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Uli Hommel

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Head Integrated Target and Lead Discovery at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
📍 Basel, Basel, Switzerland

A recently retired Executive Director from Novartis (NIBR) with over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical research. He is a scientist with a Ph. D. from the University of Basel, specializing in preclinical drug discovery, structural biology, and cross-functional portfolio management, particularly with proteases and kinases.

He is passionate about drugging targets previously believed to be undruggable, celebrating the success story of the first Factor B inhibitor as a major scientific achievement.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Head Integrated Target and Lead Discovery
Location
Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Drugging the 'Undruggable'
Expressed significant pride in the development of a Factor B inhibitor, viewing it as a success for those who believe in targeting difficult molecules.
Structural Biology
Highlights the use of fragment-based discovery and NMR to identify binding sites that are invisible to standard structural biology techniques.
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Career

Work history

2017 - 2020
Head Integrated Target and Lead Discovery
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
2013 - 2016
Head Integrated Lead Discovery
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
2009 - 2012
Head Structural Biology Platform
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
1-2005 - 1-2023
Executive Director
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
2002 - 2008
Head Structural Sciences
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
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Education
1989 - 1992
Postdoc
University of Oxford
10-1985 - 12-1988
Ph.D.
University of Basel
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