Point Man On Protein Science
Harvard Researcher Timothy Springer’s Lifetime Of Advocacy For An Essential – But Often Neglected – Driver of New Drug Development
Executive Summary
In this latest edition of the Lab Links series on notable figures responsible for major advances in drug discovery, In Vivo talks to Harvard Medical School professor and biologist Timothy Springer on his 50-year record as an academic scientist, business entrepreneur and philanthropist. His latest venture is being co-founder – and principal funder – of the independent non-profit Institute for Protein Innovation, an institution designed to fill a critical niche in open-source biomedical research.
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