Blanca Gonzalez Melarde has a diverse work experience in the field of biochemistry and pharmacy. Blanca worked as a Consultant at GENESIS Biomed starting in 2022. Prior to that, they were a Research Intern at Karolinska Institutet, where they studied the impact of naturally occurring variants of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)-associated genes on cytotoxic lymphocyte degranulation. Blanca also generated NK cell lines deficient in HLH-associated genes.
Before their role at Karolinska Institutet, Blanca was a Research Intern at Radboudumc, where they focused on studying host-microbiome interactions in a novel in vitro 3D epidermis microbiome model. Blanca developed a model resembling S.
Blanca also has experience as a Pharmacist at Farmàcia Montserrat Gatell Tortajada and as a Pharmacy Intern at Fundació Hospital de l'Esperit Sant. Additionally, they completed a research internship as part of their Master's program at the University of Helsinki, where they characterized potential drug candidates for antivirulence activity against uropathogenic E. coli.
Blanca Gonzalez Melarde began their formal education by earning a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree in Industrial Pharmacy and Drug Research from Universitat de Barcelona. Blanca attended this institution from 2014 to 2019. In 2018 and 2019, they pursued a research internship at the University of Helsinki, focusing on Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Following their undergraduate studies, Blanca Gonzalez Melarde pursued a Biomedical Science Master's degree in Immunology and research at Radboud University from 2020 to 2022. Finally, in 2022, they engaged in a research internship at Karolinska Institutet, specializing in Molecular Immunology.
July 1, 2024 - present
December, 2022