Conversation with Fernanda Masri - Head of Commercial Operations at the Stevenage Manufacturing Innovation Centre of Cell & Gene Therapy at Catapult UK; hosted by Sadeem ELBasyouni and Belma Alispahic. 

Fernanda is originally a chemical engineer by training and specialised in biochemical engineering during her academic career. She has a wide expertise in the CGT since 2010 improving the optimization process of the current bioproduction technologies, particularly in the CAR-T manufacturing at different clinical stages. To that end, Fernanda helps companies progress from early-phase clinical trials to increase the throughput without increasing the manufacturing footprint.

Fernanda's proficiency goes beyond the industry since Fernanda was working as a project manager organising international conferences in "Advancing the Manufacture of Cell & Gene Therapy. One of the hot topics she touched up on is the AI digital solutions harmonising the collection of the data from R&D to process development, to manufacturing, to clinical. She is with us today on AnalysisMode podcast to tell us all about her journey at Catapult and challenges in cell therapy bioprocessing.