Research - Davis, California, United States
Inserogen is a biotechnology startup that is commercializing intellectual property developed at UC Davis surrounding the use of tobacco plants as a manufacturing platform for rapid, scalable, and cost-effective production of high-value proteins, including vaccines and therapeutics for rare (orphan) diseases. The company won the 1st prize in the 2010 Big Bang! Business Plan Competition at UC Davis, and has received technology commercialization grants from the National Science Foundation and VentureWell.