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.
About three quarters of my students in post docs now go into business, biotech companies and, of course, it used to be all academics. Maybe that's a reflection of my own interest because we do a lot of applied biotechnology in my lab and much more all the time. I'm part of a pending training grant...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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