Drugs from the Deep with Prof. Marcel Jaspars

Learn about the hunt for pharmaceuticals in extreme environments with Professor Marcel Jaspers

Speaker: Professor Marcel Jaspers

Venue: Seminar Room, Special Collections Centre

Mankind has used plants as a source of medicines for thousands of years, but only recently have scientists started to explore the oceans for new pharmaceuticals.

Professor Marcel Jaspars explains the history of medicines using examples on display in the Pharmacopoeia exhibition and describes modern drug hunters exploring the oceans and other extreme environments.

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