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Dr. Lyric Bartholomay, BS, PhD

Dr Bartholomay is an Assistant Professor of Medical Entomology in the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University. Her basic research endeavors center on innate immune responses in arthropods including mosquitoes and ticks that transmit pathogens that cause significant human and animal disease. Her research also incorporates the use of alphaviruses that produce a gene of interest in vivo in arthropods.

Patricia A. Sweeney, JD

Ms. Sweeney is an intellectual property attorney, with over 20 years experience focusing on biotechnology. In her private practice, she provides intellectual property advice on patent strategy and systems, building and managing patent portfolios, prosecuting national and international applications, providing freedom to operate and state of the art reviews, and opinions and consultation on a variety of intellectual property issues. Ms. Sweeney’s prior experience includes seven years at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., including three years as Chief Patent Counsel. Before that she practiced with a private intellectual property law firm focusing on patent prosecution and litigation.

Janice Cunningham, BS

Ms. Cunningham has had over 20 years experience in cell culture systems and propagation of animal viruses. She has played an important role in assisting the current research of Drs. Harris and Erdman.

Dr Dick Hesse, MS, PhD

Dr. Dick Hesse is the Director of Diagnostic Virology at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 publications, presentations, and/or patents. In addition, he has led the development of at least 12 USDA-licensed vaccines. Dr. Hesse's recent focus has been on vaccine development for PRRS and PCVAD (porcine circovirus-associated disease). He currently is interested in developing rapid diagnostic assays for zoonotic, foreign animal and emerging/re-emerging diseases.

Madonna Carlson

Ms. Carlson's education was in microbiology at the University of Minnesota. Today she is a quality systems and regulatory affairs consultant with over 30 years of veterinary biologics experience. Since 2006 she has worked as an independent consultant for numerous U.S. and international conventional and biotechnology firms.