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| Birth date: | 11 December 1981 |
| Academic degree: | PhD |
| In the lab since: | 2004 |
| Education: | 2011-present – Research assistant at the Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Department of Immunology, BAS.
2007-2011 – PhD degree in Immunology at the Department of Immunology, BAS. Title of the PhD thesis: “New therapeutic approach for selective silencing of autoreactive B lymphocytes”. 2004–2006 – Master degree in Biochemistry at the “St. Kliment Ohridski” Sofia University. Title of the M.S. thesis: “Suppressing autoimmune disease activity by chimeric antibodies plus an intravenous immunoglobulin preparation”. 2000–2004 – Bachelor degree in Molecular Biology at the “St. Kliment Ohridski” Sofia University. |
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| Research interests: | Autoimmunity, immmunomodulation, protein and genetic engineering, mouse models, immune tolerance, immune regulatory mechanisms |
| About me: | Honest and hardworking, fan of cats, chocolate and Asia 🙂 |
| Hobbies: | reading, cycling, mountaineering |
| e-mail: | nikolova.a.kalina@gmail.com |