Marta Westwood
UCB Pharma Ltd
Biography
Marta obtained Ph.D. in 2007 in nanomaterials from Cranfield University. In 2011, she joined Structural Biology group led by Alaistair Lawson at UCB. For the past five years she has been developing expertise in small molecule drug discovery using a fragment based approach. She had also been involved in the assay development for a novel antibody-enable drug discovery approach. Prior to joining UCB she was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich to study the mono and multilayer films used to encapsulate active ingredients for a controlled and site-specific delivery within the GIT. During her time at IFR she worked on numerous projects including a commercial project for Pfizer focused on AFM imaging of proteins and polysaccharides constituting vaccines. She has also been part of the team under the leadership of Claudio Nicolletii investigating the outcome of consumption of the probiotic L. casei Shirota in subjects with Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis.
Abstract
Abstract : Strategies to target protein-protein interactions