Biocompare (www.biocompare.com)
is the leading resource for up-to-date product information, product reviews, and
new technologies for life scientists. Biocompare combines an in-depth knowledge
of life science products and new technologies with the power of the Internet to
offer scientists the most dynamic, relevant, and innovative media-based marketplace
for life science information. Produced by scientists, Biocompare's mission is to
provide free, time saving services to life science researchers, allowing scientists
to find and learn about the technologies that drive discovery. Biocompare does this
by providing specialized search tools, articles, product reviews, webinars, videos
and technology spotlights all designed to ensure that Biocompare remains a trusted
and comprehensive source of product information. Biocompare continually strives
to serve the life science community by providing new and improved online services
that facilitate product discovery and technology education.
Michael Okimoto, PhD - Chief Content Officer
Mike Okimoto is a co-founder of CompareNetworks and is responsible for the development
and implementation of both editorial and data content for the CN verticals. Since
1999 Mike has been closely involved with the evolution of the CN business model
and has helped to develop the overall business strategy for the company. His early
efforts were focused on the development of product taxonomies and new products to
help CN customers reach their target audiences and marketing goals. In his current
role, Mike is tasked with managing day to day operations including media fulfillment
and deployment as well as customer reporting.
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Tamlyn Oliver joined Biocompare in 2017 after almost 20 years on the editorial team at Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Prior to that she was managing editor of the Journal of Soil Contamination and director of publications at Amherst Scientific Publishing. With extensive experience in life science media, she will lead content development efforts at Biocompare, working closely with the product directory team, top-notch scientific writers, and industry and academic stakeholders.
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Donne Estipona - Senior Content Editor
Since joining Biocompare in 2015, Donne has accumulated a variety of roles, including: product attribute tagging and organization, webpage content writing and editing, and management of the Biocompare Instagram. He has completed a B.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology at UC Santa Cruz and an M.S. in microbiology at San Francisco State University, where he focused on biochemistry and proteomics.
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Benjamin Atha
Ben Benjamin Atha has over 9 years of experience working in molecular biology laboratories. He received his B.A. in biology from Hood College, and also received his M.S. in biological sciences from Towson University where his thesis focused on protein functions and post-translation modifications. After graduation, Ben began working with next-generation sequencing at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and for the USDA. He now writes for Biocompare and serves as the editor for SEQanswers.
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Angelo DePalma, Ph.D
Angelo DePalma earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stony Brook University and was previously senior scientist at Schering-Plough. He has written extensively on biotechnology, biomanufacturing, medical devices, pharmaceutical commerce, laboratory instrumentation, and advanced materials.
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Emma Easthope
Emma Easthope is the founder and director of Cambridge Technical Content Ltd, based in the U.K. Since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Kent at Canterbury in 2000, she has gained extensive experience developing and running immunoassays within companies including Millennium Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca and Cellzome. She now produces a wide range of scientific content, including regular features for Biocompare.
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Embriette Hyde, Ph.D.
Embriette Hyde, PhD has over 7 years of research experience in the human microbiome, a topic she has spoken about to scientists around the world. She previously managed the American Gut Project, for which she was named as one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in science in 2016. She left academia in 2018 to work full time as a science writer and has covered a range of topics in the biotech and life sciences spaces. She currently works as Managing Partner at Biofluent Communications and as a freelance science writer and research consultant. You may view a sample of her academic and professional works on her personal webpage: drhydenotjekyll.com
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Priya Kalia, Ph.D.
Priya is a writer and strategic communications consultant focused on the science & technology sectors. Previously, she worked as a medical researcher for over 12 years in bone & cartilage tissue engineering and biomaterials at the University of Cambridge, University College London and King’s College London, as well as Columbia University, USA on a Royal Society Visiting Fellowship. She holds a PhD in Regenerative Medicine from University College London (UCL), UK, a BSc (Hons) in Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of Toronto, Canada, and sits on the Council of the London Materials Society, UK.
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Hannah Kent-Webb, Ph.D.
Hannah Kent-Webb gained a BSc. in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from The University of Nottingham in the UK. She currently works as a freelance science writer, producing regular content for Biocompare.
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Tanuja Koppal, Ph.D.
Tanuja Koppal, Ph.D., is a freelance science writer, analyst and consultant. She specializes in researching scientific topic and trends, writing articles and reports, and organizing conferences on drug discovery and development. She has authored several articles in B-to-B science publications and websites, moderated online webinars targeting scientists and clinicians in academia and pharma/biotech companies all over the world. In the past 14 years, she has organized nearly 100 conferences on behalf of her clients on cutting-edge research and technolgoes for early drug discovery and development.
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Paul Naphtali
Paul Naphtali has a M.Sc. in Biology at McMaster University, focusing his research tracking groundwater fecal contamination using next-generation sequencing techniques. He has also gone through the Ph.D. program in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University, focusing his dissertation research on studying cystic fibrosis airway infections using bioinformatics tools for genome annotation, transcriptomics, and molecular-based profiling.
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Vivienne Raper, Ph.D.
Vivienne Raper is a freelance journalist based in the U.K. who writes primarily about medical, healthcare, and environmental technology. Writing credits include the Wall Street Journal’s European edition about subjects ranging from the Lithuanian biotechnology sector to the science of golf. Vivienne has a Ph.D. in satellite informatics.
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Josh P. Roberts
Josh P. Roberts has been a full-time biomedical science writer for more than a decade.
Josh P. Roberts has an M.A. in the history and philosophy of science, and he also went through the Ph.D. program in molecular, cellular, developmental biology, and genetics at the University of Minnesota, with dissertation research in ocular immunology.
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Anjani Shah, Ph.D.
Anjani Shah, Ph.D., has over 20 years of experience in science communications. For the past 10 years she has mostly worked as a conference director for Cambridge Health Institute, a life science information company, where she researches topics and recruits top speakers in the field to create meetings that facilitate connection and innovation amongst drug discovery scientists. Anjani also writes for non- profits, medical communication companies and publications in the pharma industry. Her portfolio includes technology backgrounders, summary articles of current research in various disease areas, continuing medical education materials and life science technology-focused articles. Anjani has a Ph.D. in cell biology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree at Princeton University.
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Caitlin Smith, Ph.D.
Caitlin Smith has a B.A. in biology from Reed College, a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Yale University, and completed postdoctoral work at the Vollum Institute.
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Lauren Tanabe, Ph.D.
Lauren Tanabe has a Ph.D. in pharmacology and molecular signaling from Columbia University. She completed her postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan as a Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Fellow and at Wayne State University as an American Cancer Society Fellow.
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Lucy Thorne, Ph.D.
Lucy Thorne received a BSc. in Biochemistry from University of Leeds and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from University of Liverpool in the UK. She is currently working as a freelance consultant in Cambridge, UK writing CRISPR-related content for Biocompare.
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Tiffany Yesavage, Ph.D.
Tiffany is a freelance medical writer from Denver, Colorado.
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