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Brian Clark Biotech Lectures

The Brian Clark Biotech Lectures series has focus on local biotech companies including a number of recently established spin-out and start-up companies.

Hereby the department expects to increase the awareness amongst all types of students and postdocs with respect to the career opportunities in the Aarhus area. Furthermore, the lectures will also assist students and postdocs in acquiring the competences that make them attractive for the companies presenting. The lectures are open to everyone at MBG and AU.

More information regarding the upcoming lectures with local biotech companies can be obtained from Birgitta R Knudsen, Søren Lykke-Andersen and Gregers Rom Andersen

Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 15:00

Claus Elsborg Olesen, Professor in Biomedical Innovation & CEO/co-founder of Initiator Pharma
Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University

Accelerating Biomedical Innovation at Aarhus University: Pioneering Research and Breakthrough Solutions


Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 15:15

Rasmus L. Hjortshøj, PhD
Sejet Plant Breeding, Member & Member of Euroseeds' IP Committee 

Food productrion is here to stay - and plant production needs to increase!


Wednesday 29 November 2023 at 15:15

Simon Glerup, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer at Draupnir Bio

Extracellular targeted protein degradation with small molecules


Wednesday 8 November 2023 at 15:15

Nick Stub Laursen, PhD
CSO & Co-founder, Commit Biologics

Harnessing the power of the complement system to fight cancer


Tuesday 16 May 2023 at 15:00

Lea Thøgersen
Director of Bioinformatics, QIAGEN Aarhus


Thursday 19 January 2023 at 13:30

Jesper Ferkinghoff-Borg, Director Advanced Analytics
Digital Science & Innovation, Novo Nordisk A/S

Applied data science and analytics in early research and development

The Biotech lecture series was named after the founder of Biostructural Chemistry Division (now Section for Protein Science):

Brian F.C. Clark