Dedicated candidate eager to put analytical and problem-solving skills to practice in professional setting. Skilled at gathering and analyzing data for research with keen eye for accuracy. Organized and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Flexible with solid adaptability for working in dynamic environment. Currently at the final stages of writing her PhD thesis dealing with developing an mRNA-based therapy for the treatment of solid tumors.
Developing an assay for mRNA quantification in stem cell-based nanoparticles.
Recipient of the Faculty Teaching Award for 2016-2017 academic year.
A summer work assisting Regulatory affairs submissions to the MOH.
Literature review, scientific writing and presentation
Granot-Matok Y, Ezra A, Ramishetti S, Sharma P, Naidu GS, Benhar I, Peer D. Lipid nanoparticles-loaded with toxin mRNA represents a new strategy for the treatment of solid tumors. Theranostics. 2023 Jun 12;13(11):3497-3508
Granot-Matok Y, Kon E, Dammes N, Mechtinger G, Peer D. Therapeutic mRNA delivery to leukocytes. J Control Release. 2019
Veiga, N., Goldsmith, M., Granot, Y. et al. Cell specific delivery of modified mRNA expressing therapeutic proteins to leukocytes. Nat Commun 9, 4493 (2018).
Granot Y, Peer D. Delivering the right message: Challenges and opportunities in lipid nanoparticles-mediated modified mRNA therapeutics-An innate immune system standpoint. Semin Immunol. 2017