| Birth date: | 13 December 1985 |
| Academic degree: | Ph.D., Assistant |
| In the lab since: | March 2007 |
| Education: | 2011-present – Ph.D. degree in Immunology at Institute of Microbiology; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2004-2008 – Bachelor degree in Molecular Biology, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski” 2008-2010 – Master degree in Cell biology and pathology, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski” |
| Research experience: | 2007-present – Research investigator at the Department of Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
2013 – three month training under the EFIS-IL Fellowship at the Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary under the supervision of prof. Anna Erdei. 2009 – three month training course at Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France |
| Primary research interests: | Molecular Immunology: DNA vaccines; Adjuvants; Tolerance braking
Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases: SLE, allergies Humanized animal models Cell signaling |
| Secondary interests: | Neuroscience; Cancer Immunology |
| Hobbies: | Mountaineering, bike, hiking, Science Popularizing |
| nikolakerekov@gmail.com | |
| Web site: | https://ratio.bg/ |