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Join us on Sept. 10th to learn more about some of our fabulous portfolio companies: AmacaThera, Path Therapeutics, XLement, Reglagene, and Viva Vision as hosted by David Xu. Following the presentations will be an in-depth panel discussion.

Agenda

Opening Speech
David Xu
  • David Xu (CBO at Viva Biotech)

    David Xu

    CBO at Viva Biotech

    Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles
    Postdoctoral research at the Scripps Research Institute
    M.B.A from Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
    Worked in Purdue, Sandoz, and Novartis

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AmacaThera
Cooke Mike
  • Cooke Mike (Co-Founder&CEO of AmacaThera)

    Cooke Mike

    Co-Founder&CEO of AmacaThera

    Mike Cooke joined Molly's laboratory in 2008 as a post-doctoral fellow to work on stem cell transplantation for recovery following stroke. This resulted in a co-first author publication in Stem Cell Reports demonstrating cells combined with HAMC could restore stroke injury in a model of stroke.

    Together with Molly, Mike developed the first product for AmacaThera, a sustained analgesic for post-operative pain. This product is nearing completion of pre-clinical studies and IND enabling studies will commence in 2018. Mike pitched to both UTEST and OBIO, securing dilutive and non-dilutive seed investment for AmacaThera.

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XLement
Gang Liu
  • Gang Liu (Founder&CSO of XLement)

    Gang Liu

    Founder&CSO of XLement

    University of California. Berkeley/Ph.D. in Bioengineering major
    University of California, San Francisco/Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Medicine major
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Tenured professor

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Path Therapeautics
Deborah Kurrasch
  • Deborah Kurrasch (Co-Founder&CEO of Path Therapeautics)

    Deborah Kurrasch

    Co-Founder&CEO of Path Therapeautics

    Dr. Kurrasch is a basic science researcher and associate professor at the University of Calgary who has expertise in animal models of CNS disorders and pharmacology.

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Viva Vision
Wang Shen
Reglagene
Richard Austin
  • Richard Austin (CEO of Reglagene)

    Richard Austin

    CEO of Reglagene

    Richard leads Reglagene’s business operations and fund-raising. Before founding Reglagene, he built a 23- year career in pharmaceutical R&D at GSK and Sanofi in which he served as a medicinal chemist, drug discovery project leader, analytical chemistry services manager, and research operations manager. Recognizing an affinity for the business side of the pharmaceutical industry, in 2010 Richard earned an MBA in Pharmaceutical Management from Drexel University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He soon transitioned into a managerial role at Sanofi’s Tucson, Arizona Research Center with responsibilities for operational and capital spending, procurement, equipment maintenance, and other business areas. Richard is a member of Tucson’s Desert Angels, one of the most active angel investment groups in the United States. While serving as a Commercialization Partner for the University of Arizona, Richard was introduced to quadruplex gene expression control. Seeing the potential in the technology, he co-founded Reglagene in November 2016. Richard earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Texas in 1991 and completed post-doctoral studies in bioorganic chemistry at the University of California Berkeley in 1993.

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Panel Discussion

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