The Collider Foundation, which is based in the Minnesota Biobusiness Center in downtown Rochester, recently named Amanda Leightner as its executive director. Leightner, formerly Collider’s director of community, had served as the interim executive director since 2021.
Life Engine Animal Health or LEAH Labs, led by CEO and co-founder Wes Wierson, uses non-viral CAR T cell cancer therapy to try to create a better treatment for B cell lymphoma cancer in dogs. That type of cancer is comparable to Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in humans. The Rochester-based firm recently proved the treatment was safe to use in dogs and now plans to conduct a pilot study later this year.