Dr. Charles Crespi BD Biosciences Discovery Labware, USA

Charles Crespi is currently Vice President of Research and Development for BD Biosciences, Discovery Labware. He received his PhD in toxicology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the early 1980s Dr. Crespi and associates founded GENTEST Corporation, a company, which became a leader in developing in vitro systems for... read morethe study of drug metabolism and safety. Areas of long-term research focus include: the development of mammalian cells which are competent for the metabolism and transport of xenobiotics, the overexpression of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes and transporters in various host systems and the development of novel applications of these systems to the discovery, development and safety assessment of new chemical entities.