Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 7, 2001

Gil Van Bokkelen – Athersys Inc

GIL VAN BOKKELEN is President and Chief Executive Officer of Athersys Inc. Dr. Van Bokkelen co-founded Athersys and has since been President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 2000. Dr. Van Bokkelen also played a fundamental role in developing the Synthetic Microchromosome Technology. He received his PhD in Genetics from Stanford University, his BS in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and his BA in Molecular Biology from the University of California at Berkeley. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a little history and a quick overview of

Athersys?

Dr. Van Bokkelen: Athersys is a functional genomics and

biopharmaceutical company founded in 1995, that's based