FMD Enterprise Day 2022

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary

Join us for three inspirational talks as part of FMD Enterprise Day 2022

Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre

Here at Queen Mary, we are incredibly fortunate to work alongside colleagues with a wealth of expertise and success not only in academia but also in their commercial ventures, which have had ground-breaking impact on both a national and international level. We invite you to come and listen to three inspirational talks as part of Queen Mary's FMD Enterprise Day 2022, and join us afterwards for drinks on the Charterhouse Lawn:3:30pm 	Tea / Coffee – Derek Willoughby Lobby3:45pm 	Introduction: Prof John Marshall (BCI) &amp; Kate Murray (QMUL Careers)4:00pm	Dr Abasi Ene-Obong: From lab to the boardroom: a perspective 4:30pm	Professor Sir Mark Caulfield: Transforming precision medicine in the NHS 4:50pm	Professor Andrew Livingston: Membranes, molecules and money 5:15pm	Drinks – Charterhouse LawnDr Abasi Ene-Obong completed his PhD at QMUL’s Barts Cancer Institute in 2013. He is the founder and CEO of 54gene, an African genomics company that is building the world’s first pan-African biobank. Born in Nigeria, Abasi has extensive experience operating in the US, UK and Nigerian healthcare industries.Professor Sir Mark Caulfield is Queen Mary’s Vice Principal for Health. Sir Mark graduated in Medicine in 1984 from the London Hospital Medical College and trained in Clinical Pharmacology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital where he developed a research programme in molecular genetics of hypertension and translational clinical research. He was appointed Chief Scientist for Genomics England in 2013, charged with delivery of the 100,000 Genomes Project on whole genome sequencing in rare disease, cancer and infection.Professor Andrew Livingston is Queen Mary’s Vice Principal for Research and Innovation. Originally from Taranaki in New Zealand, he founded Membrane Extraction Technology in 1996, a spin-out company which evolved to manufacture solvent stable Organic Solvent Nanofiltration (OSN) membranes for molecular separations in organic liquids.

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