Omicron has Chemistry
Business synthesizes molecules other companies use for research
By GENE STOWE South Bend Tribune Correspondent
5:33 a.m. EDT, October 8, 2012
SOUTH BEND -- Anthony Serianni was a postdoctoral associate at Cornell University when he and his adviser, Robert Barker, started Omicron Biochemicals in 1982, the same year Serianni joined the faculty at the University of Notre Dame.
"We had developed some new chemistry that made the synthesis of certain kinds of sugar molecules easier to do," says Serianni, the president and CEO. "At that time, I had intentions of pursuing an academic career. I had already applied to Notre Dame."
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