Hesperos Inc.
Heather Cannon-Patron is a Research Associate II at Hesperos Inc. since June 2020, bringing extensive experience in research and development from previous roles, including Head Waiter, Server, Hostess, and Marketing at Bloomin' Brands, Inc. from September 2014 to June 2020, and Food Science Technician at Darifair Foods, Inc. from February 2014 to August 2014, focusing on research and quality assurance. Heather's research experience includes a role as a Research Trainee at Mayo Clinic in 2013, specializing in Parkinson's disease genetic research, and multiple laboratory assistant positions during studies at Florida State College at Jacksonville, covering microbiology, biotechnology, biology, chemistry, and human anatomy. Education includes a Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from the University of Central Florida and two Associate Degrees from Florida State College at Jacksonville.
Hesperos Inc.
Hesperos, Inc. is a leader in efforts to characterize an individual's biology with Human-on-a-Chip microfluidic systems. Founders Michael L. Shuler and James J. Hickman have been at the forefront of every major scientific discovery in this realm, from individual organ-on-a-chip constructs to fully functional, interconnected multi-organsystems. With a mission to revolutionize toxicology testing as well as efficacy evaluation for drug discovery, the company has created pumpless platforms with serum-free cellular mediums that allow multi-organ system communication and integrated computational PKPD modeling of live physiological responses utilizing functional readouts from neurons, cardiac, muscle, barrier tissues and neuromuscular junctions as well as responses from liver, pancreas and barrier tissues.