About Trius
Brian G. Atwood
Mr. Atwood has served on our board of directors since February 2007. Mr. Atwood has been a managing director and co-founder of Versant Ventures, a venture capital firm, since 1999. Since 1997, he has also been a general partner at Brentwood Venture Capital, a venture capital firm. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Atwood served as president and chief executive officer of Glycomed, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company, of which he was a founder. Mr. Atwood also co-founded and served as member of the board of directors of Perkin Elmer/Cetus Instruments, a joint venture for robotics automation and genomics research instruments. Mr. Atwood currently serves on the board of directors of Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Helicos Biosciences Corporation. Mr. Atwood holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine, a Master’s degree from the University of California, Davis, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.