International Women’s Day: an interview with Kia Pedersen

Kia Pedersen, Head of Research and Development, Gyros Protein Technologies (Uppsala, Sweden) Kia Pedersen, PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the Karolinska Institutet (Solna, Sweden) is since beginning of 2021 the Head of Research and Development at Gyros Protein Technologies. She has brought onboard a deep expertise in assay development and screening for drug discovery projects within neurodegenerative diseases and oncology, gained during her career at AstraZeneca (Cambridge, UK), KaroBio (Stockholm, Sweden) and Medivir (Stockholm, Sweden). Her knowledge in various assay formats is combined with experience from Cytiva (Uppsala, Sweden), formerly GE Healthcare, in managing scientists and engineers in...