Alessandra co-founded ImmunoScape and serves as COO and Board Director. With a clinical background in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Parma, she has 25 years of international experience in the immunotherapy and immunomonitoring fields, having worked in both academic and industry environments across Italy, US, France and Singapore.
Alessandra started as a Research Fellow at the Istituto Zooprofilattico della Lombardia e dell’Emilia, where she focused on diagnostic and immunomonitoring techniques for viral diseases. In the late 90’s, as a Research Associate at the University of Virginia, she worked on the development of bispecific antibody constructs for the clearance of blood-borne pathogens and tumors.
Alessandra joined IDM Pharma in 1999, and as a Manager of Research Programs led investigations in cancer immunotherapy strategies and preclinical studies on dendritic cell and macrophage-based drug candidates targeting melanoma, bladder cancer and osteosarcoma. In 2006, she joined Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR, where she rose to Head, Translational Immunology, and expanded into business development and IP valorization while supporting clinical studies in antibody immunotherapy and vaccines. She has published 25 peer-reviewed scientific papers in the field of immunology.
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