Join us in discovering Professor David Craik’s award-winning research, including how he discovered the cyclotide family of circular proteins and characterized the structures of many animal toxins, including conotoxins from cone snail venoms. He heads a research team of 35 researchers whose current work focuses on applications of circular proteins, toxins and NMR in drug design.
Additionally, Prof Craik is the author of over 600 scientific papers and has received numerous awards for his research.
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to meet Prof Craik.
Session Overview:
- Presentation from Prof David Craik.
- Tour of Prof Craik’s laboratory.
- Meet with Prof Craik and his team over light morning tea.
About Meet the Researchers
Our Institute was built to inspire scientists, to cultivate interaction across a wide range of scientific disciplines, to generate adventurous innovative ideas, to foster revolutionary discoveries, and to translate our knowledge of nature to discover cures for a better world. Our researchers are the life force that makes this possible and drive incredible discoveries to save lives today and into the future.
Meet the Researchers series is your chance to connect in person and hear firsthand how they are advancing understanding in the life sciences, and learn what fuels their passion to close in gamechanger discoveries.
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Venue
Queensland Bioscience Precinct (Bld 80)
The University of Queensland
