Alessandro Manenti | Chief Development Officer
Vismederi

Alessandro Manenti graduated in Biology obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in 2009 and a Master’s Degree in Molecular Evolution in 2013 at the University of Siena. He worked for six months in a big company in the field of Life Sciences. In November 2013, he won a competition for PhD students in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Siena. In the first year, he worked on a project of Influenza Micro-Neutralization and Viral Growth in various cell lines. In the summer of 2015, he spent five months at the Influenza Centre in Bergen, Norway, under the direction of Professor Rebecca Jane Cox, studying the field of validation of new serological assays for IgA and IgG detection. From 2016 to 2020 he worked as a Project Director in VisMederi managing the R&D group involved in the set-up and standardization of new serological assays for different infectious diseases including  Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, Monkeypox, hMPV, RSV, Lassa, Ebola and Marburg. He is currently the Chief Development Officer in VisMederi, responsible for assay set-up, qualification & validation for clinical testing and business development.