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Professor Chris Abell

November 11, 1957 - October 26, 2020

The administrator of this page is Katherine Abell

Professor Chris Abell FRS FMedsci was Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, and Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. A biological chemist, he was an undergraduate and postgraduate at Cambridge, before doing postdoctoral research at Brown University, USA. Chris was admitted as a Fellow of Christ's College in 1986. He led research teams in the Department of Chemistry pioneering the use of fragment-based approaches in drug discovery and developing microdroplets as an experimental platform. Chris cofounded Astex, Sphere Fluidics and Aqdot, and was a founding director of Cambridge Enterprise. From 2013-2015 Chris was the first Director of Postdoctoral Affairs at the University.

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2020-11-05 00:01:22 wrote:

I was deeply saddened and upset to hear of Chris's passing. My sympathies go out to Katherine and Daniel. Chris was one of the finest people that I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Aside from his highly recognised skills as a prime scientist, he was one of the most supportive and helpful of friends and colleagues. I first met with Chris in the mid-1980's at my place of work locally. We had many scientific interests in common and enjoyed our discussions. We became good friends and kept in regular, if infrequent , contact over the years. I recall with fond memories many of our meetings in social gatherings. On many fronts, he was an excellent contact and colleague. He will be sadly missed by many.

2020-11-05 00:01:22 wrote: I was deeply saddened and upset to hear of Chris's passing. My sympathies go out to Katherine and Daniel. Chris was one of the finest people that I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Aside from his highly recognised skills as a prime scientist, he was one of the most supportive and helpful of friends and colleagues. I first met with Chris in the mid-1980's at my place of work locally. We had many scientific interests in common and enjoyed our discussions. We became good friends and kept in regular, if infrequent , contact over the years. I recall with fond memories many of our meetings in social gatherings. On many fronts, he was an excellent contact and colleague. He will be sadly missed by many.

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