Welcome to Rafaela!
Rafaela received her Master’s degree in Bioengineering from the University of Engineering of Porto in 2019, where she worked on the production and characterization of Anti-CCR5 siRNA-loaded nanoparticles for topical pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV-1 infection. Later on, she joined Adriano Aguzzi’s lab at the University of Zurich as a research technician/assistant, focusing on CRISPR screens and hit validation in neurodegenerative diseases. Rafaela joined the Corn Lab as a scientific assistant in February 2025. Her research interests include studying complete organelle removal during erythropoiesis.
