Julie Tordo
Principal Scientist, Discovery Lead
Pfizer
New Zealand
Biography
Julie Tordo, PhD, is a Principal Scientist, Discovery Lead. Dr. Tordo joined Pfizer in May 2015 at the recently created Genetic Medicine Institute in London. As part of the Rare Diseases Research Unit, the Genetic Medicine Institute is committed to the development of new potential therapies to address unmet medical needs of those individuals with rare diseases, more specifically by dedicating efforts to the discovery, development and manufacturing of Gene Therapy based products. As the Genetic Medicine Institute Discovery Lead, Dr. Tordo’s efforts are centered on the development of a viral vector platform to address various gene therapy applications. The main focus is on the design, engineering and development of new Adeno-associated virus capsid variants in order to optimize the bioactivity, tissue-specificity and transduction efficiency of the vectors and to obtain improved overall properties.
Research Interest
Research Interest On Drug Discovery
