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.
Q: What has taken you most by surprise in all of this? RS: By surprise. That we're still in business. Two, three years -- well it's in a sense we're three years old but we've been incorporated for two years. What surprised me is how far we've actually gone. I mean with such minimal investment...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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