Yordanka Medina-Armenteros, Specialist of Production at Butantan Institute,
BioIndustrial Division, Production Intelligence Sector, from August 2022 to
date. Undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from University of Havana (Cuba, 1997),
Master's degree in Virology from Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine
(Cuba, 2006), and PhD in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) from the University
of São Paulo (Brazil, 2012). She has experience in the areas of microbiology
(with emphasis on virology), molecular biology, DNA vaccines, production of
viral vaccines in cell culture and embryonated eggs, and human respiratory syncytial
virus. Furthermore, as a postdoctoral researcher, she was part of the
Transplantation and Immunoregulation research group at the InCor Immunology
Laboratory, working in the area of Cellular Immunology in Kidney Transplant
(2012–2014). From 2015 to 2021, she was part of the National Laboratory of
Embryonic Stem Cells of the State of São Paulo (LaNCE-SP), working on the
establishment, the characterization, and the maintenance of induced pluripotent
stem cells (iPSCs) banks for disease modeling.
Yordanka Medina-Armenteros, Specialist of Production at Butantan Institute,
BioIndustrial Division, Production Intelligence Sector, from August 2022 to
date. Undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from University of Havana (Cuba, 1997),
Master's degree in Virology from Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine
(Cuba, 2006), and PhD in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) from the University
of São Paulo (Brazil, 2012). She has experience in the areas of microbiology
(with emphasis on virology), molecular biology, DNA vaccines, production of
viral vaccines in cell culture and embryonated eggs, and human respiratory syncytial
virus. Furthermore, as a postdoctoral researcher, she was part of the
Transplantation and Immunoregulation research group at the InCor Immunology
Laboratory, working in the area of Cellular Immunology in Kidney Transplant
(2012–2014). From 2015 to 2021, she was part of the National Laboratory of
Embryonic Stem Cells of the State of São Paulo (LaNCE-SP), working on the
establishment, the characterization, and the maintenance of induced pluripotent
stem cells (iPSCs) banks for disease modeling.