Julio Rivera de Jesús

Co Advised by Tomasz Nowakowski

Previous Education:

B.S. Chemical Engineering at UPRM

Project Title:

Development of Hippocampus specific AAVs as a Gene Therapy platform for the CNS

Project:

I’m currently harnessing directed evolution to engineer novel AAV variants that are able to target cells in the CNS with both high specificity and efficiency

Hobbies:

In my free time I enjoy cooking and exploring local breweries and cuisine in the bay area