Foley Partner Mark Waxman spoke at The National Academies “Opportunities and Challenges in the Emerging Field of Synthetic Biology” Symposium on July 10, 2009.
Mr. Waxman spoke with Ed Lazowska, Bill and Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Greg Kisor, Vice President, Investor Relations, Intellectual Ventures, Paula J. Olsiewski, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Ioannis Economidis, Principal Scientific Officer, European Commission. Their session was titled “Roundtable on Investment Models for Synthetic Biology.”
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