Dr. Niren Murthy, PhD

Professor of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley

Speaker

Dr. Niren Murthy is a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California at Berkeley and a member of the Innovative Genomics Institute. Dr. Murthy’s scientific career has focused on the molecular design and synthesis of new materials for drug delivery and molecular imaging. The Murthy laboratory is currently focused on developing next generation lipid nanoparticles that can deliver mRNA and gene editing enzymes in vivo. Several start-up companies and licenses have been generated from the laboratory, in particular, the start-up companies GenEdit, BioAmp Diagnostics, Microbial Medical and Opus Biosciences were formed based upon research conducted in the Murthy lab.