Director, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Michael Pepper is Director of the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Director of the South African Medical Research Council Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, and Research Professor in the Department of Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria. He is also professeur associƩ in the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Michael obtained his MBChB in 1982 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, and moved to Geneva in 1986, where he obtained his PhD in 1990, MD in 1992 and Privat Docent in 1997. He returned to South Africa in July 2004. Michael maintains research and teaching commitments in Pretoria and Geneva.
Michael has worked extensively in the field of clinically-oriented (translational) molecular cell biology and has made seminal contributions to understanding the mechanisms of angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. His current scientific interests are in the fields of cell and gene therapy and genetic predisposition to disease, as well as the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of work in these fields.
SOTA: Cell and Gene Therapy: Opportunities in the Translation from Humans to Horses, and Back Again
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
9:30 AM – 11:45 AM ET