Patricia Wongsodirdjo

Patricia Wongsodirdjo is a third-year PhD candidate at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (The University of Melbourne, Australia). Her research focuses on developing lipid-based mRNA brain delivery vehicles. In particular, she explores mRNA as an alternative platform to delivery therapeutic antibodies for Alzheimer’s disease. Her previous work has shown therapeutic mRNA as a viable platform to deliver tau targeting antibodies. Throughout her candidature she has been awarded scholarships, such as the University of Melbourne Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence travel grant. She has also presented her work across international and national conferences. She is dedicated to developing non-invasive delivery vehicles for mRNA-encoded therapeutic antibodies to the brain, with the goal of improving patient outcomes.