MacLean Engineering Sciences Center Opening Address
The MacLean
Engineering Sciences Center at Thayer School of Engineering
will officially open with a keynote address, “Anatomy of a Home Run: The
GlycoFi Story,” by Tillman Gerngross and Charles Hutchison, the cofounders of
GlycoFi, Inc. Hutchison is John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor of Emerging
Technologies, emeritus. Gerngross is an associate professor of engineering. The
two established GlycoFi in 2000. The firm's proprietary protein expression
technology allows it to optimize the exact sugar structure of therapeutic
proteins, leading to dramatic improvements in the therapeutic profiles of
pharmaceuticals.
Photo by Joseph Mehling '69
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The MacLean Engineering Sciences Center embodies Thayer School's uniquely
integrative approach to engineering education. Designed according to the
principle that creativity thrives in synergetic surroundings, MacLean
Engineering Sciences Center reveals the inner workings of engineering. The
building will be formally dedicated on Friday, September 29, at 3 p.m. at
Thayer School.
- Friday, September 29 at 1:30 p.m.
- Collis Common Ground
- 646-2230
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