Amanda Izeli Portilho is a PhD student in the graduate program Interunits in Biotechnology at the University of São Paulo, developing her project at the Immunology Center of Adolfo Lutz Institute, both located in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. She received her Bachelor's degree in Biomedicine (2017) from Centro Universitário Central Paulista (São Carlos, São Paulo, SP). She is a specialist in laboratory surveillance in public health (2019) for the São Paulo State Health Secretary Program at the Adolfo Lutz Institute and Master of Sciences for the University of São Paulo. She has experience in immunology and molecular biology for public health diseases. She currently studies immunization strategies against Neisseria meningitis and immune response to SARS-CoV-2 at Elizabeth De Gaspari’s Lab.