António Roldão

Head of Cell Based Vaccines Development Lab at iBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica

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António Roldão is Head of the Cell-Based Vaccine Development Laboratory and Coordinator of the Late-Stage R&D and Bioproduction Unit at iBET, Portugal. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, and holds a PhD in Engineering and Technology Sciences (Systems Biology) from ITQB-NOVA. His current research is driven by the aim of developing novel complex biopharmaceuticals with impact on human and animal health, in particular virus-like particles (VLPs) as vaccine candidates, protein nanoparticles (e.g., ferritin nanocages) for antigen display and targeted delivery of therapeutic cargos, and viral vectors (e.g., AAV, adenovirus, lentivirus) for gene therapy.