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Del 4 al 7 de abril del 2006 en la ciudad de Morelia Mich. México. Anterior
A Unique Commercial Enterprise Co-Founded by Researchers in
Mexico and U.S.A.
Beattie, K.L.1, Maldonado-Rodriguez, R. 1,2 and Mendez-Tenorio, A. 1,2
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Amerigenics, Inc., Crossville, TN USA
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, IPN, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
A company named Amerigenics, Inc. has been recently founded by scientists in Mexico and the
U.S., some of whom have worked together for nearly twenty years in an academic research
setting. Amerigenics, initially established using personal resources of the founders, has recently
acquired funding from the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. to apply the company’s
Universal Figerprinting Chip (UFC) technology in microbial identification.
The UFC was
conceived and initially worked on by three of the company founders: Dr. Rogelio MaldonadoRodriguez, Dr. Alfonso Mendez-Tenorio (faculty at EBCB/IPN) and Dr. Kenneth Beattie in
Tennessee, President of Amerigenics, Inc. (See separate presentations on the UFC by each of
these three authors). The technologies, future plans of the company, and roles of the founders
will be described. Amerigenics can be considered as a model for how Mexican and U.S.
researchers can form a commercial enterprise with limited resources and attract government
financing to expand their research partnership and create scientific and commercial development
opportunities for all participants.
COLEGIO MEXICANO DE INGENIEROS BIOQUÍMICOS, A. C.
Mar del Norte No. 5, Col. San Álvaro Azcapotzalco C.P. 02090, México, D. F.
Tel. y Fax: (01 55) 5623 3088 e-mail: [email protected] y [email protected]