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Associate Professor, Cand.scient, PhD.
Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N, 07 Bygning 7, 07-11-TR4
Blegdamsvej 3B
2200 København N
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Since receiving my PhD degree, I have worked towards establishing a strong group in malaria immunology with focus on protective antibodies. Some years ago, I decided to move my research to University of Oxford to gain further technical and academic expertise and to get the chance to work closer together with some of the World’s leading scientists at this top rated University. In 2018 I returned to Denmark to combine experiences, skills and knowledge, gained from Oxford, La Trobe University (Australia) as well as Denmark. My vision is a group with high international standard with strong biotechnical expertise in; 1) antibody production and characterisation; 2) antibody systems serology; 3) functional pathogen inhibition assays; 4) VLP production and immunisations; 5) B cell bioinformatics and 6) testing of clinical samples. The research has originated from my enduring passion for understanding complex host pathogen interactions, immune evasion and not least; protective antibodies.
Name: Lea Klingenberg Barfod
Birthday and Place: Marts 2nd, 1975, Denmark
Private address: Australiensvej 24, 3 th, 2100 København Ø
Employments after graduation
June 2023-present: Deputy Head of Centre for Medical Parasitology (CMP), University of Copenhagen (UoC)
Jan. 2018-present: Associate professor and team leader for the EPITOPE-team, at CMP UoC.
Aug. 2015-Dec 2017: Senior Research Scientist, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford.
Marts 2012-Aug. 2015: Associate professor and team leader for the SURFACE-team, CMP, UoC.
Sep. 2011-Marts 2012: Honorary Invited Post-Doc at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Feb. 2009-Nov. 2009: Maternity leave
Jan. 2007-Sep. 2011: Post-Doc and team leader for the SURFACE-team at CMP, Copenhagen University Hospital.
May 2006-Dec. 2006: Maternity leave
Feb. 2006-Jan. 2007: Post-Doc at CMP, UoC.
Feb. 2003-Feb. 2006: Ph.D. student at CMP, Copenhagen University Hospital.
July 2002-Feb. 2003: Head of Laboratory in Department of Microbiology, LICA Pharmaceuticals A/S.
Jan. 2002-July 2002: Molecular Biologist at LICA Pharmaceuticals A/S.
May 2001-Jan 2002: Scientific research assistant at CMP, Copenhagen University Hospital.
Education:
October 2022: Positive evaluation as Professor in molecular parasitology, UoC.
April 2011: Positive evaluation as Associate professor in malaria adhesion biology, UoC.
May 5th 2006: Ph.D. degree in Health Sciences, UoC.
Thesis title: Production of antibodies with specificity for variant surface antigens expressed by P. falciparum involved in the pathogenesis of pregnancy-associated malaria.
May 22nd 2001: M.Sc. in Biology, UoC. GPA: 10.3
Aug. 1999-May 2001: Master thesis project in immunology made at Department of Clinical Microbiology 7806, Copenhagen University hospital. Grade: 11
Marts 1998-June 1998: Biology project in Northern Ghana.
July 1997: B.Sc. in Biology, UoC.
1990-1993: Østre Borgerdyd Gymnasium. GPA: 9.7
1981-1990: Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole.
Grants:
Danida: Co-applicant on a North driven project (17-02-KU), DKK 10,000,000 [2018-22]
Danida: Co-applicant on a large strategic project (12-081RH), DKK 9,943,881 [2013-2017]
Novo Nordisk Foundation: 460,000 DKr. [2013]
Augustinus Foundation: 100,000 DKr. [2012-13]
The Danish research council: Postdoc Grant, (11-115707) 3,221,019 DKr. [2012-14]
Lundbeck Foundation: Co-applicant on project grant (R83-A7627), 2,000,000 DKr. [2012-14]
EU grant: Co-applicant HumMalMab [2008-09]
PhD scholarship, Rigshospitalet [2003-2006]
Awards:
Novo Nordisk Foundation: NFF Young investigator Award (NNF170C0026778) 20.000.000 DKr. [2018-2024]
The Danish research council: Sapere Aude DFF-ung Eliteforsker (11-120879) 1,008,000 DKr. [2012-14]
Evimalar/OzmalNet Travel award 2011, 140,000 DKr. [2011]
Talk prize, 7th BioMalPar annual meeting, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Stays at laboratories abroad:
2015-17: University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
2014 and 2015: Hohoe Municipal hospital, Hohoe, Ghana
2011-12: Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
2011: Science Department, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
2005: Antonio Lanzavecchias research group, Institute for research in biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
2005: Mats Wahlgrens research group, MTC, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2003: Immunology Department, Noguchi Memorial Inst. for Medical research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
1998: The Soil Laboratory, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Tamale, Ghana
Teaching experiences:
Instructor at the course “Category 3 laboratory training”, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford.
Tutor at the pre-graduate course: “Human physiology and disease”, at the Study abroad program, University of Oxford.
Teacher at the following pre-graduate courses: "Human parasitology", "Immunology and Microbiology", and “Immunology”, UoC.
Course coordinator and lecturer at the PhD course: "Prevention, elimination and control of malaria", in 2012 and 2014, UoC.
Individual supervision of project students and postdocs:
Postdocs: (6)
2021: Anne Schlitterlau Knudsen
2018-: Melanie Walker
2018-21: Maria Bassi
2018-: Frederica Dedo Partey
2013-14: Ramesh Subramani
2009-13: Michael B. Dalgaard
PhD students: (10)
2021-: Anja Bennett (industrial PhD) UoC and Novo Nordisk
2021-: Andreas Holst Holmegaard Sørensen, UoC
2021-: Kasper Björnsson, UoC
2019-22: Bogdan Cristinoi, UoC
2018-: Nanna Daalsgaard, UoC
2018-21: Anne Schlitterlau Knudsen
2014-18: Frederica Dedo Partey, Ph.D. student, University of Ghana.
2013-15: Anine Engholm Jeppesen, Ph.D. student, UoC.
2010-15: Liz Stevenson, Ph.D. student, UoC.
2010-14: Paulina Amphoma, Ph.D. student, UoC.
2007-10: Jorid B. Sørli, Ph.D. student, Technical University of Denmark.
Undergraduate students: (23)
2022-23: Elia Morella Roig, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering), DTU.
2022-: Mark Bergholt Cuadrado, speciale-studerende (Biochemestry)
2022: Line Christine Guldager Pedersen, Bachelor student (Biology), UoC.
2022: Selma Blom Belfakir
2021-22: Judit Pina Agulette, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering), DTU.
2021-: Frank Buitenwerf, M.Sc. Internship (Biomedical Sciences), University of Amsterdam.
2020: Andreas Kok, Bachelor student (Molecular Biomedicine), UoC.
2019-21: Kasper Björnsson, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Molecular Biomedicine), UoC.
2018-20: Asger M. Frank, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Molecular Biomedicine), UoC.
2018-19: Lena Höbel, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Human biology), UoC.
2018: Asger M. Frank, Bachelor student (Molecular Biomedicine), UoC.
2016-17: Helen Bartlett, Part II Biochemistry Student, University of Oxford.
2016: Valentina Ndolo, Master of Tropical health student, University of Oxford.
2015-16: Alissa Bray, Part II Biochemistry student, University of Oxford.
2012-14: Randi Bonke Mikkelsen, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Molecular Biomedicine), UoC.
2012-14: Berit Sneftrup Knudsen, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Molecular Biomedicine), UoC.
2011-12: Katharina Quadt, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Molecular Biomedicine), UoC.
2010-11: Suzan Pleman, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Biotechnology), DTU.
2010-11: Anine Engholm Jeppesen, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Biology and biotechnology), UoC.
2009-10: Jonas Bruun, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Nano science), UoC.
2009-10: Irene Sidsel Hansen, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Biology), UoC.
2008: Britt G. Jensen, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
2006: Jorid B. Sørli, speciale-studerende, M.Sc. (Biology), UoC.
Post graduate courses:
Oral presentation at international conferences:
Annual conference Microbiology Society, Belfast, United Kingdom, Invited speaker, (2022)
13th BioMalPar, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, flash talk (2022)
Keystone Symposium, New Orleans, USA (2013).
6th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference, Durban South Africa (2013).
EviMalaR cluster meeting, Crete, Greece (2013).
7th BioMalPar annual meeting, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany (winner of Talk prize) (2011)
Malaria in Melbourne 2011, Melbourne Australia (2011)
1st Nordic Malaria Conference, Lund, Sweden (2010)
3rd BioMalPar annual meeting, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany (2007)
Keystone symposium, Taos, New Mexico, USA (2006)
Miscellaneous:
Publications:
Orcid: 0000-0001-6510-495X
Senior Researcher, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
24 Aug 2015 → 16 Nov 2017
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Barfod, Lea Klingenberg (Recipient), 2011
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Barfod, Lea Klingenberg (Recipient), 2012
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Barfod, Lea Klingenberg (Recipient), 2017
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