Post-doctoral researcher
Viral Immune Evasion and Vaccines (VIRIEVAC)
Spain
Alba Ruiz obtained a degree in Human Biology from Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in 2008, followed by two MSc degrees, one in Tropical Infectious Diseases from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2009 and the other in International Health from the University of Barcelona (UB) in 2010. In September 2011 she joined IrsiCaixa, firstly as a PhD student in Dr. José A. Esté’s group and, since December 2014, as a post-doctoral researcher in Dr. Julia G. Prado’s group, where, focusing on eradication strategies, she is working on antiviral CD8+ T-cell recognition of HIV-1 latently infected cells.
virology, HIV, Immunology