Postdoctoral research fellow at Institute de Duve - UCL
Brussels Area, Belgium
Postdoctoral research fellow at Institute de Duve - UCL
Brussels Area, Belgium
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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(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
June 2007 — Present (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.
(Non-Profit; Research industry)
October 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Transcriptional analysis of colorectal cancer, identification and immunological evaluation of anti-tumor novel tumor antigens in human colorectal cancer.
(Non-Profit; Research industry)
May 2003 — September 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.
(Research industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
(Research industry)
1997 — 2003 (6 years)
Programa Graduado nas Areas de Biologia Básica e Aplicada da Universidade do Porto. Aluno da edição de 1997.
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
(Non-Profit; Research industry)
January 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 9 months)
Doctoral, Tumor Immunology, 1999 — 2003
BSC, Biology, 1991 — 1995