Pedro Alves

Postdoctoral research fellow at Institute de Duve - UCL

Brussels Area, Belgium

Current
  • Research Assistant at Université catholique de Louvain
Past
  • Postdoctoral fellow at Swiss Research Institute for Cancer Research
  • Postdoctoral fellow at Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research
  • PhD at Institut Gustave Roussy
  • PhD student at GABBA PhD programm
  • PhD Student at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Science trainee at IPATIMUP
Education
  • Universidade do Porto
  • Universidade do Porto
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Pedro Alves’s Summary

Human anti-tumor immunotherapeutic strategies: antigen discovery and research development.

Immunological monitoring of cancer patients vaccinated with peptide and DNA-based vaccines.

Currently, evaluating the immunological performance of GlaxoSmithKline's phase II clinical trial on melanoma patients vaccinated with MAGE-3 tumor antigen.

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Pedro Alves’s Experience

  • Research Assistant

    Université catholique de Louvain

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

    June 2007Present (1 year 5 months)

    Implementation, validation and development of immunological monitoring methods for comprehensive evaluation of cancer patients performance and follow-up after vaccination with anti-tumor vaccines, using state-of-art immunological technologies.

    Currently evaluating a subset of melanoma patients vaccinated by GSK Bio with MAGE-A3 tumor antigen on a phase II clinical trial.

  • Postdoctoral fellow

    Swiss Research Institute for Cancer Research

    (Non-Profit; Research industry)

    October 2005June 2007 (1 year 9 months)

    Transcriptional analysis of colorectal cancer, identification and immunological evaluation of anti-tumor novel tumor antigens in human colorectal cancer.

  • Postdoctoral fellow

    Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research

    (Non-Profit; Research industry)

    May 2003September 2005 (2 years 5 months)

    Validation of T cell epitopes from colorectal colon associated tumor antigens for ex vivo and in vitro characterization of anti-tumor T cell responses from colorectal cancer patients.

    Implementation of colorectal cancer tissue, blood and serum bank for immunological/proteomic/transcriptomics analysis.

  • PhD

    Institut Gustave Roussy

    (Research industry)

    20002003 (3 years)

  • PhD student

    GABBA PhD programm

    (Research industry)

    19972003 (6 years)

    Programa Graduado nas Areas de Biologia Básica e Aplicada da Universidade do Porto. Aluno da edição de 1997.

  • PhD Student

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    19992000 (1 year)

  • Science trainee

    IPATIMUP

    (Non-Profit; Research industry)

    January 1996September 1998 (2 years 9 months)


Pedro Alves’s Education

  • Universidade do Porto

    Doctoral, Tumor Immunology, 19992003

  • Universidade do Porto

    BSC, Biology, 19911995


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