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Lecture by Professor Sir Gregory Winter"Antibodies and Bicycles: Paradigm Shifts in the World of Medicines"

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Date:

11 Apr 2018

Time:

4:00pm

Venue:

LT2, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA),CUHK

Speaker(s):

Professor Sir Gregory Winter

Biography of Speaker:

Sir Gregory Winter is Master of Trinity College Cambridge and a member of the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, has received many international awards, and in 2004 was knighted for his services to Molecular Biology. He is a Trustee of the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research and consults for the antibody biotech companies F-star and Covagen. He is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur.

His scientific career involved the development of technologies for making pharmaceutical antibodies by genetic engineering. Such antibodies have proved useful for treatment of cancer and immune disorders, and now comprise many of the world’s top-selling pharmaceutical drugs. In order to see his technologies applied, Sir Gregory also founded several successful start-up companies.

Admission:

Free Admission

Enquiries:

Ms. Zoe Chan
Faculty of Science
zoechan@cuhk.edu.hk
39436264