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by Gwyneth Astles
University of Karachi Dedicates Research Centre to Tübingen Professor Biochemist Wolfgang Voelter
The University of Karachi has dedicated its new chemical research centre to University of Tübingen’s Professor Wolfgang Voelter. The Professor Wolfgang Voelter Laboratories Complex was offi cially opened by Ina Lepel, Germany’s ambassador to Pakistan, at a ceremony attended by 600 distinguished guests. The University of Karachi said in a statement that the Laboratories Complex was a tribute to the tremendous services Professor Voelter has rendered to Biochemistry in Pakistan.
Professor Voelter has been working with Pakistani researchers for some forty years and has led an untiring effort to provide both scientifi c and fi nancial assistance to enable his research projects to go ahead with international working groups in their home countries. Valuable research in these groups included the identifi cation of new biodegradable pesticides and alkaloids from plants, and toxins from scorpions and snakes.
His closest and most productive international partnership was with his Pakistani colleagues, Professor Salimuzaman Siddiqui and Professor Atta-ur-Rahman. Together, the three men acquired successive grants and sponsorships which they used to create research institutes “literally from nothing,” said Voelter, looking back.
The Director of the institute, Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, later became Pakistan’s Minister of Science, largely due to the outstanding reputation of his institute.
Professor Voelter has spent many decades isolating natural chemical agents from tropical and subtropical fl ora and fauna - with the aim of fi nding medical applications for them. He has received the Sebastian Kneipp Award for the structural identifi cation of natural chemical agents, the Erich Krieg Award for metabolism studies of drugs, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of
Professor Wolfgang Voelter (left) and University of Tübinge President, Professor Bernd Engler, at the University Prize presentation. Photo: Friedhelm Albrecht / University of Tübingen
Science Award. Professor Voelter has been honoured in Pakistan, receiving Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Karachi and Hamdard, the Pakistan President Gold Medal, and in 1995, Pakistan’s greatest honour, the Sitara Award.
40167pr@reply-direct.com BioOutsource Appoints Technical Specialist in India
Stedim Biotech (SSB) Glasgow subsidiary BioOutsource has appointed Ravin Mehta as Technical Sales Specialist in India to enable customers to have access to Cellca and BioOutsource’s early stage development services for biosimilar drug candidates.
Prior to joining BioOutsource, Ravin spent over 10 years in biosimilar product development, where he gained experience in cGMP manufacturing as an upstream bioprocess scientist with two of India’s major biopharmaceutical companies. He also attained skills in management by supporting biologics development services for WuXi AppTec, one of Asia’s largest biopharma fi rms. His technical expertise is underpinned by a degree in biotechnology from Saurashtra University and an MBA in marketing from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
Ravin Mehta said: “I am excited to be utilising my knowledge and experience of the Indian biosimilar industry to bring Cellca and BioOutsource’s leading portfolio to biopharma fi rms here.”
Mitch Scanlan, Director of Sales and Marketing at BioOutsource concluded: “India is a growing market for vaccine and biosimilar production and we are expanding our technical team to meet the need for accessing our unique services here. We’re delighted to have recruited a biosimilar expert like Ravin because he can explain how our analytical expertise can help scientists enter clinical programmes more rapidly and provide a competitive edge with their biologics’ development.”
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