Genetics Institute Mementos: A Slide Show

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The Genetics Institute Impact — Photo of former Genetics Institute CEO Gabe Schmergel, taken about eight years ago, he says. Schmergel retired from GI in 1997, after the takeover by American Home Products (later called Wyeth.) He is an investor in Xconomy.
Photo courtesy of Gabe Schmergel

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.