goal is to index and map biology to guide therapeutics discovery and development. The company was founded by Aaron Mayer. The CEO is Sunil Bodapati.