Willem "Pim" Stemmer invented DNA breeding and co-founded Maxygen Incorporated in 1997 to develop the technology. Currently, Maxygen and its subsidiaries, Codexis and Verdia, are focused on applying this technique to pharmaceuticals, vaccines, chemicals and agriculture, and Pim has co-founded a new company called Avidia Research Institute to focus on antibody-like molecules. Address: Avidia, 2450 Bayshore Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043. Internet: pim.stemmer@avidia.org