[Gene Therapy Webinar Series] Webinar #5 | Hope for Rare Diseases: Spotlight on Case Studies

Hope for Rare Diseases: Spotlight on Case Studies

Date: 22nd September 2025

Hour: 3 pm EAT | 1 pm WEST

Platform: 100% virtual via zoom

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wewRRK9tTwWSf0VDOr8Biw

Speaker:

Luís Pereira de Almeida

Biography:

Luís Pereira de Almeida is a Group Leader and Coordinates CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and the Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology – Associate Laboratory (CIBB) at the University of Coimbra, since 2020. He is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy.
He has been working in the field of gene therapy since 1998, when he conducted his doctoral studies at the Gene Therapy Center in Lausanne CHUV, Switzerland, focusing on brain diseases such as Machado-Joseph disease.
He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Angelman Syndrome Alliance, the CTGCT International Advisory Board, and Adamastor Bioservices. He also serves on the Strategic Council of the Associated Laboratories Council.
Throughout his career, he has led over 40 projects, including GeneT – a Teaming project under the Horizon Europe program aimed at establishing a new Gene Therapy Center of Excellence.