Member Profile
Membership type: full
Amy Monaco
Country of origin: Uruguay Currently in: Uruguay, Montevideo General field of specialization: Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology-
Degrees
2015 Master Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology2011 Undergraduate Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology2021 Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Immunology, Cancer immunotherapiesCurrent profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeaching
Workshop and Conference Attended
2019 Uruguay II Congreso Nacional de Biociencias2019 Switzerland XIII World Immune Regulation Meeting2018 Uruguay Primer Encuentro Bienal de la Sociedad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular2018 Mexico XII Congress of the Latin American Association of Immunology2017 Uruguay I Congreso Nacional de Biociencias2015 Colombia XI Congress of the Latin American Association of Immunology2014 Uruguay XV Jornadas de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Biociencias2013 Brazil XLII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular2012 Uruguay I Jornadas de Biología Humana2012 Uruguay XIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Uruguaya de BiocienciasAffiliations
ImmunopaediaSociedad Uruguaya para la InmunologíaSociedad Uruguaya de Bioquímica y Biología MolecularPresentation given
2019Trampas extracelulares de macrófagos: un nuevo mecanismo inmune contra SalmonellaUruguayEvent: II Congreso Nacional de Biociencias2017Rol del inflamasoma en el efecto anti-melanoma de SalmonellaUruguayEvent: I Congreso Nacional de Biociencias2014Evaluación del rol de la flagelina en el efecto antitumoral de Salmonella enterica serotipo Typhimurium LVR01UruguayEvent: XV Jornadas de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Biociencias2013Development of new immunotherapies against melanoma based on the use of Salmonella carrying plasmids encoding for IL18BrazilEvent: XLII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular (SBBq) - Simpósio Jovem Cientista SBBq-Conesul2012Desarrollo de nuevas inmunoterapias contra melanoma basadas en el uso de Salmonella atenuada portando diferentes plásmidos codificantes para IL18UruguayEvent: I Jornadas de Biología Humana -
Other Awards
Mar 2019EFIS - EJI Travel AwardGiven by the European Federation of Immunological Societies and the European Journal of Immunology, the award is a travel grant to attend to the XIII World Immune Regulation Meeting in Davos, SwitzerlandApr 2018ALAI-SMI International Travel Award / AAI Young Investigator AwardGiven by the Latin American Association of Immunology and the Mexican Society of Immunology, the award is a travel grant to attend to the XII Congress of the Latin American Association of Immunology in Cancún, MexicoOct 2015Young Investigator AwardGiven by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the award is a travel grant to attend to the XI Congress of the Latin American Association of Immunology in Medellín, ColombiaDec 2018Best Recent Publication, 14th Contest for research dermatologistsAward given by La Fondation La Roche Posay, I was part of the research team. The awarded publication is "TLR7 agonist in combination with Salmonella as an effective antimelanoma immunotherapy". Vola M, Mónaco A, Bascuas T, Rimsky G, Agorio C, Chabalgoity JA, Moreno M. Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy. 2018 Jun;10(8):665-679. doi: 10.2217/imt-2017-0188. Epub 2018 Mar 22. PMID: 29562809Mar 2015Best Research Project, 10th Contest for research dermatologistsAward given by La Fondation La Roche Posay, I was part of the research team. The awarded project is "Demolishing paradigms: dacarbazine with Salmonella for the treatment of melanoma"
