MBI GRADUATE TENANT COMPANY AMBASSADORS

Tenants at the Barber Avenue Facilities

• Antigen Express, Inc. (Generex Biotechnology)
  Antigen Express, Inc. is a private biotechnology company that is developing a range of therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, infectious and allergic diseases.
  

   

  Contact:

  Eric von Hofe, President Antigen Express, Inc. (Generex Biotechnology) One Innovation Drive, Biotech Three Worcester, MA 01605 Phone: 508-852-8783 Email: evonhofe@antigenexpress.com

  
  
• Avatar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Contract research organization which services biomedical/pharmaceutical industry within the drug discovery and research process.
  

   

  Contact:

  Judy Carmody, President 257 Simarano Drive Marlboro, MA 01752 Phone: 508-281-6488 Email: jcarmody@avatarps.com

  
  
• Biomedical Research Models, Inc.
  BRM creates lab animals genetically engineered to have diseases such as diabetes for pharmaceutical company drug research. BRM has recently received a $1 million grant for contract research from the National Institutes of Health.
  

   

  Contact:

  Dennis L. Guberski, M.S., President & Chairman 67 Millbrook Street Worcester, MA 01606 Phone: 508-459-7544 Email: dguberski@biomere.com

  
  
• DXA Resource Group
  A company that provides quality assurance programs for pharmaceutical and government supported clinical trials that use Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) to measure bone mineral density or body composition.
  

   

  Contact:

  Reta Rupich, Ph.D., President 69 Milk Street Westborough, MA 01581 Phone: 508-595-0560 Email: reta42@netscape.net

  
  
• Eden Research plc/GlucaDel
  Eden Research plc/GlucaDel is a new drug delivery technology for Gauchers Disease. Also involved in many non-human health applications for the GlucaDel delivery technology and other encapsulation technologies.
  

   

  Contact:

  Gary R. Ostroff, Ph.D., Research Professor UMASS Medical School, Program in Molecular Medicine Biotech 2, Suite 113 373 Plantation Street Westborough, MA 01604 Phone: 508-856-1930 Email: gary.ostroff@umassmed.edu

  
  
• GenomeQuest, Inc. (formerly Gene-IT)
  GenomeQuest Inc.'s innovative sequence search technology provides relevant answers to questions about the human genome asked by scientists and attorneys today. The company's flagship product, GenomeQuest?, is an easy-to-use Web-based application that integrates, mines and analyzes sequence data from dozens of scientific and patent sources worldwide.
  

   

  Contact:

  Ronald Ranuaro, CEO 1700 West Park Drive, Suite 260 Westborough, MA 01581 Phone: 508-616-0100 Email: ranauro@gene-it.com

  
  
• Intelligent BioSystems, Inc.
  Intelligent Bio-Systems is developing new biochemical and instrumentation technologies related to DNA and RNA analysis for research and diagnostic applications.
  

   

  Contact:

  Dr. Steven J. Gordon, Founder 34 Bear Hill Road Waltham, MA 02451 Phone: 781-466-8050 Email: sgordon@alum.mit.edu

  
  
• NOMIR Medical Technologies, Inc.
  NOMIR Medical Technologies, Inc. is developing a pipeline of optical therapeutic devices for the treatment of diseases and the conditions caused by bacterial and fungal infections. We have built a leadership position, a broad patent portfolio, and technology know-how for breakthrough therapeutic applications of optical energy.
  

   

  Contact:

  Richard Burtt, President & CEO 307 Waverly Oaks, Suite 109 Waltham, MA 02452 Phone: 781-893-1000 Email: r.burtt@nomirmedical.com

  
  
• Performance Indicator, LLC
  Performance Indicator, LLC was founded in 1996n, having developed and patented a consumer quality indication system for golf balls called the Performance Indicator. Today, the Company develops, adapts, patents, and markets color change or indicator technologies for application in a diversity of industrial or consumer products.
  

   

  Contact:

  Robert T. Winskowicz Business Development, Sales & Marketing 116 John Street/South Mill, 1st Floor Lowell, MA 01852 Phone: 978-459-4500 Email: bob@performanceindicator.com

  
  
• Viacell, Inc. (formerly t.breeders)
  Pioneers a proprietary manufacturing platform for the production of pharmaceutical grade therapeutic cells.

   

  Contact:

  Morey Kraus Founder & Chief Technical Officer 245 1st Street Phone: 508-524-4480 (cell)