Over the past several years she has attended many of the Exchange’s marketing seminars, and SnapGene uses its offices for a variety of meetings – including the finalization of its transaction with Insightful Science.Įric Ginsburg, Interim Director of the Polsky Center’s Technology Commercialization team said, “We congratulate SnapGene on its success in reaching this step. When SnapGene was first being developed, the team worked with the Polsky Center’s predecessor to patent the underlying technology.Īline Glick, who serves as SnapGene’s chief product officer, is also a member of the Polsky Exchange, a 34,000 square foot startup hub in Hyde Park.
Most recently, the University’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation assisted Glick and his leadership team in the acquisition process with Insightful Science. SnapGene has deep roots at the University of Chicago. We perceived that there was a need, and it was clear we had an opportunity and the aptitude that would allow us to solve this widespread problem.” “Scientists can end up making mistakes that set them back days or weeks or more. “While DNA cloning is supposed to be simple, each procedure is different and there are many variables,” Glick explained. and Daphne Preuss, a previous colleague of Glick’s in the University’s Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology department who left academia to launch her own startup.Eugene Losev, a PhD student who was completing his thesis in Glick’s laboratory and moving to the business world.
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Aline Glick, Ben’s wife and an experienced commercial software product manager and marketer. Will Stokes, a software developer fresh out of a master’s program in Computer Graphics (and by chance a native Hyde Parker and University of Chicago Laboratory Schools graduate), whom Glick and Scott discovered through a Google search. His neighbor, Michael Scott, a professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago, with a background in software and product design. To do that, he recruited a diverse team of scientists and technologists: Glick said the company is constantly improving the software based on intensive engagement with customers, adding that his team is thrilled to continue this work with the support of Insightful Science, a technology company with a portfolio of industry-leading solutions designed to empower scientists.īut, before a profitable company with the assets to be acquired was even a thought, Glick had to get SnapGene off the ground. It is designed for ease-of-use, while maintaining the ability to execute advanced applications. SnapGene is attractive to a diverse range of customers for several reasons. It is now used by more than 265,000 researchers in 65 countries, including leading academic institutions and commercial customers ranging from startups to biotech and pharmaceutical giants. The software providesintuitive visualization of DNA constructs, automatically documents cloning simulations, and offers a convenient way to share richly annotated molecular biology data. SnapGene is the easiest way to plan, visualize, and document molecular biology procedures. When these elements align, you end up with a company like SnapGene, a leading molecular biology software company based in Hyde Park, which announced on Tuesday, August 13 that it had been acquired by Insightful Science.įounded in 2004, SnapGene was born of frustration that founder Benjamin Glick, PhD, a faculty member in the University of Chicago’s Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology department, experienced with inefficiencies of DNA cloning in the lab. Skill, knowledge, determination, acumen and connections – along with a little luck and serendipity – all can play a part. The successful launch and longevity of a startup is often the result of several factors.
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