I am Dr Jamuna Selvakumaran. I am a post-doctoral research scientist at Royal Holloway University of London. I obtained my BSc in Biochemistry (1999) from the University of Surrey. I went on to do a PhD (2002) at the University of Surrey. I did my industrial placement at Novartis assessing the bioavailability of molecules for pain. I had my first post-doctoral position at the Imperial College London in tissue engineering. I was awarded a BBSRC-funded fellowship to develop in vitro models of the human-blood brain barrier. I used these models to test therapeutics for spinal muscular atrophy. I then worked on gene therapy for neurofibromatosis type 1 using the exon skipping approach. I also worked on gene silencing using antisense oligonucleotide and gene replacement using adeno-associated viruses for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. I have experience in assay development and screening of small molecules for neurodegenerative diseases. I am interested in mitochondrial oxidative stress in disease.