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Join us for the next session of the popular Life After PhD event series. This time with Adrian Krainer Ph.D. and Kate M. Creasey Krainer Ph.D. Professor Adrian Krainer is biochemist and molecular geneticist from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In 2019, he was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for the development of an effective antisense oligonucleotide therapy for children with the neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy. Dr. Kate Krainer is a plant geneticist and serves as President of Grow More Foundation with a clear mission to promote the responsible use of science to solve the world's global agricultural problems. Don´t miss this great opportunity to meet Adrian and Kate and get some first-hand career tips from two science celebrities!
About Adrian R. Krainer
Adrian R. Krainer, Ph.D. is the St Giles Foundation Professor and Deputy Director of the Cancer Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Long Island, NY). He received BA and PhD degrees in Biochemistry from Columbia University and Harvard University, respectively. Prof. Krainer is a researcher in the field of RNA splicing, and an inventor of the RNA-targeted antisense therapeutic Spinraza, the first approved drug to treat the neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy. He has published over 200 scientific articles and holds 7 US patents and 83 foreign patents that have been licensed or sublicensed to 3 companies.
He is a founder and Director of Stoke Therapeutics. He is the recipient of the 2019 Life Sciences Breakthrough Prize, the 2019 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2019 KJ Zülch Prize in Basic Neurological Research, the 2019 ETH Peter Speiser Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences, the 2019 Bermuda Principles Award, the 2018 Brandwein Award in Genetic Research, the 2017 FE Bennett Memorial Award of the American Neurological Association, and an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University. Prof. Krainer is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the National Academy of Inventors (USA), and the Royal Society of Medicine (UK).
About Kate Creasey Krainer
Dr. Kate Creasey Krainer is on a mission to promote the responsible use of science to solve the world's global agricultural problems. Science can be used for good to enable all to Grow More with biotechnological innovation, making it so plants can to do things they could not before and thrive in our changing and volatile environmental climate. This work is not for large financial gain, but rather for the benefit of humanity.
As a basic plant geneticist with training in genomics and bioengineering, Kate obtained her Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy in Cellular and Molecular Biology from The University of Edinburgh. She pursued Postdoctoral research in plant genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory which was published in Nature.
Dr. Creasey Krainer founded Grow More Foundation to bridge research across the globe and create a network basic and applied plant scientists to apply the latest advancements in bioengineering and bioediting, to areas where it is needed most and would otherwise not have access. She is fortunate to travel to meet the people and see the places most in need of agricultural solutions.
Studies show, women play a major role in food security and safety, while at the same time are often the most impacted when crisis hit. As a strong advocate for women, Kate also mentors and partners with women scientists and entrepreneurs across the globe.
By creating a new global landscape of EAT (Education, Awareness, Transparency) Grow More aims to enable others to grow more. We provide an open dialogue on what connects us all and brings all to the table - food.
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