William G. Gerber, M.D. Dr. Gerber has been a director of Nanogen since June 2005. He is a Partner at Bay City Capital, a life sciences investment fund. He was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Epoch BioSciences until its merger with Nanogen in December, 2004. Prior to joining Epoch in September 1999, Dr. Gerber served as President and Chief Executive Officer at diaDexus LLC a joint venture established by Incyte Pharmaceuticals and SmithKline Beecham to apply genomics to the discovery of novel diagnostic products. Dr. Gerber previously served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, as President of Chiron Diagnostics, and as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the PCR Division with Cetus Corporation. Dr. Gerber is a member of the Board of Directors of Sangamo Biosciences, Conatus Pharmaceuticals, Gentiae Clinical Research, and Radiant Medical. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pathway Diagnostics. He also served on and was President of the Board of Medical Quality Assurance, State of California. He received his M.D. and B.S. degrees from the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center after attending Dartmouth College. |