Dafni Vretoudaki

Motivated biomedical scientist with a Master's in Immunology & Inflammation from the University of Copenhagen and experience in molecular biology. Certified to work with laboratory animals and passionate about science communication, particularly in medical writing and public health topics. Currently developing immunology training material during an internship at Atrium.

• Bioinformatics Specialization 08/2024 - 10/2024 | UC San Diego (via Coursera)
• Program in Immunology and Autoimmune Systemic Rheumatic Diseases
  02/2022 - 09/2022 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
• From Disease to Genes and Back
  03/2021 - 05/2021 | Novosibirsk State University (via Coursera)

Science and Membership Associate | Infectious Diseases Alliance (IDA) 11/2024 - Present

• Actively interested in contributing to the dissemination of scientific knowledge by authoring reports on One Health, zoonoses, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Laboratory Assistant | Medical School of the University of Crete, Department of Rickettsia 06/2019 - 10/2019

• Provided diagnostic services for zoonotic diseases using serological methods and Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA).

• Molecular Biology: DNA and RNA extraction, gel electrophoresis and qPCR
• Protein analysis: ELISA and Mesoscale
• Immunology: immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence assay (IFA), FACS and Incucyte® SX1
• In vitro: purification of PBMCs, sub-culturing of several mammalian epithelial and immune cell lines
• In vivo: completed course in Laboratory Animal Science, Functions A/B/D accredited by FELASA
• IT Skills: Microsoft Office, Adobe, Graphpad Prism 10, FlowLogic 8.7, Incucyte® SX1