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Benedita Barata da Rocha

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Benedita Barata da Rocha (Lisbon, 24 February 1949), is a Portuguese immunologist.[1]

She earned her M.D. 1972 from the University of Lisbon, and her Ph.D. 1978 from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.[1] She is "directeur de recherche classe exceptionel" (DRCE) of the CNRS and director of a research unit of the INSERM at the Necker Institute, Paris, France. Her major scientific contributions are in the areas of T cell immune tolerance,[2] T cell memory [3][4] and development of intraepithelial lymphocytes.[5]

In 2007 she received the CNRS Silver Medal award [6] and in 2009 an European Research Council advanced grant. She has published more than 100 research articles.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Benedita Barata de Rocha, M.D., Ph.D." European Academy of Tumor Immunology. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Peripheral selection of the T cell repertoire". Science 251, 1225-1228 (1991).
  3. ^ "Differential Requirements for Survival and Proliferation of CD8 Naïve or Memory T Cells". Science 276, 2057-2062 (1997).
  4. ^ "Response of naïve and memory CD8+ T cells to antigen stimulation in vivo". Nature Immunology 1, 47-53 (2000).
  5. ^ "The role of the gut as a primary lymphoid organ: CD8αα intraepithelial T lymphocytes in euthymic mice derive from very immature CD44+ thymocyte precursors". Mucosal Immunology 4, 93-101 (2011).
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