People: Life Technologies Corp (LIFE.OQ)

Dr. David C. U'Prichard, Ph.D., serves as Independent Director of Life Technologies Corp., since April 2004. Dr. U’Prichard currently serves as Chief Scientific Officer of BioMotiv LLC, the for-profit arm of the Harrington Project for Discovery and Development. From September 1999 to April 2003 he served as CEO of 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. U’Prichard served as Chairman of Research and Development at SmithKline Beecham from July 1997 to March 1999. He served in senior R&D management positions at ICI/Zeneca from July 1986 to June 1997. Dr. U’Prichard has served as an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Neurobiology at Northwestern University Medical School and has held academic appointments at The John Hopkins University, and the Universities of Maryland and Pennsylvania. He is an honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow. Dr. U’Prichard serves as Chairman of the Board of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Berkeley Heights, NJ) and is a Director of Iroko Pharmaceuticals (Philadelphia, PA), Naurex, Inc. (Chicago, IL) and Angstrom Pharmaceuticals (San Diego, CA). Dr. U’Prichard received his B.S. in Pharmacology from the University of Glasgow and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Kansas.