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SUMMARY:Starting Companies can be bad for your Health  but good for Animal
 s   - Malcolm Wilkinson. Kirkstall CEO
DTSTART:20170512T120000Z
DTEND:20170512T130000Z
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CONTACT:Elena Gonzalez
DESCRIPTION:“The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry: My car
 eer path post Oxford didn’t follow the route I expected with the transit
 ion from    microelectronics via computer science to biomedical engineerin
 g. I eventually became an entrepreneur and I’d like to share lessons abo
 ut how to create revolutionary technologies. I will also tell you about my
  passion for replacing animal testing\, which is driving my latest venture
 ”.  \nDr Wilkinson studied Physics at Oxford but lived and worked in Cam
 bridge for 23 years\, He is currently CEO of Kirkstall Ltd. He has been in
 volved in product development in large corporations and start-ups. He is c
 o-author on several papers on in-vitro models of toxicity and a contributi
 ng editor of a recently published book on In-Vitro Testing. He is a champi
 on for the use of leading edge technology to replace animal  testing for t
 he development of safe drugs\, nutraceuticals\, chemicals and cosmetics. H
 e has founded three companies and was the first Chairman of the Cambridge 
 Enterprise & Technology Club which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 
 2017.
LOCATION:Dept Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology\, Philippa Fawcett Dr
 ive CB3 OAS (Lecture Theatre 1)
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