**Carolina S. Ilkow**

Carolina S. Ilkow is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in Science. She then decided to move to Edmonton, Canada, to continue her graduate studies at the University of Alberta, where she obtained her PhD in cell biology, after which she joined Dr. John Bell's lab as a post-doctoral fellow. Carolina's work in the Bell lab aimed at developing novel and tailored virotherapies to fight Pancreatic cancer. Her discoveries in this field led Carolina to win a prestigious Researcher in Training Award and to publish impactful papers.

In 2016, Carolina was recruited as a scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and an Assistant Professor in the department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Ottawa. Her research is focused on the development of innovative biotherapeutics for cancer treatment.
