The rector Antonio López will bestow the Gold Insignia on the renowned scientist of the David H. Koch Institute on June 17th
The Gold Insignia distinguishes those individuals who stand out in a special way in the services provided to the University of Santiago de Compostela
Professor Langer will give the lecture ‘The struggles and dreams of a chemical engineer: from micro and nano particles to anti-cancer treatments and mRNA vaccines‘
Robert Langer was recognized as the world’s leading scientist in the field of Biomaterials and Biomedicine
Professor Robert Langer will receive the USC Gold Insignia on June 17th at 4:30 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the Salón Noble of Pazo de Fonseca, where Langer will give the conference ‘The struggles and dreams of a chemical engineer: from micro and nanoparticles to cancer treatments and mRNA vaccines’. The awarding of this insignia of the University of Compostela is supported by Prof. María José Alonso.
Robert Langer
Professor Langer is the David H. Koch Institute Professor (there are 11 Institute Professors at MIT). He has been recognized as the most outstanding scientist in the world in the field of Biomaterials and Biomedicine.
His extraordinary contribution to the field of drug delivery has gone from the discovery of new biomaterials to the delivery of complex drugs such as proteins and RNA molecules. Robert Langer discovered the first approaches for delivering biomolecules from tiny particles in the early 70’s. The studies performed by him and his fellows have laid the foundation for the development of delivery systems for RNA therapies.
This was dramatically shown in the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) covid vaccines. Langer’s early studies had changed everyone’s thinking about what was possible in drug delivery to the extent that today every company developing mRNA therapies -such as Moderna (co-founded by Langer), and others- use nanoparticles to protect the mRNA and deliver it to the body.
Because of his discoveries as well as his mentoring and entrepreneurial activities, Professor Langer has had a dramatic impact on the next generation of innovators and academic scientists.
