Milena Apetito Akamatsu

Bachelor's Degree in Biology at University of Mogi das Cruzes, MS and PhD in Biotechnology at University of São Paulo and specialization in Vaccinology at Pasteur Institut - Paris. Currently is the director of the Bacteriology Vaccine Production of the Butantan Institute's BioIndustrial Division, producing Pertussis vaccines, Diphtheria Anatoxin, Tetanus Anatoxin, Botulinum Anatoxin, which are used for the production of serum and / or vaccines. It also acts in the industrial development of new vaccines and adjuvants. Head of the Butantan Institute Aerobic Vaccines Section from 2009 to 2019, deputy director of the Butantan Institute's Technological Development and Production Division from 2012 to 2016. Has experience in Vaccine Production, Industrial Fermentation and Purification, Biochemistry, Biology. Molecular, Microbiology, industrial development of vaccines and adjuvants, GMP production and technology transfer. Head of the Aerobic Vaccines of the Butantan Institute, working in the production of Pertussis vaccines and Diphtheria Toxoid production. Experience in Industrial Upstream and downstream process, Fermentation, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Bacterial Vaccine Production and industrial development of vaccines and adjuvants. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)