Jun Xie

Company: UMass Medical School

Job title: Associate Professor & Director of Vector Development, Viral Vector Core

Bio:

Jun is Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Director, Vector Development of the Viral Vector Core. He has led the discovery of multiple natural AAV capsid isolates and developed an AAV-compatible platform for efficient and precise gene silencing in vivo.

Jun received his PhD (Genetics) from the University of Sun Yat-Sen, Guangzhou, China. His research interests center around the development of novel AAVs, optimization of rAAV vector genome and manufacturing, and rAAV-mediated miRNA/shRNA therapeutics.

Seminars:

Optimization of AAV Vector Genome Design for the Treatment of Motor Neuron Diseases 11:15 am

Overview of the AAV gene therapy on SMA and ALS Optimized vector genome Improves the efficacy and safety of AAV9-mediated gene therapy for SMA Optimized artificial miRNAs by AAV9 vectors drastically improve survival and function in ALS miceRead more

day: Conference Day Two