Andrea Mravca

ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Protein Discovery, Inc. is a privately held life sciences company that develops, markets and sells innovative sample preparation products for the measurement of proteins. Their products help academic, biotechnology and pharmaceutical scientists advance their protein research and biotherapeutic development by enabling more sensitive, more accurate, and faster analyses. Protein Discovery is focused on developing and commercializing innovative sample preparation technologies that enable more sensitive, more accurate, and faster protein and peptide analysis using mass spectrometry. PPS Silent Surfactant is a patented detergent that replaces conventional protein extraction and solubilization detergents that either interfere with mass spectrometry or cause other problems in use at the lab bench. The Gelfree 8100 Fractionation System is a patent-pending system that provides molecular weight-based fractionation of intact proteins with liquid phase recovery. And the Passport 1200 Sample Prep System provides enrichment of low molecular weight proteins and peptides for high-throughput quantification applications. Protein Discovery’s innovative sample preparation solutions unlock the power of mass spectrometry for protein and peptide analysis. The company was founded by Charles E. Witkowski II in 2001 and is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Molecular Devices LLC engages in the provision of bioanalytical solutions for protein and cell biology in life science research, pharmaceutical, and bio-therapeutic development. Its product portfolio includes platforms for screening, genomic and cellular analysis, colony selection, and microplate detection. The company was founded by Harden M. McConnell in July, 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.