Julia Alterman
Assistant professor University of Massachusetts Medical School
Julia Alterman is Assistant Professor at the RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School. Previously Principal Scientist at Atalanta Therapeutics, she earned her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from UMass Chan and trained at Harvard. Her research focuses on RNAi therapeutics and oligonucleotide chemistry.
Seminars
Wednesday 9th December 2026
Advancing Precision RNAi for Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Through a Combinatorial, Unimolecular, Allele-Selective Approach
11:30 am
- Combining a SNP-specific siRNA with an inflammatory target to tackle both the underlying genetic driver and disease progression in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
- Developing multimeric oligonucleotide architectures to simultaneously address multiple disease-driving pathways
- Demonstrating therapeutic potential through both preventative and therapeutic models, including local and systemic delivery
