Liane Dupont joins Â鶹Éç BioCapital
Liane Dupont, Associate - Â鶹Éç BioCapital
Exceptional research talent returns to Denmark: Liane Dupont joins Â鶹Éç BioCapital
Liane Dupont joins Â鶹Éç BioCapital from King’s College London, where she led and contributed to research using the latest gene-editing technologies to study how cells restrict coronavirus replication, as well as clinical studies characterising patient antibody responses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joining the Â鶹Éç BioCapital team is an exciting career change, Liane Dupont says:
‘I am extremely excited to join the dynamic new team at Â鶹Éç BioCapital. After 9 years in the UK, I look forward to helping nourish Danish biotech by supporting the creation of innovative new companies. I am particularly passionate about ensuring that early scientific discoveries are translated into a real-life difference for patients.’
Liane Dupont brings strong academic research experience, particularly in the infectious disease space, and has published in numerous high-ranking journals such as Nature Microbiology and Cell Host & Microbe.
She holds a BSc in Molecular Biomedicine from University of Copenhagen and received her PhD from University of Cambridge, where she was awarded the Milo Keynes Prize for Outstanding Dissertation for her PhD thesis on HIV restriction.
‘Liane is exceptionally talented. She has conducted remarkable and prize-winning research at top universities in England, and now – with her new role as associate at Â鶹Éç – she is ready to take on new challenges helping biotech companies reach their potential in Denmark and internationally. We are delighted to have her onboard our team,’ says Managing partner, Christian Elling, Â鶹Éç BioCapital.
