Adriana Lepur

Experience

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  Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb

  Dec 2007 - Nov 2010

  PHD Student

  Exploring the toxicity of steroid and non steroid (NSAIDs) anti inflammatory drugs on the immune system cells.

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  Lunds universitet

  Oct 2010 - Jan 2013

  Studying the interaction of sugar binding proteins-galectins, in an in vitro assay based on fluorescent polarization. Inducing the differentiation of "good" and "bad" macrophages, and reviewing their sugar profile to skew the "bad" ones back, aiding the immune system.

  • Postdoc scientist

    Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

  • PHD Student

    Oct 2010 - Oct 2012
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  Photeomix

  Feb 2013 - Jul 2013

  R&D Project executive

  Activomics - capturing activities in biological samples and using them for a disease diagnosis and prognosis. I was specifically interested in obesity and inflammatory bowel disease.

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  Ruđer Bošković Institute

  Nov 2013 - Jul 2017

  ERC project:MEMBRANESActBiological Membranes in Action: A Unified Approach to Complexation, Scaffolding and Active Transport FP7 – Research Potential ProgramInnoMolProject combines the best knowledge of the three worlds "Medicine", "Biology" and "Chemistry" to develop diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic approaches for the major diseases of the world.

  • Expert Associate

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Scientific Advisor

    Nov 2013 - Jun 2016
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  BIOCentre – Incubation centre for biosciences

  Jul 2017 - Mar 2022

  My specialty is in protein production and education/training. We perform expression (µg to mg scale), purification and process development of recombinant proteins, biopharmaceuticals and biosimilars. We offer hands-on-training courses on separate and parallel bioreactor systems (BIOSTAT Qplus 12 x 0.5L, B 2 x 2L, Cplus 30L), various cloning and general microbiology lab techniques. We also provide bacteria and yeast cell banking.

  • Head of Upstream Processing Laboratory - Microbiology

    Mar 2019 - Mar 2022

  • Senior Scientist - Upstream Processing

    Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
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  Thermo Fisher Scientific

  Mar 2022 - now

  • Senior Clinical Research Associate I

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Clinical Research Associate II

    Mar 2022 - Mar 2024