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Francois D'hooge

Francois D'hooge MSc, PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Toulouse, Occitanie, France

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After finishing an Organic Chemistry Ph.D. in 2004 in Rouen (France), Francois spent two years at the University of Tokyo (Japan) perfecting his synthetic skills with Prof. Tohru Fukuyama. He then returned to Europe and United-Kingdom to the Universities of Bath, Oxford, and Birmingham before moving into biotech with Spirogen in 2011. He started the bioconjugation group at Spirogen and helped spread the use of PBD through collaborations with ADC Therapeutics and others. In 2016 he returned to France to head the new clinical and commercial ADC conjugation unit of Novasep in Le Mans, and in 2018 joined Gamamabs to lead its ADC program to the clinic.
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