Dr. Sofia Sirvent graduated in Biochemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), where she also completed her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with honors in 2011. Her doctoral studies, funded by an FPU (Formación del Profesorado Universitario) fellowship, focused on the identification and the immunological and structural characterization of novel plant food allergens.

She began her postdoctoral career in 2012 in the Vaccines and Dendritic Cells Lab at UCM, where her work centered on the innovative design of vaccines targeting dendritic cells in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Inmunotek S.L. During this period, she also continued her research on food allergens.

In 2016, Dr. Sirvent joined the Systems Immunology Group at the University of Southampton, where she worked for six years exploring immune tolerance mechanisms in allergy. Her research focused on understanding the immunological and cellular processes of the skin’s immune system in the context of type 2 inflammation, combining in vitro and in vivo functional analyses with advanced bioinformatic modeling.

Throughout her career, Dr. Sirvent has secured national and international competitive funding, including two predoctoral grants, five postdoctoral contracts sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and private foundations, and the Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (2023) under the “Talent Attraction” program.

In 2023, she rejoined Dr. Óscar Palomares’ group at the Complutense University of Madrid to continue her research on inflammatory skin diseases and the development of novel therapeutic approaches.

email: s.sirvent@ucm.es

Phone: +34913944161