Adrienne was educated at the University of Melbourne and graduated with a PhD in Biochemistry in 1963. After post-doctoral experience at Baylor University and the University of Michigan, she returned to Melbourne as a Research Fellow at the School of Botany. Her work to understand the molecular basis for self-incompatibility in plants was supported by an Agrigenetics contract. The success of the research led to her election the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering and, in the US, as a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Science and The American Academy of the Arts and Sciences. She has held appointments in Australia as Chairman of CSIRO, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Victoria and Chancellor of LaTrobe University. She served on the Boards of several major public companies in Australia and New Zealand and founded two start-up companies. She attributes her understanding of business and intellectual property management gained during her contract work with Agrigenetics to preparing her for the challenges of these appointments, which are not the usual career path of a research scientist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Janice received her PhD in plant physiology in 1982 from the University of California, Davis. She spent two years as a post-doctoral associate learning the emerging plant molecular biological techniques before taking an assistant professorship at Oregon State University in Botany & Plant Pathology. She was lured to the position of External Contracts Research Manager at Agrigenetics in 1985, which her academic colleagues thought ill-advised. She enjoyed the excitement of working with cutting-edge researchers, like Adrienne Clarke, while learning about the patenting process and the importance of intellectual property in the business world. After leaving Agrigenetics, Janice began a career in technology transfer and business development at the University of Georgia. After becoming a Registered Patent Agent with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, she worked for three years at an intellectual property law firm, and then joined a start-up biotech vaccine company as Vice President for Business Development, managing a large patent portfolio and rising to the Office of the CEO. She now consults regularly for start-up biotechnology companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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