Our Ambassador of the month (June) is Amy Mónaco, research associate and doctoral student at the Departamento de Desarrollo Biotecnológico at the Instituto de Higiene (Facultad de Medicina – Universidad de la República). Amy conducted a video interview highlighting why she became an immunologist, her research interests and experience co-developing an online pre-course for the IUIS-ALACI-ACAAI Immuno-Colombia 2021 .
Not immunology focused but from the point of view of the pathogen instead. Anyways, those are two sides of the same coin!
If I wasn’t an immunologist I would be: I have been asked this before and it does not change overtime. I would probably be a chef! Cooking is like following protocols in the lab as well as being creative, and both professions are constantly under pressure. But cooking has a more immediate payoff! 😉
You can get in touch with me via amonaco@higiene.edu.uy; LinkedIn: Amy Mónaco Patiño
