Chemist Synthesizes Carbohydrates, Launches Startup Company
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 15:42
in Mathematics & Economics
Nikki Pohl, an associate professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, and Beatrice Collet, the principal scientist for LuCELLa Biosciences Inc. in Ames, Iowa, have developed a process for synthesizing custom-order carbohydrates. They're launching LuCELLa to produce and market the carbohydrates to researchers.