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Affiliated Research Faculty
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The University of New Mexico
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@newmexicoconsortium.org
1 phone found area 505
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Affiliated Research Faculty
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Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
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Richard Sayre is listed as Affiliated Research Faculty at The University of New Mexico, based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at newmexicoconsortium.org, phone signal with area code 505, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Richard Sayre.
Richard Sayre previously worked as Board Member at Alliance For Mrna Medicines and Chief Scientific Officer at Mercury Bio. Richard Sayre holds Postdoc, Molecular Biology from Harvard University.
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About Richard Sayre
Expertise in biotechnology, biochemistry and program management.Academic, non-profit, and government experience:• Over 160 peer reviewed publications• Faculty member Depts. Biochemistry and Plant Biology, Ohio St. Univ.; Chair, Dept. of Plant Cell and Molec. Biol. • Director Phase 1 (5 years) of the BioCassava Plus (BC+) Program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges in Global Health Program.• First Director of the Enterprise-Rent-A-Car Inst. for Renewable Fuels at Donald Danforth Plant Science Ctr. St Louis, MO.• Director of the Center for Advanced Biofuels, a DOE Energy Frontier Res. Ctr. focused on developing algal and oil seed crop based biofuels. • Senior Res. Sci. - 6 (top 2%), Biology Division, Los Alamos Nat. Lab. • Director of multiple US-DOE bioenergy consortia.Corporate Experience:• Over 70 US patents • Phycotransgenics: Columbus, OH. (2000 - 2005) Pres. and co-founder. Development of microalgal oral vaccine delivery technology for fish and farm animals. • Phycal Inc.: Cleveland, OH. (2007 to 2014) Co-founder and CTO. Developed microalgal and cassava biofuel systems. • Pebble Labs: Los Alamos, NM. (2016 - 2020) Co-founder and CSO. Invented "Directed Biotics" platform technology for the production of RNA interference molecules by endosymbiotic bacteria to control host (bacterial and viral) pathogens.• Trait Biosciences: Santa Fe, NM. (2017 - 2020) Co-founder and CSO. Lead inventor of glycosylated, water-soluble cannabinoid prodrugs• Mercury Bio: Santa Fe, NM. (2021 – present) Co-founder and CSO. Lead co-inventor of chimeric yeast extracellular vesicles for the packaged and targeted delivery of therapeutic RNA, protein and small molecular weight drugs to humans to control diseases, address genetic disorders and regulate metabolism.
Listed skills include Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biofuels, Biotechnology, and 46 others.
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21 roles · 21 years
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Affiliated Research Faculty
CurrentAffiliated research faculty in the Department of Biology.
Jun 2024 - Present
Board Member
Current
Jan 2024 - Present
Chief Scientific Officer
Current
Mercury Bio
Directing innovation and discovery efforts to develop novel yeast extracellular vesicle (yEV) drug delivery platform technology. Objectives include injectable, oral and microneedle based delivery of yEVs that can specifically target any tissue in the body while effectively delivering a diversity of potential therapeutic cargo types. Advantages include, access to all organs, scalability, and low cost production systems without off-target effects.
Oct 2021 - Present
Founder And Consultant
Current
Richard Sayre Consulting Llc
Consulting services provided in a diverse range of commercial applications in plant, algal and animal biotechnology, biochemistry and genetics.
Jan 2018 - Present
Emeritus Professor And Principle Investigator
Current
Dec 2008 - Present
Senior Research Scientist
Oct 2011 - Nov 2024
Cofounder And Chief Scientific Officer
Spartina Biotechnologies
Pivoted in 2020 to focus on the development of targeted RNA therapeutics delivery technologies (exosomes) to control gene expression and viral replication in humans. Spartina changed its name to Mercury Bio in October 2022.
Mar 2015 - Sep 2021
Chief Scientific Officer And Cofounder
Led a 30 member research and development team that developed water soluble cannabinoids, engineered cannabis plants with enhanced yield and performance traits, and the design and development of natural and modified cannabinoids for pharmaceutical applications. Generated over 10 patents.
Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
Chief Scientific Officer And Cofounder
Directed research programs focused on disease control in plants and invertebrates using endosymbiotic bacterial to produce and deliver RNAi and mRNA molecules
Sep 2016 - Feb 2020
Director And Principle Investigator
Pace: Producing Algae For Co-Products And Energy
DOE-BETO TABB program for producing co-products and energy from algae
Jul 2015 - Apr 2018
Senior Research Scientist-6
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Led research teams on the development of algal and oil seed biofuel systems and on international food security issues.
Oct 2011 - Sep 2017
Scientific Director, Doe, National Alliance For Advanced Biofuels And Bioproducts
Los Alamos National Laboratory
NAABB was an international consortium of over 70 scientists and industry collaborators. NAABB focused on full scale development of algae for biofuel and co-product production ranging from cell biology to fuel production at the refinery.
Sep 2010 - Sep 2013
Editor-In-Chief And Co-Founder Of The Journal, Algal Research
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2012.04.004
Dec 2011 - Dec 2016
Chief Technology Officer And Co-Founder
Directed research and development of microalgal biofuel production and harvesting systems for Phycal LLC. Managed transgenic algal biology research team at Phycal St Louis branch.
2006 - Mar 2014
Director, Doe-Energy Frontier Research Center, Center For Advanced Biofuel Systems
CABS was a Department of Energy sponsored Energy Frontier Research Center. The focus of the center (10 co-PIs) was metabolic flux analysis, metabolic chanelling, and engineering of advanced catalysts to increase oil (biofuel) production in algae and camelina ( an oil seed crop).
Sep 2009 - Sep 2011
Director, Erac Institute For Renewable Fuels
First director of Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Coordinated research and development of renewable fuel systems at the Danforth Center.
Sep 2008 - Sep 2011
Director, Biocassava Plus, Bmgf (2005 - 2010)
BioCassava Plus focused on the biofortification of cassava for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. BC+ was supported by the Grand Challenges in Global Health Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and included 25 co-PIs.
Jul 2005 - Jul 2010
Professor
Professor of Biochemistry and Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology.
Jul 1985 - Sep 2008
Sep 1998 - Sep 2004
Fulbright Scholar
Inst. Quimica, Univ. Sao Paulo
Fulbright Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, USP.
May 2007 - Jul 2007
6 education records
Richard Sayre education
Postdoc, Molecular Biology
Harvard University
Postdoc, Plant Physiology
University Of Kentucky
Postdoc, Molecular Biophysics
Florida State University
Ph. D., Botany (Now Biology)
University Of Iowa
Ba, Biology
Cal Poly Humboldt
Biology
University Of California, Riverside
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Richard Sayre works for The University of New Mexico.
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Richard Sayre is listed as Affiliated Research Faculty at The University of New Mexico.
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Richard Sayre is based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States while working with The University of New Mexico.
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Richard Sayre has worked for The University Of New Mexico, Alliance For Mrna Medicines, Mercury Bio, Richard Sayre Consulting Llc, and The Ohio State University.
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Richard Sayre holds Postdoc, Molecular Biology from Harvard University.
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Richard Sayre is listed with skills including Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biofuels, Biotechnology, Science, Protein Chemistry, Protein Purification, and Genetics.
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