Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 7, 2001

Ruth Shuman – Gentra Systems Inc

RUTH M. SHUMAN, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gentra Systems, Inc., has been with the company since its founding in 1988. Previously she was a faculty member at North Carolina State University. She received her BS degree in Animal Science and her MS and PhD degrees in Genetics from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Shuman's scientific area of expertise is in the area of genetic engineering. She has broad experience in nucleic acid purification techniques and is listed as co- inventor on many of the company's patents. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a little history and a quick overview of the

company?

Dr. Shuman: We are in the tools sector of the clinical and clinical-

research sector: we develop, manufacture