Professor Zoltan Takats

Imperial College London

Podcast: iKnife, AI and robotics: How Zoltan Takats is driving innovation in cancer care and research

Join SelectScience® CEO, Kerry Parker, as she speaks to Professor Zoltan Takats, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. In this episode, learn about the future possibilities of intelligent surgery, where AI and robotics assist surgeons with precision surgery and real-time decision-making, leading to improved outcomes for patients. Hear about the development of the iKnife and the challenges for academics in commercialising tools for the clinical lab. Discover the opportunities of moving from therapeutics to theranostics, which technologies will accelerate clinical research and how the future is a team affair. Join the conversation to hear about Takats’ personal mission to change how cancer care is performed.

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Professor Zoltan Takats

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Analytical Chemistry Professor at Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine More

Professor Zoltan Takats

Imperial College London

Professor Zoltan Takats is an Analytical Chemistry Professor at Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine. He specializes in the use of mass spectrometry for clinical diagnostics, focusing on the identification and analysis of tissue chemical composition for disease diagnosis. Takats has developed the iKnife, a surgical tool that integrates mass spectrometry to enable real-time tissue analysis during surgery. He is a pioneer in the field of 'Ambient Mass Spectrometry' and the primary inventor of six mass spectrometric ionization techniques. With 78 peer-reviewed publications to his name, he has received accolades such as the Mattauch-Herzog Award from the German Mass Spectrometry Society and the Hungarian Star Award for Outstanding Innovators.