After a successful career at the University of York, during which time he was awarded the Koerber European Science Prize and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, Dale left his post as Head of the Biology Department in 2010 to become Director of the John Innes Centre, from whence Leaf Expression Systems emerged.
Jan is Managing Director of Plant Bioscience Limited. Prior to joining PBL in 1997, Jan spent 11 years with Zeneca plc. He has also served on the boards of several PBL spin-out companies, including Novacta Biosystems Ltd, Chameleon Biosurfaces Ltd, Procarta Bioscience Ltd, IDNA, Genetics Ltd and others. Between 2001 and 2007, Jan was Scientific Advisor to the Cambridge Gateway Fund.
Dr Colin Miles is Head of the Strategy and team leader for the Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy sector at BBSRC. His current role is to lead a team in BBSRC to help increase the capacity and capability of the UK academic base in research, training and knowledge exchange activities in UK industrial biotechnology and bioenergy research.
David co-founded Iksuda Therapeutics (formerly Glythera) in 2012, refocusing it into an Antibody Drug Conjugate development company underpinned by its proprietary technology platforms. Prior to Iksuda, David led Actavis’s biosimilar programmes (now Allergan) and started his industrial career developing expression systems with Cobra Biomanufacturing before moving to Eden Biodesign Ltd where he led its Process Development capabilities.