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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">A special Institute of Photonics Seminar will be given by
<b>Dr. Tom Baer</b>, Executive Director, <b>Stanford Photonics Research Centre</b><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">, Stanford University</span></strong><b>
</b>and will take place on <b>Friday 30<sup>th</sup> October 2015 at 11 a.m</b>. Please see below for the title and abstract of his talk. The seminar will be held in the
<b>Level 1 Auditorium, Technology & Innovation Centre</b> (TIC). Tea and coffee will be available afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">All are welcome – we look forward to seeing you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">A Novel High-Throughput Protein Engineering Platform<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Dr. Tom Baer</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">SPRC, Stanford University, USA</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Level 1 Auditorium, Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC), 99 George Street, Glasgow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">11 a.m. Friday 30<sup>th</sup> October 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Recombinant protein biologics have replaced small molecules as the major blockbuster drugs in the therapeutic pharmaceutical market, comprising a current
world-wide market of over $140B per year. We have developed a new technology platform which significantly increases the precision and reduces the time and investment required to discover novel therapeutic proteins. This innovation combines fluidic miniaturization,
image processing, and rapid, proprietary single cell analysis and isolation; enabling screening of millions of protein-expressing cells in less than an hour, using a device the size of a silver dollar. In addition to antibody discovery, this transformative
“million well microtiter plate” allows high-throughput drug screening applications currently not accessible with other technologies, including discovery of protein and peptide modulators that activate or inhibit biochemical pathways, and the development of
novel enzyme catalysts. The technology platform also has broad reaching impact for other biotechnology and medical applications where single cell analysis and isolation is critical. I will discuss several examples of applications of this new platform in
antibody engineering, the development of new protein fluorophores, and novel enzymes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Full details and biography are attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Please forward on to any colleagues who would be interested in attending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sharon Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Institute of Photonics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Physics<br>
University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Technology and Innovation Centre<br>
Level 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">99 George Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Glasgow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">G1 1RD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:s.kelly@strath.ac.uk">s.kelly@strath.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0)141 548 4120<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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