Alicia Löffler

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The Biotechnology Institute is a non-profit organization, which engages in designing and managing programs about biotechnology research. Its programs include BioGENEius Challenges, leadership awards, and Adopt-A-School. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Atterx Biotherapeutics, Inc. develops novel antibacterial technologies. It developed two products to fight multi-drug resistant, Gram negative bacteria. The first product, C-1205 utilizes bacterial interference technology to prevent catheter associated urinary tract infections and GN-4474 has been developed using this technology to target Gram negative bacteria. It has been shown to be effective in animal infection models and an IND filing is expected in 2015. The company was founded by Richard R. Burgess and Marcin Filutowicz in 2001 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.