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Work experience:

January 2017-March 2018  Postdoctoral Associate, laboratory of Doctor Armando Arias Esteban, Division of Diagnostics & Scientific Advice - Virology, Technical University of Denmark.

Research focus: Understanding the role of RNA polymerase fidelity and genetic diversity in Flavivirus pathogenesis and replication.

 

May-June 2016  Trainee, laboratory of Professor Claus Henrik Nielsen, Institute for Inflammation Research (IIR), Rigshospitalet.

Research focus: Role of peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes in Rheumatoid arthritis.

 

2013 - 2015  Postdoctoral associate, laboratory of  Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen and Allan Randrup Thomsen, Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM), University of Copenhagen. 

Research focus: Viral clearance from the murine central nervous system.

 

2010 - 2013  Ph.D. student, laboratory of Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen and Allan Randrup Thomsen, ISIM, University of Copenhagen.

Research focus: Analysis of the host-immune response to the Yellow Fever Virus; design and testing of novel recombinant vaccines againsts Yellow Fever infection.

 

2009 - 2010  Research Assistant, laboratory of Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen and Allan Randrup Thomsen, ISIM, University of Copenhagen.

Research focus: Testing novel vaccine adjuvants enhancing CD8+ T cells responses.

 

2005 - 2007  Research Assistant, laboratory of Dr. Alfonso Bellacosa, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA.

Research focus: Role of DNA repair enzymes in genomic stability and cancer.

 

Education:

2013 Ph.D in Immunology from the Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen.Thesis title: "The immune response to the yellow fever vaccine - Analysis of effector mechanisms of protection and evaluation of alternative vaccine candidates in mice"

2004 M.Sc. in Biological Science from the “ Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II “, Naples, Italy, (final score 108/110).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

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