Dr Bev Isherwood

Bev Isherwood is Associate Director of Functional Genomics at AstraZeneca. Bev has global responsibility for phenotypic drug discovery across all therapeutic areas at AstraZeneca. Bev’s current research interests include the application of CRISPR, advanced cell models and novel imaging & analytics for target identification, validation and lead optimisation. Bev holds an MA (Natural Sciences) from Cambridge University, a PhD in Molecular Virology from the MRC Virology Unit, Glasgow University and has held positions at both Pfizer in antiviral drug discovery and AstraZeneca in new technologies exploitation.