Gunars Valkirs: interview

• Recorded June 4, 1997

• UC San Diego

• Valkirs, Gunars Edwin, 1952-

• Jones, Mark, 1958-

Dr. Gunars E. Valkirs earned a PhD in Physics from UC, San Diego. Dr. Valkirs was a scientific investigator with the Diagnostics Research and Development Group at Hybritech Incorporated. During his tenure at Hybritech, he invented and developed the first rapid visual pregnancy test, the ICON® hCG test. Dr. Valkirs has served as Senior Vice President of Biosite Discovery and co-founder of Biosite Incorporated. Dr. Valkirs was responsible for the development of the Company’s antibody technology. He also served as Director of Nautilus Biotech.

At the time of this interview, Dr. Valkirs served as a scientific investigator at Hybritech Incorporated.

• San Diego (Calif.)

• Biosite Incorporated
• Hybritech, Inc.

• Immunoassay
• Immunodiagnostic equipment industry
• Life sciences

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• English

Related

• Gunars Valkirs SDTA Profile

• UC Regents

Valkirs, Gunars. Interview conducted by Mark Jones, June 4, 1997. The San Diego Technology Archive (SDTA), UC San Diego Library, La Jolla, CA.

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