Benedita Barata da Rocha
Benedita Barata da Rocha (Lisbon, 24 February 1949), is a Portuguese immunologist.
She earned her M.D. 1972 from the University of Lisbon, and her Ph.D. 1978 from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 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,[1] T cell memory [2][3] and development of intraepithelial lymphocytes.[4] In 2007 she received the CNRS Silver Medal award [5] and in 2009 an European Research Council advanced grant. She has published more than 100 research articles.[6]
References
- ↑ "Peripheral selection of the T cell repertoire". Science 251, 1225-1228 (1991).
- ↑ "Differential Requirements for Survival and Proliferation of CD8 Naïve or Memory T Cells". Science 276, 2057-2062 (1997).
- ↑ "Response of naïve and memory CD8+ T cells to antigen stimulation in vivo". Nature Immunology 1, 47-53 (2000).
- ↑ "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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