Dr Jacqueline María Valverde Villegas

Janet Thornton Postdoctoral Fellow

Jacqueline M. Valverde Villegas is investigating the immunogenetic factors by using cellular and genomic approaches to better understand the germline and somatic mutations relationship shaping the immune response in individuals with cancer predisposition and inflammatory diseases.

My major research of interest is to contribute to understanding and identifying host genetic and immunological factors, which contribute to developing various disorders in the long-term, such as cancer. For that, I am applying high-throughput technologies to analyse the immune response of individuals with cancer predisposition at different layers, such as spectral flow cytometry, olink approach, single-cell genome and transcriptome sequencing.

My timeline

• Janet Thornton Fellowship at Wellcome Sanger Institute.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and ABIVAX company, Montpellier, France.

• Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and University of Montpellier, France.

• PhD in Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

• MSc in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 

• B.S in Genetics and Biotechnology, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.