Elise Pepermans obtained her PhD in Biochemistry in the Pasteur Institut in Paris. During her post-doc in the Center for Proteomics (University of Antwerp/Flemish Institut for Technological Research) she developed an optimized workflow for advanced immunopeptidomics. Since March 2023, she is one of the co-founders of ImmuneSpec, an advanced immunopeptidomics platform that offers high-sensitive immunopeptidomics as a service, thereby making this technique available to all pharma & biotech companies.