Senior Scientific Writer at Replimune, Oxford
Dr Matteo Cortese is a is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He is a senior scientific writer at Replimune, Oxford, where he writes on genetically modified herpesviruses to treat cancer. He received a PhD in neuroscience from the Sorbonne University, Paris, France, for his research at the Institut Pasteur of Paris. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute, California, for Biological Studies of San Diego, where he applied genomics to the study of social behaviours, and a research associate at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, where he developed gene therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.
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