Manfred Auer

Dr. Auer is Research Professor of Chemical and Translational Biology of the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance at the University of Edinburgh. In his lab, he links basic research and applied science by developing and running new miniaturized target, compound and technology platforms comprising all steps from design, theoretical and experimental target analysis, high throughput chemical synthesis and screening, to quantitative mechanistic studies of compound action in cells and model organisms. Before moving to academia, Dr. Auer spent 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, including service as Executive Director of the Innovative Screening Technologies unit within the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research.