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Our Ambassador of the month (July) is David Emmanuel Romanin, Assistant Researcher (Argentinean National Research Council- CONICET) Teacher Assistant Immunology (National University of La Plata, Exact Sciences Faculty). David has made multiple contributions to Immunopaedia including conducting interviews of prominent researchers: Carlos Alberto Fossati and Martin Rumbo, as well as co-developing an online pre-course for the IUIS-ALACI-ACAAI Immuno-Colombia 2021.
Why do you love immunology? I love immunology because it is a fascinating and dynamic discipline. It is constantly evolving, with new discoveries and interrelationships among all the cells and systems in the organism. Since the immune system is our natural defense against pathogens and diseases, understanding how it works and how we can improve it is the gate to a new way of thinking medicine and interventions.
If you were’t an immunologist what career would have chosen? If I have to answer about something not related at all I would choose data scientist. It is a super interesting and necessary discipline, and every year more and more data analysts are needed.
Tips for young people who want to become immunologists? Don’t try to understand it all at once. BE patient but over all BE constant. You need several lifetimes to understand the role of each molecule and cell and their relationships and this knowledge is ever growing. Have a general idea, focus and learn everything about your particular field, but never stop being curious about other related and non-related fields. You never know when it WILL be related to yours.
What does being an Ambassador mean to you? I teach immunology since 2012 at the National University of La Plata, in Argentina. Immunopædia is a wonderful resource to be up-to-date in many fields that are not my main topic of research. As I mentioned before the immune system is related to every cell and organ, the interactions seem to be infinite and being up-to-date on other fields may give you the chance to be the first to notice one of these interrelations. Becoming an ambassador makes me feel proud about contributing, at least a little, to the general knowledge library.
How have you contributed to Immunopaedia so far? I am relatively new to Inmunopædia, so far I have helped on the preparation of the IUIS-ALACI-ACAAI Immuno-Colombia 2021 course revising material for the site and lessons. I have also written some interviews to some of the Argentinians immunologists, Carlos Alberto Fossati and Martin Rumbo, to spread the voice about what it is done here in the South.
You can get in touch with me via Research Gate, Google Scholar and of course via email to dromanin@biol.unlp.edu.ar
