ABOUT AXELA
	The People

Michael Treble
President
Ibis Therapeutics

Michael Treble is currently the President of Ibis BioSciences, Inc., a subsidiary of Isis Pharmaceuticals., Inc. (NASDQ: ISIS).  Ibis is a molecular infectious disease platform company which serves the research and hospital markets.

Michael Treble was formerly the CEO of Tienta Sciences, Inc. and SonoPlot, Inc., venture start up companies, based upon technology licensing applications from Purdue and Wisconsin Universities. Mr. Treble was President and CEO of NimbleGen Systems, Inc., from September 2000 thru March 2003.  NimbleGen is a genomics based company that is developing desktop systems to produce custom DNA arrays for academic, Bio-Pharm and Ag-bio applications.

Previously, Mr. Treble was the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of the Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (NASDQ: TWTI), a leader in the genomics field from July 1995 to July 2000.

Mr. Treble served as a Director of LUNA Analytics, a proteomics development company, Blacksburg, Virginia until December 2003 when the company's technology was licensed to Bio-Rad Laboratories.  Mr. Treble was on the Board  of Gentra Systems, Inc., a private, venture backed DNA/RNA sample preparation company in Minneapolis, MN. until its acquisition by Qiagen NV (NASDQ: QGEN) in May 2006. 

Mr. Treble was Chairman of the Board and a principal shareholder of Genetic Models, Inc., a supplier of genetically derived lab animals exhibiting human traits of hypertension and diabetes, which Mr. Treble co-founded in 1991. Genetic Models was sold to Charles River Laboratories, Inc. in 2001.

Prior to Mr. Treble's involvement in Genetic Models, Inc., he was an executive with A.M. Diagnostics, Inc (1987-1991), a publicly traded international analytical and clinical chemistry systems manufacturer, where he served as CEO (1990-1991). His prior positions include Director of Marketing and Field Services for Roche Diagnostics and Marketing Manager for Abbott Diagnostics. Mr. Treble holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Canisius College and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Buffalo.