Dr. Jeffrey Ulmer received his B.Sc. with honors from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Regina and was the recipient of the Merit Award of the Society of Chemical Industry of Canada. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from McGill University and completed his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Nobel laureate Dr. George Palade in the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University School of Medicine. At Merck Research Laboratories, Chiron Corporation and Novartis Vaccines he conducted seminal studies on nucleic acid vaccines and novel vaccine adjuvants/delivery systems. He has published over 200 scientific articles, is on the editorial boards of Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, Human Vaccines, and Expert Review of Vaccines. He is currently Head, Preclinical R&D, GSK Vaccines.