Walter Gilbert

Who is Walter Gilbert?

Walter Gilbert is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Founder

of Paratek Pharmaceuticals. A well-known molecular biologist, he

is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University.

He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development

of DNA sequencing. Dr. Gilbert has had a long track record of

experience in the biotechnology industry. He was a co-founder

and CEO of Biogen, Inc.; more recently, he was a co-founder of

Myriad Genetics, Inc. and is currently Vice-Chairman of Myriad's

Board of Directors. Dr. Gilbert is also Chairman of the Board

of Directors of NetGenics, Inc.; he is a Director of Memory

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and he is a member of the Scientific

Advisory Board of Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.