Primary Job Title Director of Chemistry & Founder Primary Organization 
IntelliHep
Gender Male
Edwin Yates is Director of Chemistry and a Founder of IntelliHep Ltd. He is a carbohydrate chemist with 25 years experience in research who currently works at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool. He has worked with some of the leading authorities in Carbohydrate Chemistry including the world renowned synthetic chemist Prof
Geert-Jan Boons (now in Athens, Georgia) and a 3-year spell with Prof Benito Casu in Milan, in a recognised world-leading laboratory specialising in heparin research. Ed has a particular interest in the relationship between the chemical structure of heparin saccharides and their biological activities. His work has included pioneering the use of library-based approaches to studying the biological activities of heparin and its derivatives and among his most notable contributions to the field are the invention of Maximum Diversity Libraries, which is the basis of IntelliHep's proprietary technology. He has published numerous research papers, review articles, book chapters and patents. Ed is also a frequent contributor to, and speaker at, international conferences and symposia.
