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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

Dr Emily Leproust, Founder and CEO, Twist Biopharma In 2015, Dr LeProust was named one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers for fast-tracking the building blocks of life, and Fast Company named her one of the most creative people in business for synthesising DNA faster than ever. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers.

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Transforming high-throughput screening with mass spectrometry

Drug Discovery World

HTS as a tool for drug discovery has evolved rapidly since the origin of the technique in the 1990s. Using timsTOF technology as an HTS read-out method has the potential to significantly enhance the efficiency of the drug development process by increasing lead quality and providing access to a new drug target space in early drug discovery.