Michael Horn
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Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Michael Horn
- Bis heute 16 Jahre, seit Aug. 2009
CEO
Aardent Protein Sciences LLC
Currently writing business plan and soliciting financial support for launching molecular pharming company. The company will produce reagent proteins of high value as well as producing custom designed proteins for possible therapeutic use.
- 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, Apr. 2008 - Juli 2009
Senior Scientist
Targeted Growth Inc.
Responsible for establishing and managing a high throughput corn transformation and analysis groups for the production of corn with high sugar content and a concomitant increase in ethanol production per acre. Supervised 6 scientists.
- 2 Jahre und 6 Monate, Juli 2005 - Dez. 2007
Director Cell & Molecular Biology
Phyton Biotech Inc.
Responsible for all activity in Cryobiology and Transprotein Production departments. Project leader for establishing protein production platform and developing proprietary new technology surrounding protein production in suspension cultured cells (11 scientists, $2.5M annual budget). Phyton closed 12/31/07 when parent company pulled support.
- 7 Jahre und 1 Monat, Juni 1998 - Juni 2005
Group Leader/Director of Cell Biology
ProdiGene/Applied Biotechnology Institute
Responsible for all activity in Cell Biology Department and Laboratory Services. Project Leader for the HIV Oral Vaccine Project funded by the NIH. ProdiGene Safety Officer: 1999-2004. Facilities Manager 2002-2004. I continued to provide greenhouse oversight.
- 7 Jahre und 4 Monate, Feb. 1991 - Mai 1998
Research Scientist I/II
Agrigenetics/Mycogen
Project leader for successful novel corn transformation project (supervised 6 scientists). Also, Project Leader for successful nutritional improvement of peanut (supervised 3 scientists). Personally established ELISA protocols for analysis of transgenic plants. Later, project leader for promoter testing in cotton flower parts; also explored novel methods for cotton transformation. Lead author for six patent applications, three of which have issued.
- 3 Jahre und 2 Monate, Mai 1987 - Juni 1990
Research Scientist
Plant Genetics, Inc./Calgene, Inc.
Project leader for successful rice tissue culture project (supervised 5 scientists). Project leader for successful peanut mutation project for amino acid overproduction. Responsible for potato transformation project, successfully produced virus-resistant and insect-resistant plants which were field-tested in 1989. At Calgene (5/90-6/90), contributed to efforts at cotton and soybean transformation using particle bombardment of embryogenic suspension cultures. Lead author for five patent applications.
- 2 Jahre, Juni 1985 - Mai 1987
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Ciba-Geigy Biotechnology
Primary investigator for successful establishment of one of the world's first transformation systems for small grains. Personally performed most of the molecular analyses. Lead author for 2 patent applications, one of which has issued.
Ausbildung von Michael Horn
- 4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Juni 1980 - Juni 1984
Biology (Plant Physiology)
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Photoautotrophic soybean suspension cultures, Somatic hybridization, Nitrogen metabolism, Lipid metabolism, Carbon fixation,
- 2 Jahre und 6 Monate, Jan. 1978 - Juni 1980
Biology
University of Missouri - Columbia
Cyanide resistant respiration in tobacco suspension cultures
- 4 Jahre und 5 Monate, Aug. 1973 - Dez. 1977
Biology
University of Missouri - Columbia
Sprachen
Englisch
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