Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 8, 2002

Michael Bishop – Infigen Inc

MICHAEL D. BISHOP is President and Chief Scientific Officer of Infigen, Inc. Dr. Bishop received a BS degree in Animal Science from North Dakota State University and an MS and PhD from Ohio State University in Animal Breeding and Molecular Genetics. Following graduation from NDSU, Dr. Bishop managed a registered Polled Hereford operation in northeastern Ohio and owned and managed a commercial cow-calf ranch in North Dakota. After completing his advanced degrees at OSU, Dr. Bishop worked for the USDA-ARS, Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska. He was a Research Scientist and member of the cattle genome mapping team that developed and published the first cattle genetic linkage map and interactive database in February 1994. That same year, Dr. Bishop was awarded the Distinguished Research Award by the USDA Agricultural Research Service as an outstanding research scientist. Profile
TWST: What is the current business focus at Infigen?

Dr. Bishop: Infigen is a biotechnology company that was spun out

from an agricultural company involved in the breeding of cattle

in 1997.