Current Scientific Advisory Roles:
Genome Sequencing:
Azco Biotech Salem, NH 2003 (2009-present; sequencing system)
Danaher-Dover-Polonator Salem, NH 2007 (2007-present; sequencing instrument)
Complete Genomics Sunnyvale, CA 2006 (2006-present; Sequencing by Ligase service)
IntelligentBioSystems (IBS) Waltham, MA 2006 (2006-present; Sequencing by Polymerase on beads)
Halcyon Molecular Redwood City, CA 2009 (2009-present; Mbp read-length EM sequencing)
Pacific Biosciences Menlo Park, CA 2004 (2008-present; real-time single-molecule sequencing)
Helicos Biosciences Corp Cambridge, MA 2004 (2003-present; Single-molecule DNA sequencing)
Lynx - Solexa - Illumina Hayward, CA 1992; San Diego 1998 (2000-present; multiplex tags)
LightSpeed Genomics Sunnyvale CA 2007 (2007-present; high-speed DNA sequencing)
Ion Torrent Guilford, CT 2008 (2009-present; electronic sequencing)
Genizon Cantaloupe Quebec 2008 (2008-present; In situ sequencing)
Bionanomatrix Philadelphia, PA 2008 (2009-present; Fluorescent mapping)
Direct-to-Consumer Genomics:
Alacris Pharmaceuticals Berlin 2008 (2008-present; Cancer genomics & systems biology)
23andme Mountain View, CA 2006 (2006-present; personal genomics)
DNAdirect San Francisco, CA 2004 (2006-present; DNA diagnostics)
Knome, Inc. Cambridge, MA 2007 (2007-present; Human Genome Sequencing)
Synthetic Biology, Biofuels, Stem Cells & Pharma:
JouleBio Cambridge, MA 2007 (2007-present; SolarFuels)
LS9 San Francisco, CA 2005 (2006-present; Biologically engineered fuels)
Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) Madison WI 2006 (2009-present; iPS stem cells)
Enzymatics Beverly, MA 2006 (2006-present; Large-scale, high quality enzymes)
Qteros (formerly SunEthanol) Amherst MA 2007 (2007-present; Biofuels)
Genomatica San Diego CA 2001
(2001-present; microbial metabolic models)
PharmoRx Wellesley , MA 2005 (2005-present; secure medication)
Sigma-Aldrich St. Louis 1934 (2009-present; chemistry, cells, Board of Directors)
NEB Beverly MA 1975 (2009-present; protein synthesis)
Merck KGaA (EMD) Darmstadt 1688 (2009-present; protein synthesis)
Non-profit groups:
PersonalGenomes.org Boston 2004 (2004-present; open-access genome & trait data)
BioWeatherMap.org Boston 2009 (2009-present; DIYbio)
X-prize.org Playa Vista CA 1996 (2005-present; sequencing & energy)
Financial and Legal Consulting:
Guidepoint Global (2009-present; Genomics technologies)
Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) (2007-present; Genomics technologies)
ACLU (2009; DNA diagnostics)
Supreme Court --Susman Godfrey LLP Amici Curiae Ebay & Half.com vs MercExchange LLC (2006; Intellectual Property)
Companies licensing Church lab patents or software:
Agilent 2000 (2001-present; nucleic acid nanopore sensors)
Oxford NanoPore Technologies Kidlington, UK 2005 (2008)
Affymetrix (Affymax)
Palo Alto, CA 1993 (1990-2003; Oligonucleotide arrays)
Agencourt (now Beckman Coulter) Beverly, MA 2000 (2003-2006; Polony bead sequencing by ligation)
Applied Biosystems Foster City, CA 1981 (2003-2006; via Agencourt, polony bead sequencing by ligation)
Pyrosequencing
(also Biotage - 454
Stockholm 2000 (2001-present; modified dNTPs for array sequencing)
Millipore Bedford,MA (1989-1990;
multiplex sequencing)
Codon Devices Cambridge, MA 2005 (2005-2009; Constructive Biology)
Mosaic Technologies
Boston, MA 1994 (1993-94 & 2000-2001; DNA diagnostics)
Past Advisory roles:
GreenFuel Technologies Corp. Cambridge, MA 2004 (2005-2006; Photosynthetic CO2 emissions capture)
Flagship Ventures Cambridge, MA 2000 (2000-2006; genomics & informatics)
Receptor Biologix San Francisco, CA 2003 (2004-2007; alternative splicing)
Longenity Inc.; Boston, MA 2001 (2001-2005; human aging)
Xeotron (now Invitrogen) Houston TX 2000 Atactic
(2001-2004; Light-directed DNA/RNA-microarray synthesis)
Genome Pharmaceuticals
Martinsried, Germany 1998 (1998-2003; genomics for drug targets)
Caliper Technologies
Palo Alto, CA 1995 (1994-2002; microfluidics)
CodonCode Corp. Dedham, MA
1996 (1996-2003); DNA sequencing software)
BeyondGenomics (now BGMedicine) Cambridge,
MA 2001 (2000-2004; biomarkers & systems biology)
EngeneOS Cambridge,MA 2001 see also CodonDevices, Gen9 (2000-2005; Engineered Genomic Operating Systems)
GenProfile AG Berlin, Germany 1998 (1997-2001; multiplex haplotyping)
Adeptient Los Altos,
CA 2000 (2001-2002; inkjet aerosols for drug delivery and array manufacture)
First Genetic Trust Chicago,
IL 2001 (2001-2002; personal genetic information access)
Sangamo (Gendaq) Richmond CA 1995 (2000-2002;
Zn-finger engineering)
Genome Therapeutics
(Oscient & Agencourt, previously Collaborative
Research Inc.) Waltham, MA 1961 & 1993 (1984 &
1989-1994; microbial genomes)
Biogen Inc. Cambridge,
MA 1978 (1984-1985; genomic sequencing)
Gamera (now Tecan LabCD)
Medford, MA 1995 (1998-2000; microfluidics)
FamilyGenetix Oxford, UK
(2000-2001; Genetic patient history software & services)
Bruker Daltonics Billerica,
MA 1960 (1993-1997; Mass-tags)
Biorad-Sadtler Philadelphia, PA
(1979-1981; DNA sequencing software)
Corporate research sponsors & collaborators not listed above:
Aventis (Rhone-Poulenc Rorer &
Hoechst Marion Roussel) Paris, Frankfurt, Collegeville PA, etc.
1990 (1998-2001; computational functional genomics)
MJ Research Inc. Waltham, MA 1987
(1986-1995; Pulsed Electrophoresis & PCR)
Polytech Plastics. Cambridge, MA 1982 (1982-1988; Sequencing electrotransfer devices)
Hamilton Company Reno NV 1957 (1986-1990;
multisample
handing syringes).
Intelligent Automation
Cambridge, MA (1992-1996; multipin array oligo synthesizer).
Eli Lilly Indianapolis IN, 1876 (1998; bioinformatics)
NEN (Dupont/PerkinElmer) Boston, MA 1956 (1982-1984;
nylon membranes)
See also supporters of PersonalGenomes.org and related research.