Our Management:
Influmedix has assembled a world-class group of leading investigators in the influenza field including experts in the biology and chemistry of flu. With these key advisors, Influmedix will investigate the best mechanistic approaches for developing new influenza treatments.
Scientific Founder and Chief Advisor:
William DeGrado, Ph.D. - Raizzis Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. DeGrado, one of the world’s foremost experts in protein biology and rational drug design, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has earned the prestigious Merryfield and Hirschman Chemistry Awards. He is the author of over 250 publications and a multitude of patents.
Scientific Advisors:
Michael Klein, Ph.D. - Director, Temple Institute for Computational Molecular Science
Dr. Klein has an extremely distinguished academic and industry career spanning nearly forty years. His research interests are computer simulation methodologies for applications in chemistry, physics, materials science & biology, and understanding intermolecular interactions and modeling of biophysical systems. Dr. Klein is a member of the American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and serves or has served on over a dozen Editorial Boards. He is the author of over 500 publications and books.
Robert Lamb, Ph.D., Sc.D. - John Evans Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Northwestern University, and, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dr. Lamb is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and past President of the American Society of Virology. Dr. Lamb's laboratory studies the replication of influenza virus and paramyxoviruses, particularly virus-mediated membrane fusion, the action of the AM2 and BM2 protein-selective ion channels, enveloped virus assembly and how these viruses defeat innate immunity.
Lawrence Pinto, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Physiology at Northwestern University. Past Chairman of the Dept of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University
Dr. Pinto has a distinguished academic career. Among Dr. Pinto's research interests are in depth studies of structure-function relationships in ion channels with particular emphasis on the influenza viral M2 proton channel.