| Birth date: | 28 March 1970 |
| Academic degree: | PhD since 2005 |
| In the lab since: | September 1997 |
| Education: | |
| Research experience: | 2005-up to now: Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, Stefan Angelov Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria1998-2004: PhD student in the Department of Immunology, Stefan Angelov Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria1997-1998: Specialist, Department of Immunology, Stefan Angelov Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Primary research interests: | Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) preparations – autoreactivity, mechanisms of action in infectious diseases, down-regulation of NK cell activity;Innate immunity, natural antibodies – against infectious agents, mechanisms of polyreactivity; antigen-antibody interaction;Sepsis – mechanisms of SIRS and novel treatments; experimental sepsis; inflammation, coagulation and complement pathways.
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| Secondary interests: | Mucosal immunity;Toll-like receptors, NK cells, dendritic cells in infectious diseases. |
| About me: | Mom of three |
| Hobbies: | Photography, traveling, kids and school education |
| e-mail: | djoumer@microbio.bas.bg; idjoumerska@gmail.com |