Medical innovations from the genome revolution: liquid biopsies

Imperial College

July 7

LTG34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building

The Institute of Global Health Innovation and the Department of Bioengineering are delighted to host a guest lecture by Professor Stephen Quake, one of the world’s most distinguished bioengineers.

In this talk, Professor Quake will draw on his pioneering work in microfluidics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics to explore how the genomic revolution is transforming clinical medicine through liquid biopsies and what that means for the future of disease detection and patient care.

About the speaker

Professor Stephen Quake is the Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics at Stanford University. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to science and is one of only two dozen scientists elected to all three National Academies.

Previously he was the Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (2022-2025), founding co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (2016-2022), Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2006-2016), and Professor at the California Institute of Technology (1996-2005).