The Future of mRNA Technology: University of Pennsylvania Expert Panel

Interested in biotechnology, innovation, life sciences, vaccines and mRNA platforms? Watch this insightful video, where a panel of experts from the University of Pennsylvania discuss the Future of mRNA Technology.

Our star-studded panel included:

Katalin Kariko, PhD, co-discoverer (with Penn Medicine colleague Drew Weissman, MD, PhD) of mRNA technology that made covid vaccines possible

Michael J. Mitchell, PhD, the J. Peter and Geri Skirkanich Professor of Innovation at Penn Engineering, whose complementary work on the manufacturing and effective delivery of RNA-based approaches promises to further advance the impact of this groundbreaking technology

Laura Shawver, PhD, the CEO of Capstan Therapeutics, a Penn spinout that unites a world-class team of Penn Medicine faculty with the goal of developing a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy that incorporates mRNA

Our moderator: World-renowned industry expert Beth Seidenberg, MD, Founding Managing Director of Westlake Village Partners

This event was recording during our Innovation @ Penn program at Wharton San Francisco on January 9, 2023, which took place in tandem with the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.

[billbush-tx]

First look at the history of MRNA tech, Failed miserably for over 40 years. Aberdeen Scotland.

[deniseforsythe]

The public sees kids dying—in their sleep, on Zoom calls, walking to school, on athletic fields—and link it to mRNA. Censorship exacerbates that perception. Transparency and open scientific debate is only way to set the record straight.

[deniseforsythe]

I’m sorry for the host’s loss. There have been an unprecedented number of deaths lately. Glad the conference carried on.

[Milan-tqqd]

couldn't watch more than 10 min...waste of time