Samir EL-Andaloussi's Biography

Samir EL-Andaloussi, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet

Samir EL Andaloussi received his PhD in 2008 in Neurochemistry with Molecular Neurobiology at Stockholm University. After a postdoctoral stint at Karolinska Institutet, he moved to University of Oxford to work with extracellular vesicles (EVs). Since 2013 Associate Professor Samir is a Principal Investigator for a growing lab at Karolinska Institutet, now with nearly 20 employees. His lab primarily focuses on developing non-viral drug delivery systems for nucleic acids and proteins with particular focus on production of engineered exosomes for delivery of biotherapeutics. In addition, Samir in one of the Founders of Evox Therapeutics, a company developing engineered EVs for treatment of genetic diseases.