{"id":72,"date":"2023-08-29T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:53:37","slug":"alessio-will-be-speaking-on-accelerating-drug-discovery-at-the-braemar-summit-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/2023\/08\/29\/alessio-will-be-speaking-on-accelerating-drug-discovery-at-the-braemar-summit-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Alessio will be speaking on \u2018Accelerating Drug Discovery\u2019 \u2013 at the Braemar Summit 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Accelerating Drug Discovery\u2019 \u2013 Braemar Summit 2023<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prestigious audience of policy makers, entrepreneurs and scientists from across the UK will hear about Dundee\u2019s world-leading expertise in drug discovery at next month\u2019s Braemar Summit.<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2023\/10\/FifeNESept2021318-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"A panel of speakers sitting on a stage\"><\/figure>\n<p>Dundee is the partner university of this year\u2019s Summit and will be hosting a panel session around the theme of \u2018Accelerating Drug Discovery\u2019 on Wednesday 13 September.<\/p>\n<p>The Braemar Summit was first hosted in 2021 and has quickly established itself as one of the most influential events of its kind. Featuring three days of lectures, talks and other sessions, it showcases \u201cthe best that is being said and thought in the UK\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the summit is \u2018The Great Acceleration\u2019, with the Dundee panellists outlining the potential of scientific excellence and the challenges that must be overcome to ensure the benefits of this innovation are felt across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Our session will be compered by Sarah Smith, BBC North America Editor, and will feature the following panellists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Alessio Ciulli (Director of the Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation) \u2013revolutionising drug development to treat diseases previously thought to be un-druggable<\/li>\n<li>Professor Sir Mike Ferguson (co-founder of the Drug Discovery Unit) \u2013 developing treatments for neglected tropical diseases<\/li>\n<li>Dr David McBeth (Vice-Principal for Enterprise &amp; Economic Transformation) \u2013 leading the vision for accelerating biomedical spinouts and innovation in Dundee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to exploring the ways in which new technology is revolutionising drug discovery, the panel discussion will examine opportunities for collaboration and economies of scale to accelerate commercialisation of research, attract new private sector investment into life sciences, and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the University community can <a href=\"https:\/\/braemarsummit.com\/rsvp-braemar-summit\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/braemarsummit.com\/rsvp-braemar-summit\">register to stream the session live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read University of Dundee\u2019s press release: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/stories\/accelerating-drug-discovery-braemar-summit-2023\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/stories\/accelerating-drug-discovery-braemar-summit-2023\">\u2018Accelerating Drug Discovery\u2019 \u2013 Braemar Summit 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Accelerating Drug Discovery\u2019 \u2013 Braemar Summit 2023 A prestigious audience of policy makers, entrepreneurs and scientists from across the UK will hear about Dundee\u2019s world-leading expertise in drug discovery at next month\u2019s Braemar Summit. Dundee is the partner university of this year\u2019s Summit and will be hosting a panel session around the theme of \u2018Accelerating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4655,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/4655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/alessio-ciulli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}