N2CR Industry Talk by Avecris Ptd Ltd: Dr Volker Patzel on Non‑Viral RNA Suicide Gene Therapy

Dear all,

You are warmly invited to an N2CR Industry Talk by Dr Volker Patzel, Founder & CSO of Avecris Pte Ltd and hosted by A/Prof Norbert Lehming.

Join us for an engaging session as Dr. Patzel shares his entrepreneurial journey and presents a novel non‑viral RNA suicide gene therapy approach for cancer. Using spliceosome‑mediated RNA trans‑splicing and advanced delivery vectors, his team has developed a highly selective method to eliminate cancer and virus‑infected cells in vitro and ex vivo, and is now evaluating the approach in animal models.

Talk details:

• Title: Non-Viral RNA Suicide Gene Therapy for Cancer
• Date: 17 April 2026 (Friday)
• Time: 3 pm-4 pm
• Venue: MD11, CRC Auditorium 

See you there!