Benedita Barata da Rocha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBenedita Barata da Rocha
Portuguese immunologist
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
About Benedita Barata da Rocha
- Benedita Barata da Rocha (Lisbon, 24 February 1949), is a Portuguese immunologist.She earned her M.D.
- 1972 from the University of Lisbon, and her Ph.D.
- 1978 from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- She is "directeur de recherche classe exceptionel" (DRCE) of the CNRS and director of a research unit of the INSERM at the Necker Institute, Paris, France.
- Her major scientific contributions are in the areas of T cell immune tolerance, T cell memory and development of intraepithelial lymphocytes.In 2007 she received the CNRS Silver Medal award and in 2009 a European Research Council advanced grant. She has published more than 100 research articles.
Read more at Wikipedia