Dr. Juan Antonio Aguilar-Pimentel

Head, Drug Screening Pipeline for Immune mediated Diseases • Responsible for organization and realization of new development projects • Established new animal models and working on new approach of drug testing • Responsible for the analysis and interpretation of data • Established in vitro Immunological assays for drug discovery. • Responsible for the annual budget of the group

Leaded the preclinical studies of compounds in animal models, with the aim to improve human therapies against allergy or autoimmune disorders • Planned and conducted animal experiments • Tested new compounds for inflammatory diseases using cell culture and animals models. • Designed and wrote up animal experiments applications to the German Government. (Tierversuchsantrag)

On the first years, I have been working on my thesis studying the role of CD8+ T cells in allergy disease, such results lead to a publication in a well know medical journal of medicine. (Aguilar-Pimentel JA, American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2010;181(1):7-16. The following year I have dedicated my work to develop new technologies in the field of Immunology and set up new animal models in the area of allergy, dermatology and immunology.

Internship in Genetics and molecular biology, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment.

Role of T cells in Allergy Diseases. Thesis passed with distinction (Magna Cum Laude) Aguilar-Pimentel JA, et al. Specific CD8 T cells in IgE-mediated allergy correlate with allergen dose and allergic phenotype. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2010;181(1):7-16.

Exploring patterns of diversity in Native Americans using autosomal, sex- chromosome and mtDNA markers in order to examine the process of initial settlement of the Americas. Revista Brasileira de Genética/Brazilian Journal of Genetics. 2004;27(1):1-8.

Meritorious Thesis on the field of immunology Doctoral thesis from the Department of Natural Science