IO Informatics Forms Science Advisory Board.EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- IO Informatics, Inc., announced today the formation of a science advisory board. The board will assist the company in achieving scientific and market leadership for applications based on its patented intelligent multidimensional object (IMO "In my opinion." See IMHO and digispeak. IMO - IMHO )-based information technology. The board held its first meeting on January 17, 2006. "We are delighted to be working with such an eminent group of scientific and industry leaders," said Patricia Rougeau, president and 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. of IO Informatics. "Our new scientific advisory board offers high-level, focused expertise with the application of informatics in life sciences and other sectors. These leaders will help us understand the issues most relevant to our potential customers, which will help us with product development and marketing, and we value their advice moving forward." The following board members were appointed: --Dr. James B. Golden: Chief Technology Officer of SAIC's Life Sciences Office. Dr. Golden previously has held positions in market intelligence, business development, and informatics at Life Science Insights, 454 Corporation, CuraGen, GeneSys Technologies, and Pioneer Hi-Bred Pioneer Hi-Bred is one of the largest U.S. companies which produces hybrid seeds for agriculture. History In 1926, farm journal editor and future U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace, along with a group of Des Moines, Iowa businessmen, started the "Hi-Bred Corn Company". . --Dr. Sangtae Kim: Donald W. Fedderson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. . This professorship was established to foster cross-disciplinary research at the intersection of mechanical engineering and information sciences. Dr. Kim previously held executive positions at Lilly Research Laboratories Lilly Research Laboratories is the organizational name of the global pharmaceutical research and development organization of Eli Lilly and Company, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical corporations. and the Parke-Davis Pharma Research Division of Warner-Lambert Company. --Dr. Kelvin H. Lee: Samuel C. and Nancy M. Fleming Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Cell biology The study of the activities, functions, properties, and structures of cells. Cells were discovered in the middle of the seventeenth century after the microscope was invented. and Associate Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. . Dr. Lee also directs the Cornell Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies and the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Center for Life Science Enterprise. --Dr. Stuart Marson: Founder of several companies in the informatics space, including Molecular Design Limited (MDL MDL - (Originally "Muddle"). C. Reeve, Carl Hewitt and Gerald Sussman, Dynamic Modeling Group, MIT ca. 1971. Intended as a successor to Lisp, and a possible base for Planner-70. Basically LISP 1.5 with data types and arrays. ), the largest supplier of chemical informatics software, and Future Sight Inc., a technology consultancy, where he is currently CEO. --Dr. Robert L. Stevenson: Founder and principal of the Abacus Group, which provides management assistance and business development for companies in separation sciences and analysis. Dr. Stevenson has previously held positions at BioRad Laboratories, Varian Associates, and Shell Development Company. He also serves as Separation Science Editor for American Laboratory, American Clinical Laboratory, American Biotechnology Laboratory, and American Environmental Laboratory. More detailed biographies of IO Informatics scientific advisory board members can be found on the company web site at www.io-informatics.com. About IO Informatics IO Informatics (www.io-informatics.com) is revolutionizing software methods by developing intelligent agents that enable a multidimensional approach to data integration. Through its proprietary IMO (intelligent multidimensional object) tools and Sentient sentient /sen·ti·ent/ (sen´she-ent) able to feel; sensitive. sen·tient adj. 1. Having sense perception; conscious. 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling. (TM) platform, an interactive software environment, IO Informatics enables medical, pharmaceutical, and other life science researchers to structure and define data relationships, view these relationships, query them, and capitalize on them -- all within a secure, compliant, auditable framework that helps organizations accumulate and capitalize on research knowledge. IO Informatics is located in Emeryville, California. |
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