Inmunolab

María Rosa Bono

Maria Rosa Bono has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Chile and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Paris. In 1978 she obtained a degree in Immunology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and later she joined Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow at Jack Strominger’s Lab. In 1981 she returned to Chile and joined the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Chile. She co-founded with Dr. Rosemblatt the Laboratory of Immunology (Inmunolab) at this Faculty and has mentored several undergraduate and graduate students. She is currently Professor of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Chile.

Daniela Sauma

Daniela Sauma has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Chile and obtained her PhD at the Faculty of Sciences of the same University. She completed her postdoctoral studies at Fundacion Ciencia & Vida and in 2013 she joined the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Chile. Dr. Sauma has directed several undergraduate students and has received several national awards and distinctions including the “For Women in Science Award” of L’ Oreal , UNESCO and CONICYT and Dr. Hermann Niemeyer medal awarded by the Chilean Society for Biochemistry. In 2009 she was recognized as one of the “100 young leaders ” in El Mercurio.

Mario Rosemblatt

Mario Rosemblatt, biochemist, earned his degree from the University of Chile and his PhD from Wayne State University, USA. He has held prominent international positions, including Research Fellow in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Research Associate of the Association pour le Research contre le Cancer, Paris, France. At the University of Chile, he served as Director of the Department of Biology and was the co-founder and inaugural Director of the Molecular Biotechnology Engineering program.

He is a co-founder and currently serves as the Executive Director of Fundación Ciencia & Vida. He currently directs the PhD Program in Immunology and Microbiology at Universidad San Sebastián. Mario Rosemblatt is a member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences and has authored over 100 publications and holds 10 patents.

Sarah Nuñez

Sarah Nuñez earned her degree in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering from the University of Chile. In 2017, she successfully completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the same university. During her doctoral studies, she held a Graduate Research Fellowship at Columbia University. Following her PhD, she embarked on a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Centro Ciencia Vida, supported by an ANID Postdoctoral grant. In December 2021, she received an ANID Iniciación Grant, marking the beginning of her role as Associate Investigator at Centro Ciencia y Vida and Universidad San Sebastián. Currently, she serves as an Academic Investigator at the Faculty of Medicine and Science.