Exeter Life Sciences Establishes Biotech IP Licensing and Investment Division; Scott Davis, Ph.D., to Serve as President of New Unit; Sara Davis, Ph.D. to Become President of ViaGen, Inc.PHOENIX -- Exeter Life Sciences today announced that it is forming a new division to handle licensing, intellectual property and investment in biotechnology projects. Late last year, Exeter bought the patent on the technology used to clone the world's first sheep, Dolly, from PPL PPL - Polymorphic Programming Language. An interactive, extensible language, based on APL, from Harvard University. ["Some Features of PPL - A Polymorphic Programming Language", T.A. Standish, SIGPLAN Notices 4(8) (Aug 1969)]. Therapeutics. The company is actively looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. other important intellectual property in plant and animal biotechnology. Exeter's other biotech holdings include ViaGen, Inc., a leading animal genomics and livestock cloning firm, and Arcadia BioSciences, a plant biotech company focused on using new technologies to find solutions to environmental problems. Scott Davis Scott Davis is the name of various people:
"Exeter is becoming a clearinghouse for leading significant intellectual property," said CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jonathan Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a . "We needed a scientist of Scott's stature to make decisions about the most promising investments and partners." Before founding ViaGen and a previous company, GenomicsFX, Scott was the chair of the genetics faculty at Texas A&M University, where he was also a professor for twelve years. While at Texas A&M, he authored over one hundred scientific publications, trained forty-five M.S. and Ph.D. students and received over four million dollars in grant funding. He received the Chancellor's award for excellence in research and the Faculty of Genetics award for excellence in teaching. Dr. Davis received his Ph.D. in Population Genetics Population genetics The study of both experimental and theoretical consequences of mendelian heredity on the population level, in contradistinction to classical genetics which deals with the offspring of specified parents on the familial level. from Washington University Washington University, at St. Louis, Mo.; coeducational; est. as Eliot Seminary 1853, opened 1854, renamed 1857. It has a well-known medical school and school of social work as well as research centers for radiology, space studies, engineering computing, and the and his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Baylor University. Sara Davis will become President of ViaGen, Inc. Sara is a co-founder of ViaGen and is currently Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Irina Polejaeva has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Research and Development and will assume oversight of the scientific program. With over ten years research experience in comparative genomics, Sara has focused her work on cattle, swine and shrimp. She was Vice President for Bioinformatics and co-founder of GenomicFX, where she led strategic development for the swine genomics program. Sara spent two years as an associate professor of Animal Science and Genetics at Texas A&M University and two years as an assistant professor at the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. . About ViaGen ViaGen provides state-of-the-art advanced breeding services powered by genomics to all sectors of the $240 billion livestock, aquaculture aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. and companion animal industry. Unmatched genomic capabilities allow ViaGen to identify economically important genetic traits in virtually any animal species, information that is paired with ViaGen's expertise in advanced reproductive technologies to obtain revenue enhancing improvements in quality, yield, safety and brand integrity. About Arcadia BioSciences Arcadia Biosciences identifies and develops biotechnologies that create valuable economic opportunities while responsibly addressing the negative effects of agriculture on the environment. Arcadia's core technologies solve crucial problems of plant stress, efficient nutrient use, crop protection, and harvest quality. About Exeter Life Sciences Exeter Life Sciences is a world leader in innovative health and life-sciences products and services that improve the lives of people, animals and the environment. |
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