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Simona Velkova, Ph.D

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Timeline
About me
Scientific Investigator at GSK
Education
- Secondary School for European Languages
  2005 - 2010
- UCL
  2015 - 2019
  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
  Activities and Societies: primary cell proliferation, Primary cell culture, High speed video microscopy, Confocal Immunofluorescence, Western Blotting, ELISA, MSD immuno-based assays, Luminex Plex assays, Flow cytometry, PCR Investigated the structure and function of the ciliated respiratory epithelium. Detailed investigation of host - pathogen interactions.
- Coventry University
  2010 - 2013
  Medical and pharmacological sciences Research BSc 1st class with Honours
  Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
Experience
- Coventry University
  Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
  Research Assistant
  Glucose effect on myosin heavy chain expression
- London Metropolitan University
  Jan 2014 - Sept 2015
  Research Assistant
  Microvesicles role in the spread of rhinovirus airway infection
- UCL
  Sept 2015 - Nov 2019
  PhD in Infection, Immunity and Inflammation in collaboration with GSK
  Bacterial-viral co-infections of the healthy and COPD respiratory epithelium
- UCL
  Feb 2020 - Jun 2022
  Postdoctoral Researcher
  Delivery of RNA based antisense oligonucleotide (AON) drugs to the respiratory ciliated epithelium to repair genetic mutations in rare inherited diseases
- GSK
  May 2022 - now
  - Scientific Investigator
    Feb 2024 - now
  - Senior Scientist
    May 2022 - Feb 2024
Licenses & Certifications
- Certificate of Achievement in Immunology
  Harvard Medical School
  Mar 2023
- Personal Licence Animal Research (PIL A-C)
  UK Home Office
  Oct 2020