Dr Giulia Massaro is a lecturer at the UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, UK. After her MRes in Functional Genomics at the University of Trieste and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Dr Massaro joined Prof. Ahad Rahim’s group at UCL to complete her PhD in Gene Therapy working on rare paediatric diseases of infants. Since 2013 she has been involved in many translational gene therapy projects, collaborating with both academia and industry, focusing on rare neurological disorders with unmet medical need. In 2020 Dr Massaro was awarded a NHIR GOSH BRC Research Fellowship in Translational AAV Technology and opened the GTxNeuro Viral Synthesis Facility, a state-of-the-art vector production laboratory for research-grade viral vector batches, where she provides expertise and support for new and established researchers wishing to produce customised viral vectors. Dr Massaro is a current member of the British Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (BSGCT) executive board, and member of the Communications and Promotion sub-committee, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Italian Scientists in the UK (AISUK).