Women play a crucial role in the COST Action IMMUNO-model by holding leadership positions as well as participating in this network. Their contribution to the Action’s main objectives is central in fostering research and innovation in the field of preclinical immuno-oncology models.
On February 11th, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This day is a reminder that women and girls play a crucial role in science and technology and that their participation should be encouraged and strengthened. Although Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields are widely regarded as critical to national economies, so far most countries, no matter their level of development, have not achieved gender equality in STEM (International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations).
On this occasion, IMMUNO-model celebrates women in science and acknowledges their continuous outstanding contribution by presenting some of the IMMUNO-model female scientists working in the field of immuno-oncology across the world.
Pictured are female scientists from the IMMUNO-model in action:
- Eva Martinez-Balibrea
IMMUNO-model Action’s Chair, Group Leader at IGTP, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Spain - Leticia Oliveira-Ferrer
IMMUNO-model Action’s Vice Chair, Head of Research Laboratory, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany - Devrim Pesen Okvur
IMMUNO-model WG1 Leader, CTO and co-founder of Initio Cell BV, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey - Laura Belver
IMMUNO-model WG4 leader, Junior Group Leader, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Spain - Barbara Breznik
IMMUNO-model Science Communication Coordinator and WG5 Leader, Group Leader, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia - Hanne Haslene-Hox
IMMUNO-model TGRC3 Leader, Senior research scientist, SINTEF, Norway - Metka Novak
Principal Investigator, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia - Tina Kolenc Milavec
PhD Student, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia - María Julia Lamberti
Teaching Assistant – Assistant Researcher, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto – INBIAS-CONICET, Spain - Jessica Dal Col
Assistant Professor, University of Salerno, Italy - Sweta Rani
Lecturer, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland - Inês Pinto
PhD Student, University of Coimbra, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), Portugal - Sara Orehek
PhD Student, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia - Virag Piroska
Senior Researcher, Head of Laboratory and Associated Teacher, “Prof. Dr. I. Chiricuta” Oncology Institute, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania - Melissa García Caballero
Distinguished Researcher, Professor Beatriz Galindo and Team Leader, University of Málaga, Spain - Seyhan Turk
Assistant Proffesor, Hacettepe University, Turkey - Delia Dima
Hematologist, Ion Chiricuta Oncology Institute, Turkey - Ahsen Morva Yilmaz
Senior Researcher, TÜBİTAK-MRC Life Sciences, Turkey - Altijana Hromić-Jahjefendić
Associate Professor, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sanem Gökçen
Laboratory Supervisor, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Turkey - Mangala Srinivas
Professor and Dept. Head, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands - Verónica Rodilla
Junior Group Leader, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute Foundation, Spain - Lucie Janstová
PhD Student, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Czech Republic - Veronika Švubová
PhD Student, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Czech Republic