RE: Affimer research1 Nov 2021 18:08
After leaving Avacta Life Sciences in March 2017 I have started metaLinear Ltd in order to focus on identifying new diagnostic and therapeutic targets in certain disease areas using Affimer® technology. metaLinear has agreed with Avacta a limited R&D licence for the use of Avacta’s proprietary Affimer® technology to identify targets in this field.
PhD in Biochemistry, focussed on protein phosphorylation/signal transduction/cell cycle control (mentors: Professor Sir Philip Cohen and Dr Carl Smythe), University of Dundee
Post-doc in yeast genetics, focussing on signal transduction and nuclear transport (mentor: Professor Pamela Silver), DFCI/Harvard Med
Established the Peptide Aptamer Group in the MRC Cancer Cell Unit in Cambridge, UK (2001-2007)
Leader of the Peptide Aptamer Group in the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM) (since 2007)
Founder, Aptuscan Ltd, May 2008
Specialties: R&D in biomedical sciences, translational research, inter-disciplnary R&D
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/paul-ko-ferrigno-3b3696a