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Behind the ASO Design and Discovery with Konstantina Skourti-Stathaki, Ph.D.
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Konstantina Skourti-Stathaki leads the n-Lorem research team behind the design and discovery of ASOs. Nadina, as we at n-Lorem call her, has a passion for helping patients and an excitement for science that is contagious. She joins the Patient Empowerment Program podcast to discuss her day-to-day activities as n-Lorem’s Director of ASO Design and Discovery, the ongoing research her team is conducting, and more!
On This Episode We Discuss:
- Inspired to study biology at the University of Crete
- Leaving Greece to attend grad school at the University of Oxford
- An internship led Nadina to the world of RNA
- Leaving academia to impact lives
- Lessons learned from experiencing drug discovery and development
- The reason she joined n-Lorem
- Day-to-day activities as Director of ASO Design and discovery
- n-Lorem’s internal research management committee to make key decisions regarding programs
- Ongoing research at n-Lorem to enhance allele selectivity
- Stan Crooke on why he pioneered antisense technology
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