Mark Howarth

Mark Howarth is the Sheild Professor in Cambridge University Department of Pharmacology. His group has developed a range of protein technologies that are widely used in academia and biotech, including ultra-stable and monovalent streptavidins and SpyTag/SpyCatcher. For this work he received the Royal Society of Chemistry Norman Heatley Award for chemical biology. He is a co-founder of SpyBiotech and Gastrobody Therapeutics. From his lab, 10 alumni have spun out their own companies. He is also a Translational Champion, working to promote entrepreneurial skills at Cambridge University and to enhance industry/academia cooperation.