Velina Atanasova, Ph.D.

Address: Speckbachergasse 21,

1160, Wien
E-Mail: velinavsa1@gmail.com
M: +43 677 63 071904

Languages: German, English,

Bulgarian (native)
Computer skills:
Microsoft Office, Prism-
Graphpad, ArchiMed, Outlook

Work History
Project Leader, 05/2022 to current
Böhringer Ingelheim RCV & Medical University of Vienna

• Project leader of academic – pharma collaboration – solid cancer drug development

• Organization of meetings and communication between clinical, research and pharma teams
• Communication and networking with investors
• Scientific article publishing and participation in scientific conferences
• Presentation of scientific data, study design and reporting of results
• Scientific and clinical report writing and documentation, SOP preparation, work with clinical
databases and patient profiles
• Project management – budget and experiment planning, reagent ordering, progress monitoring
• Review and analysis of scientific and medical data
• Teaching of Biochemistry courses for clinicians - From Molecule to Cell, 2022/2023 –
practical exercise and lecture
• Protocol preparation and monitoring, development and validation of analytical methods

Postdoctoral Fellow, 10/2018 to 04/2022

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Applied Diagnostics, Vienna, Austria

• Colorectal cancer research

• Biomarker/ Diagnostic tests development
• Data evaluation and presentation, SOP writing, documentation
• Participation in clinical studies
• Supervision of a Master student
• Data extraction from medical databases
• Teaching graduate courses - Applied Diagnostic and Molecular Education
• Grant and report writing
• Initiation of new projects and collaborations
 Education
PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology 07/2013 to 06/2018
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Department of Dermatology
Dissertation: Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Cell Biology 08/2010 to 06/2013
Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Dissertation: RNA polymerases and mobile genetic elements & Stress response sigma factors – σS and
σF in E. coli morphology in wild type and H-NS and FIS mutants

Certificates
• NIDA Clinical Trials Network Certificate, GCP course (2023)
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) (2014)
• Research Certification & CITI Good Clinical Practice (2014)
• ICH GCP E6 R2 Good Clinical Practice (2023)
• Good Manufacturing Practice – Beginner course (2023)

Awards
• 2017 First Prize, Annual Johnson-Beerman competition, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• 2017 & 2016 JGSBS Alumni Association Graduate Student Travel Fellowship
• 2016 ESDR/SID Collegiality Travel Award
• 2016 Second Prize, Annual Stelwagon Competition, College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Fellowships and Grants

• 2020 Interactions between patient derived colorectal cancer organoids and their immune
microenvironment, FFG funded industrial PhD program, Vienna, Austria
• 2018 Foundation Rene Tourane fellowship
• 2016 and 2017 ESDR Travel Grant

Conference Presentations
• 2022 Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology Oral Presentation,
Vienna, Austria, Title: Tumor cell heterogeneity of colon cancer recreated in a patient derived
organoid- fibroblast model
• 2022 European Association for Cancer Research poster presentation, Seville, Spain, Title: Tumor
cell heterogeneity of colon cancer recreated in a patient derived organoid-fibroblast model
• 2021 Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology Oral Presentation,
Online meeting. Title: Primary Patient Fibroblasts support colorectal cancer organoid growth in
a novel co- culture model
• 2018 International Investigative Dermatology Meeting (IID) Oral presentations, Orlando, FL.
Title: Absence of collagen VII binding to TSP 1 promotes activation of TGF-beta in RDEB
• 2017 DEBRA International conference – Invited speaker, Salzburg, Austria Title: Amlexanox –
novel read-through approach for RDEB

Publications – available upon request