Mr. Akin was appointed to our board of directors in December of 2006. He has been the Managing General Partner of four private investment funds (Talkot Partners I, Talkot Partners II, LLC, Talkot Crossover Fund, L.P., and Talkot Capital) since 1996. Mr. Akin previously served in a variety of capacities for Merrill Lynch and Co., including Managing Director of Western Regional Sales from 1986 - 1994. Mr. Akin holds a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz and attended the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Business. Mr. Akin also serves as a director of Dynex Capital, Inc.

Dr. Abeles is the founder of MedVest, Inc., which has provided consulting services to health care and high technology companies since 1980 and where he has served as President since 1982. Since 1998, he has served as Chairman of UniMedica Inc., a web-enabled Medical School education consulting and publishing firm. Since 1992, Dr. Abeles has been the general partner of Northlea Partners, Ltd., an investment and venture capital firm. Since 1998, he has also served as Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the International University of Health Sciences. Dr. Abeles has been a member of the Boards of Directors of the following companies since the date noted: CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (1996), DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1995), I-Flow Corporation (1987), and Oryx Technology (1989). Since 1997, Dr. Abeles has served as a Director of Higuchi Bio-Science Institute, University of Kansas, and since 2001 has served as Director of College of Chemistry Advisory Board, University of California Dr. Abeles joined our Board of Directors in December 2006, and has served on our CombiMatrix Scientific Advisory Board since June 2006.