COVID-19: A chat with Bob Langer on vaccines, nanotech & the future of healthcare

Co-founder of Moderna, MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer discusses COVID-19 research taking place in his lab

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1 Day

Event Start Date

22 APR 2021

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Leadership skills in STEM

Time & Location

22 Apr 2021, 7:00 pm – 22 Apr 2021, 8:30 pm
Zoom Webinar

About The Event

Update: The webinar received over 3,300 registrations within a week and saw over 2,000 participants from start to end.

This April, Co-founder of Moderna, MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer will be joining us on the Wildtype Media Expert Opinion Series to discuss COVID-19 research taking place in his lab and how advances in nanotechnology and healthcare could enable humanity to address the current pandemic.

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Prof Langer is a renowned chemical engineer, scientist, serial entrepreneur and biomedical inventor. Known for his contributions to cancer treatment, drug delivery systems and regenerated organs, Prof Langer was named one of the top 25 most important people in biotechnology across the globe by Forbes. Today, he runs the largest biomedical engineering lab in the world.

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