Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: Confronting the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Opportunities and Challenges in Novel Antibiotic Discovery

Speaker Bio: Dr. Man-Wah Tan is an accomplished researcher and leader who currently serves as Vice President and Senior Fellow at Genentech Research and Early Development, where he heads the Infectious Diseases Therapeutic Area and the Translational Immunology departments. His work focuses on developing innovative therapeutics for infectious diseases, while also exploring host-microbe interactions and the role of the microbiota in gastrointestinal tract, lung, and immuno-oncology. Dr. Tan has been instrumental in the discovery of one FDA-approved medicine and six clinical assets, including small molecules, monoclonal antibodies and antibody-antibiotic conjugates. Prior to joining Genentech in 2010, he spent over twelve years as a faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Departments of Genetics and Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. Tan holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he began his career as a Harvard Junior Fellow, and an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge.