OligoOx26 Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Tom Brown FRSC FRSE
Emeritus Professor of Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

I am Emeritus Professor of Nucleic Acid Chemistry at Oxford University. I work on modifications of nucleic acids for use in biology and medicine and I am co-founder of several nucleic acid-based companies. My current interests are in chemical modification of mRNA and developing new DNA backbones to improve therapeutic oligonucleotides. I have published around 500 research papers and patents.

Awards include:

• The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Josef Loschmidt prize
• The RSC prizes for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Research
• The RSC Khorana Prize for work at the chemistry and life science interface
• Chemistry World entrepreneur of the year and BBSRC Innovator of the Year