Aita Signorell

Professional Activities

  • Junior Clinical Research Associate
  • Assistance in the planning, organization, conduct and monitoring of clinical trials in developing countries and Europe

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • 2008 – 2010: Postdoctoral studies in Biochemistry at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
  • 2008: Postdoctoral studies in Biochemistry at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern
  • 2004 – 2008: Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern: “The Kennedy pathway in Trypanosoma brucei and its involvement in GPI anchor biosynthesis, EPG attachment to elongation factor 1A and cell morphology”
  • 2000 – 2002: Diploma in Neurobiology at the Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel

Work Experience

  • November 2010 – April 2011: Clinical Trial Assistant in the Medicines Research Department, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute