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BioWorld Industrial Biotechnology StatReport: Immediate and Comprehensive Industry Information
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Solvents and chemicals
Solvents and formulations for HPLC
Environmental solvents
Dry solvents
Chiral solvents
Molecular biology solvents, chemicals and formulations
Peptide synthesis solvents and formulations
DNA synthesis solvents
Reagents
Custom synthesis
Biolog Inc.
21124 Cabot Blvd.
Hayward CA 94545, US
Phone: (510) 785-2564; Fax: (510) 782-4639
Web: www.biolog.com; E-mail: info@biolog.com
KEY PERSONNEL: Barry R. Bochner, Ph.D.; President, CEO and CSO
Douglas E. Rife; VP, Operations
Edwin Fineman; VP, Finance and CFO
John D. Groat; VP, Global Sales
EMPLOYEES: 40 employees
HISTORY: Founded in January 1981
R&D facilities opened in July 1984
Member--Biotechnology Industry Organization
FACILITIES: Offices, laboratory, R&D and manufacturing facilities
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Privately held
FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Funding from equity, SBIR grants and development contracts
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Continue growing as the recognized authority in cellular phenotype analysis
with particular emphasis in functional genomics and drug discovery,
microbial identification and analysis of microbial ecosystems
AGREEMENTS: Name Products Content of Agreement Date
Axiohelix and the E. coli genome-- research
11/04
NARA Institute phenotyping and
determining the function
of each gene
agreement
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Broad spectrum kits and phenotype MicroArrays based on a patented
technology for the characterization and identification of microorganisms
(gram-negative, gram-positive, yeast and anaerobe) at the species and
subspecies level, as well as custom kits for specific applications or groups of
microorganisms
Functional genomics, phenotype testing and contamination identification
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: GN2 MicroPlate--test panel for identification/characterization of 566 gramnegative
bacteria
GP2 MicroPlate--test panel for identification/characterization of 250 grampositive
bacteria plus 57 lactic acid bacteria
AN MicroPlate--test panel for identification/characterization of 300 species
of anaerobic bacteria
YT MicroPlate--test panel for identification/characterization of 267 yeast
species
FF Microplate-- test panel for identification/ characterization of filamentons
fungi
MT2 MicroPlate--test panel for catabolic surveys and bioremediation
studies
ECO MicroPlate--test panel for microbial community characterization and
analysis
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