Guest speaker
Christopher Robin Lowe OBE is an Emeritus Professor of Biotechnology and Director of the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge as well as a Fellow at Trinity College.
He has carried out research in the area of biosensors, biopharmaceuticals, enzyme, protein and microbial technology. His research has been recognised by over 20 major national and international awards. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of the Institute of Physics, and of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He received the Pierce Prize: The Royal Institution (London), 2003, the Royal Society of Chemistry Industrially-Sponsored Award in Sensors: Medal and Prize, 2005, and the Dade-Behring Award for Clinical Chemistry, 2006 He also holds the life membership in The Royal Institution (London), 2003 He was named “Most Entrepreneurial Scientist of the UK”, UKSEC, 2006 and received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education: The Royal Anniversary Trust, 2007.