**10.88a**

**Second      Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement**

|   | 1. | **Superseding                of First Amendment**.                The parties agree that this amendment supersedes and replaces the                First                Amendment and that, as a result, when this amendment becomes effective,                the First Amendment shall be null and void and of no effect. |
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|   | 2. | Change                in Duties. Section 1.1(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding                the                following sentence at the end of such                subsection: |
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**Changes      in benefits**

| (b) | Section                3.9 is hereby amended by deleting the same and substituting in lieu                thereof the following: |
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**Benefits      upon Termination without Cause**

|   | § | Reimbursement                of the insurance premium for post-employment health care coverage                for                which Executive is eligible under COBRA because of his prior employment                by                Company for a period equal to the lesser of (a) 12 months or (b)                until                Executive becomes eligible for coverage under a new employer’s plan. Such                reimbursement will also include coverage for any dependents of Executive                who are eligible for coverage under COBRA for the same period as                Executive. Such reimbursement will be provided within a reasonable                time                following receipt by GLGC of confirmation of payment of the cost                of such                health insurance by Executive for the number of weeks covered. Executive                may request periodic reimbursement, but not more often than monthly.                Company may also elect to pay the premium directly to the party                responsible for collecting such payments rather than providing                reimbursement to Executive. Executive shall be obligated to notify                the                Company pr0omplty after Executive becomes eligible for coverage under                a                new employer’s plan. |
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|   | § | If                Executive’s employment                is terminated by the Company without Cause prior to December 31,                2007,                Executive shall receive a percentage of the cash incentive compensation                based on achievement of targets as described in Section 3.2 of the                Agreement as revised by the Second Amendment that he would have received                if he had continued to be employed by the Company through December                31,                2007 that is determined by dividing the number of days he was employed                by                the Company in 2007 by 365. Such payment shall be made in 2008 when                other                employees receive their payments after the amounts payable under                the 2007                incentive compensation plan have been determined |
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|   | § | Notwithstanding                the above, the reimbursement or payment of insurance premiums described                above and, if applicable, the payment of a percentage of incentive                compensation described above shall be paid or provided to Executive                no                earlier than the earliest date upon which such amounts can be paid                without                subjecting the Executive to the additional tax imposed by Code Section                409A(a)(1), if applicable. The parties agree that this Agreement                shall be                amended to the extent necessary such that, under final regulations                to be                issued under Code Section 409A, none of the payments to be provided                hereunder are subject to the additional tax imposed by Code Section                409A(a)(1). |
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|   | § | The                reimbursement or payment of such insurance premiums payment and,                if                applicable, the payment of a percentage of incentive compensation                described above, is expressly conditioned on the receipt by Company                of a                release signed by Executive of claims arising from or connected with                Executive’s employment by the Company, in such form as may be specified by                the Company and the expiration of any revocation period specified                in the                release or by applicable law, without any revocation being made.                The                payments described in this subsection 4.7(a)(1) will not be paid                or                provided until the Company has received such release and the applicable                period for revocation of such a signed release has expired without                any                revocation having been made. |
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**5.      **
**Miscellaneous**

|   | a. | The                Agreement remains in full force and effect and unmodified except                as                specifically provided herein. Terms not otherwise defined herein                shall                have the meaning set forth in the Agreement. |
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|   | b. | This                amendment shall not be effective until this amendment has been approved                by                the Company’s Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee. |
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| Gene                Logic Inc. By:                /s/                Charles L. Dimmler, IIICharles                L. Dimmler, IIICEO                & President | Executive /s/                V. W. Brinkerhoff, IIIV.                W. Brinkerhoff, III |
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