
THE TEAM.
NOVAPEP IS DRIVEN BY A WORLD-CLASS TEAM OF SCIENTISTS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS ADVANCING PEPTIDE-BASED THERAPEUTICS.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD.
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Professor, Dept of Translational Medicine, Scripps Research.
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NMR studies of peptide/protein structures at the French AEC Laboratory.
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Published over 200 papers in Activated Protein C and APC mutants.
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Co-inventor of TR47 - the PAR1 agonist peptide.
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Co-inventor of NVP-202 - the PAR1-PAR3 agonist peptide structure.
Prof Phil Dawson
AB, PhD
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Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research.
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Dean Emeritus of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Science, Scripps Research.
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Developer of Methods to Incorporate Unnatural Chemical Groups into Proteins.
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Chairman of the Peptide Therapeutics Foundation.
Prof Greg Fulcher, OAM
MBBS, MD, FRACP
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Clinical Professor of Medicine and Director of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.
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Has made significant contributions to the field of endocrinology, with a focus on diabetes management.
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Authored more than 100 scientific articles, reviews & book chapters.
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Prof Fulcher is on the Global Advisory Board for Novo Nordisk and National Advisory Boards of Novo Nordisk, MSD, AstraZeneca, BMS and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Prof Dominic Rowe, AM BSc, MBBS, PhD
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Foundation Professor of Neurology at Macquarie University, Sydney
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Clinical neurologist and researcher, whose areas of expertise include Motor Neurone Disease and Parkinson’s Disease.
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Authored 106 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, in addition to chapters in textbooks on Motor Neurone Disease
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Established the MND Research Centre at Macquarie University, which is now the largest integrated basic and clinical research unit in Australia, together with the Neurodegenerative Disease Biobank.
MANAGEMENT TEAM.
Rob Antulov
BE (Hons), MBA
Chairman
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Rob is Managing Partner of Jacanda Capital and Modus Partners.
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Previously Director of Strategy at Fairfax Media.
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Previously was a strategy consultant with Booz & Co.
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He has extensive Board experience of over 20 years with medical research, arts and social enterprise for-purpose organisations.
Jay Hennock
BEc
CEO & Executive Director
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25 years in corporate advisory services with Citibank and Bank of America.
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Co-founded Access Systems, sold to International Gaming Technology Inc.
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Co-founded and was CFO of Nuon Therapeutics Inc.
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Founder and CEO of Bioatrix Pty Ltd, which was sold to ZZ Biotech LLC, and he is a Director of Prokardia and Kardiomics.
Meagan Walsh
BSc (Hons), PhD
Executive Director
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Former Novartis Regional Medical Director, AsiaPac, MEA & Africa.
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Novartis Chief Scientific Officer, Singapore and Asian Emerging Markets.
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Franchise Medical Head - Immunology, Hepatology and Dermatology.
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Post Doctoral Research Associate - Newcastle University.
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Post Doctoral Research Officer - Queensland Institute of Medical Research.
Kent Pryor
BA, MBA, PhD
Executive Director
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Kent Pryor is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of ZZ Biotech.
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Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of SynthRx, Inc., Associate Director of Drug Development at Kémia, Inc., and Group Leader at Corvas International, Inc.
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Dr Pryor received his BA in chemistry magna cum laude from Rice University, a PhD in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego.