Richard Sayre is a Professor of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology at Ohio State University and co-founder of Phycotransgenics, L.L.C. Phycotransgenics is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of transgenic algae that have market-driven properties. Markets that the company is focusing on include animal health, animal feed, bioremediation, environmental monitoring and biopesticides. Richard received his undergraduate degree from Humboldt State University in California and his Ph. D. in Biology from the University of Iowa. He has completed postdoctoral research at Florida State University, University of Kentucky, and Harvard University.
The university, of course, is very concerned about that. And they developed a policy using our company as a model for conflict of interest issues. They were also concerned about perceptions and since the technology in a sense is coming of Ohio State University, they were concerned about their repu...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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