Billy completed a BSc in Medical science followed by an MSc in Medical Biotechnology at the University of Technology Sydney.
He undertook an internship and subsequent Research Assistant in the lab of Dr Laura Bradfield, studying the behavioural effects of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease using mouse models and primary mouse neural cell culture systems.
Following this, he moved to Neuroscience Research Australia to study Parkinson’s disease and mitochondrial disease, utilising patient-derived differentiated neurons as a disease model. This role also included mouse brain sample processing to investigate differences in viral vector transduction efficiency, as well as patient primary fibroblast culture and storage for PD and mitochondrial disease natural history studies.
Billy joined TVRU in 2025 to study potential gene therapies in Parkinson’s disease, using iPSC derived neurons as a model.