Anna Kabanova

Anna Kabanova is an immunologist interested in harnessing B/T cell biology for treatment of tumours and infectious diseases. In Siena she develops projects on mechanisms of tumour suppression and artificial cell therapies in B cell leukemia supported by the Italian Cancer Research Association, Italian Ministry of Research and European Innovation Council. Along with that, owing to experience in vaccinology and B cell response against pathogens, she collaborates with the Monoclonal Antibody Discovery lab (MAD Lab) research team at Fondazione TLS working in the identification and characterization of monoclonal antibody against pandrug-resistant bacteria.
Anna received her PhD degree from the University of Bologna and worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Antonio Lanzavecchia at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona, Switzerland, and Prof. Cosima Baldari at the University of Siena.

Honors and Awards

2019-2024 Member and Vice chair, Young EHA committee, European Hematology Association
2018 Prize of the Foundation “Carlo Chianello for research in clinical and experimental oncology, University of Palermo, Italy
2015 AIRC TRIDEO award “Transforming Ideas in Oncological research”