Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 3, 2004

Martin Stanton – Archemix Corporation

MARTIN STANTON is Executive Vice President of Archemix Corp. A principal Founder of Archemix, Dr. Stanton is leading its corporate and business advancement as Archemix shifts from aptamer technology to aptamer-based product development. A sought-after expert in the field of scientific and medical imaging, his background is based in research at institutions including Brandeis University, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. At Brandeis, he directed research in the development of instrumentation and software for biomedical application. From 1990-2001, he led their Detector Develop Group, working on technology development for X-ray crystallography and X-ray imaging, new methods for breast imaging and nucleic acid based detectors for quantification of biological macromolecules. Dr. Stanton has been involved in numerous entrepreneurial activities, including founding and serving as President of Hummingbird Instruments, which provides consulting services on hardware and software for X-ray diffraction applications. He has authored over 35 papers in scientific imaging, medical imaging and image processing software, and holds numerous patents and patent applications. He received a Doctorate in Biophysics and an MS in Biochemistry from Brandeis University, and a BA in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Colorado. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with an introduction to Archemix Corp.?

Mr. Stanton: The company is about three years old now and is based on

the use of aptamers as therapeutics. Aptamers are nucleic