Dra. Florencia PALACIOS

Dr. Palacios is an Assistant Professor at the Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Uruguay, specializing in cancer immunology. She completed her Ph.D. focusing on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) under the mentorship of Prof. Dighiero and Dr. Oppezzo at the Institut Pasteur Montevideo. Following her Ph.D., she pursued postdoctoral research with Prof. Chiorazzi, MD, and Prof. Rai, MD, at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in the United States, where she investigated the intraclonal complexity of B cells and its impact on the progression of CLL. In 2021, Dr. Palacios returned to Uruguay as an Assistant Professor at the Institut Pasteur Montevideo. Her research interests lie in translational medicine, with a particular focus on discovering new therapeutic targets and treatments.