Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 5, 2004

PETER DWORKIN – APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS GROUP (ABI)

PETER DWORKIN is Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications of Applera Corporation. Mr. Dworkin has managed the financial and media relations programs of the three Applera business units, Applied Biosystems Group, Celera Genomics Group, and Celera Diagnostics. He reports to Dennis L. Winger, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Applera. A former business journalist, he has worked in the biotechnology industry for 12 years. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Applied

Biosystems and a picture of what you're doing at the present time.

Mr. Dworkin: Applied Biosystems Group is the largest of