Dr. Stephen Mackinnon
Director of R&D
Computational Biochemistry
Cyclica
Canada
Biography
As Director of R&D, Stephen plans and prototypes new developments in the Ligand Express™ pipelines and provides custom solutions for academic and industrial partners. Dr. MacKinnon received his Honors, Co-op, B.Sc. from the University of Waterloo in Computational Biochemistry, with placements in biotechnology industry and prestigious academic labs. He then completed a Ph.D. through the University of Toronto’s Department of Biochemistry and the Hospital for Sick Children. Throughout his thesis research, he crafted several highly specialized algorithms and computational pipelines to systematically analyze protein-protein and protein-ligand molecular interactions in search of new biological insights. After substantial time in Germany and Nova Scotia, Stephen is a connoisseur in donair and doner kebab.
Research Interest
he crafted several highly specialized algorithms and computational pipelines to systematically analyze protein-protein and protein-ligand molecular interactions in search of new biological insights.
