Jack Ball

Celsee Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets integrated comprehensive single-cell analysis solutions. It provides identification, analysis, and retrieves single cells from blood and tissue. The company was founded by Priyadarshini Gogoi, Saedeh Sepehri, and Christopher Siemer in 2011 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

ViroCyt, Inc. develops life science instrumentation and assays products for the analysis of viruses and microorganisms. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Broomfield, CO.

KromaTid, Inc. provides products and services for mutation detection and disease diagnosis. Its services include high resolution screening of individual genes to the entire genome, sequence, location and orientation from a single assay, cost effective discovery of inversions and translocations, rapid assay development and data delivery. The company was founded by Andrew F. Ray, Susan M. Bailey, Michael Cornforth, Edwin Goodwin, and Joel S. Bedford in 2007 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.

Molecular Probes, Inc. has manufactured fluorescence-based detection solutions for use in labeling molecules for biological research and drug discovery. The company was headquartered in Eugeme, OR.

Essen Instruments, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of cell and bead based screening solutions. It offers phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing. The firm’s proprietary technologies, instrumentation, assays and software products address the pervasive need to provide turnkey solutions that increase productivity in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science research. The company’s products are used in biologics discovery, small molecules, in vitro tox and cellular research antibody applications. The company was founded by R. Terry Dunlay, Larry A. Sklar, and Bruce S. Edwards in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Tyball Associates, Inc. provides medical device consulting services. The private company is based in Northville, MI.

PHASIQ, Inc. provides healthcare services. It supplies immunoassay kits and custom assay development to research scientists investigating protein biomarker patterns for human health. The firm's Micropatterned Phase-Separation Technology eliminates false signals in multiplex enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The company was founded by Shuichi Takayama and Arlyne Simon in 2012 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc. develops flow cytometry and cell sorting technology solutions for life science researchers to perform cellular analysis, develop molecular diagnostics, and improve personalized medicine. Its products include wolf cell sorter and N1 single cell dispenser. The company was founded by Nate Heintzman and Yuhwa Lo in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Aquaro Histology, Inc. functions as a securities index. It offers AquaroASM an benchtop tool that, when paired with a microtome, automates the tissue sectioning and slide mounting process. The company was founded by Collin A. Rich, Vincent A. Alessi and Nolan Orfield and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

3D Biomatrix, Inc. designs and manufactures three-dimensional scaffolds for cellular assays in drug discovery. It offers 96-well hanging drop plates, 384-well hanging drop plates, 384-well spheroid transfer tool, hanging drop plate sample packs and assay kits. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Swift Biosciences, Inc. develops molecular biology reagents. It offers Next Generation Sequencing sample preparation for Illumina and Ion Torrent platforms. The firm?s products include Accel-NGS and Amplicon Panels and myT Primer. The company was founded by David C. Olson and Vladimir L. Makarov in February 2010 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.