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>> My name is Heather Agnew and I'm
a Principal Research Investigator

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at the Biotech Startup Company
Integrated Diagnostics.

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PCC is a Protein Catalyzed Capture Agent.

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And what that is, is it's a molecule that is
much like a peptide but it displays a very,

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very excellent binding properties much

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like an antibody would that's
used in clinical diagnostics.

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But then they also offer their own
unique qualities which allow us

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to explore possibilities in In-Vitro diagnostic
detection, In-Vivo diagnostic detection

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and even therapeutic applications.

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Also they could be possible thought of as
imaging agents to detect tumors in body.

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I do quite a few different
things on a daily basis.

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The life in a startup company
is it's very interesting.

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There are new challenges that come everyday.

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I do experiments at the bench, I'm involved
in managing subordinates and I'm also involved

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in interacting with the founders
and board members of the company.

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It's not a nine to five, the life in a startup
company is not going to be a nine to five.

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I work quite a few hours a day but
I'm really passionate about what I do.

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This PCC technology that they were working on
pursuing is something that I had originated

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as a graduate student at Caltech when
I was working with Professor Jim Heath.

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And it's something that I'm so passionate about
seeing taking to next level that I like to put

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in the long hours, because what I put in is
directly related to the results that I get out.