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Speaker: Dan Anderson
Speaker Title: Joseph R. Mares [1924] Professor
Speaker Institution: Chemical Engineering, the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Speaker Bio: Daniel G. Anderson is the Joseph R. Mares [1924] Professor of Chemical Engineering, and a core member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. He is a leading researcher in the fields of nanotherapeutics and biomaterials. Prof. Anderson’s work has led to advances in a range of areas, including medical devices, cell therapy, drug delivery and gene therapy and has resulted in the publication of more than 550 papers, patents, and patent applications. These advances have led products that have been commercialized or are in clinical development, as well as to the foundation of companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and consumer products space. He has founded a number of companies, including Living Proof, Olivo Labs, Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP), Sigilon Therapeutics, Verseau Therapeutics, oRNA, and VasoRx, and Soufflé Therapeutics. He is a member of National Academy of Medicine, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and is an affiliate of the Broad and Ragon Institutes.
Title: Engineering RNA Therapeutics and Gene Editing Medicines
About the Series
The IGG Graduate Group Seminar Series brings leading researchers to UC Davis to present innovative work spanning genetics, genomics, and systems-level biology. The series fosters interdisciplinary dialogue around emerging approaches and discoveries shaping modern biological research.