Ning is a bioinformatics scientist at Arcus Biosciences, where he is responsible for drug discovery, target identification, and indication prioritization in multiple immune-oncology drug programs. Notably, Ning pioneered the 3D organoids based drug response prediction technology, which largely facilitated cancer model selection. During his PhD, he studied with Professor Alexander Hoffmann at UCLA, where he built up computational framework to identify synergy between key immune response signaling pathways in macrophage. Ning holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from UCLA. Marketsandmarkets took this opportunity to pick his brains on the newfound developments…
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An Overview of Spatial Transcriptomics: Techniques and Applications With Cátia Moutinho of GWCCG
Dr. Cátia Moutinho is the Associate Director of Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics, at the Garvan Institute Sydney-Australia. Also, she is the Group Leader of the Single Cell Technology Development Team. Her group focuses on single-cell genomics development. She is a biologist by training, with a PhD in Biomedicine and a master in Clinical Trials and Medical Affairs. She has an extensive experience in the wet-lab, with a strong background in single-cell technology, as well as cancer genetics and epigenetics. Cátia is also co-founder of the Single-Cell Ninjas Project, a…
Read MoreThe technology and applications of single-cell analysis have advanced dramatically in the last five years- 2nd Annual MarketsandMarkets Single-Cell Analysis Virtual Conference
2nd Annual MarketsandMarkets Single-Cell Analysis Virtual Conference to be held on 9th – 10th November 2021 will host industry giants like San Diego Nanotechnology Infrastructure, CHDI Foundation, Brigham Young University, AbSci, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, University of Florence, Pfizer, l’Université et CHU de Montpellier and many more. The single-cell analysis market is projected to reach USD 5.6 billion by 2025 from USD 2.1 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 17.8% during the forecast period. The growth in this market is driven by technological advancements in single-cell analysis products,…
Read MoreMultiple factors & challenges preventing cell and gene therapies to be widely used- 3rd Annual MarketsandMarkets Cell & Gene Therapy Manufacturing Virtual Conference
3rd Annual MarketsandMarkets Cell & Gene Therapy Manufacturing Virtual Conference to be held on 28th – 29th October 2021 will host industry giants like Advanced Cell & Gene Therapy LLC, Cell & Gene Therapy Consulting LLC, panCella, Sigilon Inc, Biotechnology Biopharmaceuticals and many more. The global cell & gene therapy manufacturing services market size is projected to reach USD 13.8 billion by 2026 from USD 7.7 billion in 2021, at a CAGR of 12.4% during the forecast period. Growth in this market is primarily driven by the high incidence of…
Read More“Tumor-targeted costimulatory trimerbodies for cancer immunotherapy.”- A brief discussion with Juan Perez Villar, CEO, LeadArtis.
Doctor in Immunology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), extensive international career in the biopharmaceutical industry at Astellas Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (USA). Experienced R&D leader in immune-oncology (IO). Previously, participated in preclinical development of CD28 biologic modulators for inflammatory conditions, small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors and fully human antibodies for advanced solid tumors at Leadartis. He advanced the company from start to capitalize on the immuno-oncology (IO) market. Evaluated and repositioned the platform technology to create IO bispecific antibody dominance and created a proprietary next generation product…
Read MoreHéctor Pérez Montoyo, of Ability Pharma discusses his research on, “ABTL0812, a new immunotherapeutic anticancer agent at phase 2b clinical stage.”
Héctor’s work has always focused on understanding the molecular pathophysiological mechanisms leading to autoimmunity and cancer development, investigating mechanism of action of newly developed molecules to treat such diseases. He started his career in 2006 when he moved to UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas (EEUU), to carry out this thesis in developing novel therapeutic antibodies in murine models of human autoimmune diseases. After obtaining his Ph.D., he combined two postdoctoral grants in Barcelona (Metastasis and Transformation group in Bellvitge Biomedical Research Center) and in Valencia (Autoimmune Pathology Lab in…
Read MoreDr. William Williams of Briacell Therapeutics Corporation talks about Personalized, off-the-shelf cellular immunotherapy for cancer
Dr. Williams is the President and CEO of BriaCell Corporation, where he has shepherded Bria-IMT™ into the clinic, established positive proof-of-concept, forged a collaboration with Incyte for novel combinations and coordinated the development of an off-the-shelf personalized approach to cancer immunotherapy. While at Incyte Corporation as Head of Exploratory Development, he brought numerous molecules into the clinic and established proof of concept in several disease areas. At GlaxoSmithKline he worked to bring several molecules into the clinic, ran a biomarker laboratory and spearheaded initiatives to utilize emerging technologies in drug…
Read MoreDiscussing Top 10 Disruptions in BioPharma Manufacturing at the MarketsandMarkets BioPharma Manufacturing CRYSTAL BALL EVENT!
February 26th – MarketsandMarkets BioPharma Manufacturing CRYSTAL BALL EVENT on the March 11, 2021 will hostindustry giants Fresenius Kabi, Charles River Laboratories, GenScript ProBio, Pall Corporation and MilliporeSigma to present their thoughts on the Top 10 Disruptions Through BioPharma Manufacturing in the next 5 year! MarketsandMarkets BioPharma Manufacturing CRYSTAL BALL EVENT will gather 100+ professionals from industry giants such as Biocon Biologics, Ology Bioservices, Celonic AG, Gyroscope Therapeutics, GenIbet, Hemobras, H2i Group, MilliporeSigma, Orange Grove Bio, HORIBA, Porex Life Sciences Institute, Kaneka, Lonza, Cytiva, GEA North America, Batavia Biosciences, Nova…
Read MoreDiscussing “Laboratory miniaturization hand in hand with Microfabrication and Nanotechnology – systems integration at the microscale “with Dr. Vania Silverio of INESC-MN, Portugal.
Dr. Vania Silverio is a Microfluidics architect with strong background in microengineering. She combines know-how in simulation, design and fabrication of micron-sized fluidic paths with the integration of sensing and actuation elements towards the miniaturization of laboratories. Dr. Silverio is the Leader of the Microfluidics group at INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies (INESC MN) providing modular microfluidic solutions. She is Invited Assistant Professor at the Physics Department of Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), ULisboa where, among others, she is the responsible for the curricular course on Microfluidics, unique in Portugal. She supervises…
Read MoreNicola Hodges from Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation, speaks about “Application of Point-Of-Care in disease outbreak”
Nicola is the POCT coordinator at the Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation Trust and have been for just over 2 years now. She has been a senior biomedical scientist in biochemistry in the manual section again for around 2 years before this and a specialist BMS since 2003. Her most recent education was the certificate in expert practice in POCT awarded by the IBMS in 2021. She has always had a great passion for POCT, and she enjoys her job despite the many challenges. She believes that POCT is the…
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