Samir obtained his Ph.D. in 2008 at Stockholm University and after a postdoctoral stint at Karolinska Institute working on the delivery of RNA-based therapeutics, he joined Prof Matthew Wood´s lab at the University of Oxford to work with extracellular vesicles (EVs). Since 2013 Samir is sharing his commitment between Karolinska Institutet as an Assistant professor and at the University of Oxford as a departmental research fellow. His lab primarily focuses on developing engineered exosomes for the delivery of biotherapeutics to treat genetic diseases. Since a year back, Samir is additionally a co-founder and consultant for Evox Therapeutics which develops EV-based therapeutics.
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