Laura Matarazzo
Associated Professor Faculdade de Medicina – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal Tel: +351 218724310 Email: lmatarazzo@ucp.pt
VALIDATE Role: Network Associate
Research keywords: Tuberculosis, mRNA vaccine
Biography: After a PhD at Institut Pasteur de Lille – France, and a postdoc at Trinity college Dublin, in the fields of respiratory infections, mucosal immunity, inflammation and immunomodulation-based anti-infectious therapies, I joined the Católica Medical School in Portugal in 2022 to lead a research project aimed at developing an mRNA vaccine platform against Tuberculosis. To this end, we are designing an mRNA vaccine based on relevant antigenic peptides identified by immunopeptidomics, and formulated with a newly patented technology of lipid nanoemulsions, designed for efficient delivery of mRNA. With this project, we want to impact the field of vaccine research, not only through the opportunity to develop a new vaccine candidate against tuberculosis, but also by providing an effective vaccine platform, which can be adapted to develop vaccines against other infectious diseases.
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