Michael D. Waterfield

CellCentric Ltd. develops and commercializes small molecule inhibitors for cancer. Its active programs include inhibitors to histone methyltransferases, histone demethylases and epigenetic enzymes that act via ubiquitin. The company was founded by Alun Huw Jones, Catherine Denise Prescott, Azim Surani and William Henry Lewarne West in May 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Samsara Biocapital LLC (Samsara Biocapital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Srinivas Akkaraju. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Chugai Pharma USA LLC is a company that develops safe and effective drugs. The company is based in Bedminster, NJ.

Karus Therapeutics Ltd. provides therapies for treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. It offers HDAC6 and PI3K inhibitors for the treatment of cancer. The firm’s products in pipeline include KA-2237, KAR4000 Series and KAR3000 Series for the treatment of chronic inflammation, haematological malignancies, and solid tumours. The company was founded in July 2005 by Arasu Ganesan, Graham Keith Packham and Paul Townsend and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

The University of Liverpool operates as a university. It offers post graduate research, foundation courses, continuing and professional development, online study, and doctoral college. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

Part of UCB SA, Celltech Chiroscience Plc is a research-based pharmaceutical group.

Cancer Research UK provides cancer research services. It supports and undertakes research on the biology and causes of cancer and develops anti-cancer drugs. The firm also provides general information about cancer and types of treatments and funds projects that help patients cope with the side effects of cancer and its treatment. Its institute also operates an online portal CancerHelp UK that provides patient information. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Hox Therapeutics Ltd. develops therapeutics for cancer diseases based on the role of HOX genes. The private company is based in Guildford, UK.

Autobahn Labs, Inc. is a virtual incubator that partners with research institutions to accelerate the advancement of early-stage drug discovery and development. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The organization invests intellectual, financial, and physical capital to efficiently move projects from feasibility to novel drug candidates. Autobahn Labs was created by Samsara Biocapital, Evotec, and KCK Ltd.

Nalo Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that focuses on developing therapeutics to address unmet needs in cancer. Nalo Therapeutics is based in Belmont, CA and the CEO of the company is Keith Wilson. The company targets oncogenic driver mutations and/or proteins that are often difficult to drug. The company was founded in 2017 and collaborates with UCSF scientific cofounders.

ReOx Ltd. discovers and develops drugs. It provides novel treatments for disease by controlling the actvity of hypoxia inducible factor. The company was founded by Christopher W. Pugh, Patrick Maxwell, Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Christopher J. Schofield in June 2003 and is headquartered in Thame, the United Kingdom.

Cancer Research Technology Ltd. develops cancer therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics. The firm also provides project development, commercialization, drug discovery, clinical development, imaging, and funding services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research Ltd. is non-profit organization engages in the prevention and control of cancer through researches, integrated laboratory and clinical trials. The firm operates in the areas of cell biology, genomics, immunology, neuroscience, signaling, stem cells, therapeutic, tumor biology, brain and breast cancer, immunotherapy, and melanoma. The company was founded by Daniel K. Ludwig in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Macrophage Pharma Ltd. engages in research and experimental development on biotechnology. The company is headquartered in Berkhamsted, the United Kingdom.

Asterion Ltd. develops novel therapeutic products. It offers drugs for patients with chronic, debilitating diseases. The company was founded by Richard John Martin Ross, Peter Artymiuk and Jon R. Sayers in 2001 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

Oxford BioTherapeutics Ltd. develops antibody-based medicines for oncology. The firm offers antibody-based cancer drugs with integrated diagnostics against novel targets. The company was founded by Christian Rohlff in 2003 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

Akamis Bio Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company which develops novel therapeutics that addresses cancer and other clinically unmet diseases. Its products include Enadenotucirev, Espindolol and AbEnAd. The firm also develops treatments based upon the research phase vaccine platform PolySTAR, which combines recombinant viral vectors with polymers to shield them from the immune system, and the research phase adjuvant and immunotherapeutic platform PolyMAP, which combines polymers with synthetic adjuvants to significantly enhance the effectiveness of vaccines. The company was founded by Andrew Justin Stewart Coats and Stefan D. Anker on November 17, 2006 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

MISSION Therapeutics Ltd. develops small molecule drugs targeting enzymes involved in cancer and other diseases. It focuses on selectively targeting deubiquitylating enzymes to treat cancer, neurodegenerative and other diseases. The company was founded by Stephen Jackson Philip, Xavier Jacq, Niall M. B. Martin and Keith Menear in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Chronos Therapeutics Ltd. manufactures drugs. It pursuing innovative therapeutics for age-related diseases through the joint efforts of experts in medical research, drug discovery and business development. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Akinion Pharmaceuticals AB operates as a holding company that focuses on the development of pharmaceutical for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. It develops, markets, and sells a product based on Biovitrum’s anti leukemia kinase inhibitor research. It is a drug development that manufactures a lead candidate drug, AKN-028, which is a small molecule kinase inhibitor. The company was founded by Vendela Parrow in 2009 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Mironid Ltd. develops proprietary drug candidate molecules by modulating the activity of key cell signalling proteins. The company was founded by Miles Houslay, Paul Barton Rodgers, Elizabeth Fairley, Julia Adam, David Adams and Nigel Pyne in 2014 and is headquartered in North Lanarkshire, the United Kingdom.

Storm Therapeutics Ltd. develops small molecule drugs that target RNA-modifying enzymes. It offers research and development of drug molecules for the treatment of specific cancers. The company was founded by Anthony Kouzarides and Eric Miska on April 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. ASM's membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 39,000 members today, with more than one third located outside. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.