Sheila Mikhail

Jurata Thin Film, Inc. is a privately-held biotechnology company located in the US that aims to revolutionize the manufacturing, storage, distribution, and delivery of vaccines and biologics. The American company's technology has been proven to protect cargo even when exposed to extreme temperatures, potentially removing the need for cold chain logistics in vaccine and biologic transport and storage. Jurata's thin films have the potential to store therapeutics at room temperature for up to three years prior to reconstitution and up to eight months after reconstitution while maintaining therapeutic payload potency.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides research and education grants. Its services include financing, technology assessment, business planning, and marketing strategies implementation. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Bamboo Therapeutics, Inc. develops gene therapy products for central nervous system and neuromuscular diseases. Its therapeutic platform is based on the use of Adeno-associated virus as a gene therapy vehicle. The company’s proprietary technologies include chimeric vectors, self-complementary vectors, and dual glycan receptor. It focuses on the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, giant axonal neuropathy, Friedreich ataxia, and Canavan disease. Bamboo Therapeutics was founded by Richard Jude Samulski, Sheila A. Mikhail, Josh Grieger, Xiao Xiao, and Paola Leone in December 2014 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

Symbiotix Biotherapies, Inc. develops a novel class of molecular therapeutics based on the human microbiome. It delivers first-in-class oral agents that improve the lives of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), multiple sclerosis (MS) and other serious immune-mediated diseases. The company was founded by Lloyd Kasper, Nader Yaghoubi, Sarkis Mazmanian and Dennis Kasper in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides legal services. It specializes in the areas of corporate law, securities, corporate, litigation, mergers, real estate, pro bono, investment management and taxation. Their clients include industrial, commercial, financial, private funds, governmental, educational, charitable and cultural enterprises and entities. The company was founded by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson Cromwell in 1879 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.