Dr. Paul Debenham Life Science, LGC Ltd., UK

Paul has a Ph.D from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, and was a tenured MRC scientist. He became the first Scientific Services Director of genetic fingerprinting at ICI Cellmark. In 1993 Paul became Managing Director of UDL pioneering a wide range of DNA diagnostics. In 1997 Dr Debenham joined... read moreLGC as its first Life Sciences Director establishing both forensics and molecular DNA services, and presently Paul acts to initiate, coordinate or support innovative R&D towards new services and products across the LGC group. A specific focus has been around the invention and development of rapid molecular diagnostics (HyBeacons) and a pioneering point-of-application technology called ParaDNA.