1. ROXANA SAMALEA DÍAZ
Segunda # 115 e/ Gertrudis y Josefina, 10 de Octubre,
Havana, Cuba
Cell: + 5376985237, Home: +5353864587
Email: roxana.samalea@biocen.cu
EDUCATION
- MSc. in Technology and Biotechnological Processes, Cuba, June 2015.
- Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences (graduated with honors), Cuba, July 2008.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sept 2008 – June 2009 Supervisor of the automated aseptic filling of vaccines at the National Center
of Bioproducts (BioCen).
July 2009 – Present Junior Researcher at the Allergens Research and Development Group at
National Center of Bioproducts (BioCen). Pharmaceutical development and
preclinical evaluation of the immunogenicity and stability of new formulation
variants of a novel Dermatophagoides siboney AFPL1-adjuvanted vaccine.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Allergens research and development.
- Immunochemical techniques for determination and quantification of mite’s allergens y
antibodies.
- Pharmaceutical development and preclinical evaluation of the immunogenicity and stability of
vaccines.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- Roxana Samalea Díaz*, Wendy Ramírez González, Deibbys Martinez García, Alain Morejón,
Yunia Oliva Diaz, Damaris Torralba Averoff, Arelis Más Quintero, Maytee Mateo, Alexis
Labrada, Raysa Cruz. Díaz et al. ¨Long term stability of adsorption of Der s1 allergen onto alum
at different phosphate ion concentrations¨. World Allergy Organization Journal 2015, 8(Suppl
1):A126
- Morejón A., Bourg V., Samalea R., Ramírez W., Labrada A., Huergo L., Pérez C., and Infante
J.F. “Pulmonary Histiology in a Murine Biomodel of Asthma used for the Study of Variants of
an Antiallergic Vaccine” (Spanish). FESAHANCAL, No. 1 Vol. 1, pp. 17- 27, April 2015
(Retrieved from http://issuu.com/fesahanccal/docs/revista_fesahancccal_una_p__gina)
PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, CONFERENCESS AND CONGRESSES
2009 - Havana, Cuba Aseptic Processing Workshop. ¨Disposable plastic bags with
incorporated agitation to the formulation - filled and used connections¨.
(Poster).
2009 - Varadero, Cuba International Workshop on Allergen Vaccines. (Delegate).
2010 - Havana, Cuba Congress Pharmacology. “Influence of buffer selection on to
immunogenicity of a Dermatophagoides siboney allergen vaccine

2. adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide”. (Poster).
2011 - Havana, Cuba The 7th National Congress on Immunology, “Influence of ions
phosphate in the combined adsorption of Dermatophagoides siboney
allergens and Neisseria meningitides proteoliposomes to the Aluminum
hydroxide gel¨. (Poster).
2012 - Varadero, Cuba International Congress on Allergen Vaccines Adjuvants. “Influence of
Phosphate Salts and Alum Content on to the Immunogenicity of a
Dermatophagoides siboney AFPL1-adjuvanted vaccine”. (Poster). Best
poster award.
2012 - Copenhagen,
Denmark
The Fourth International Conference on Modern Vaccines Adjuvants &
Delivery Systems. “Influence of Phosphate Salts and Aluminum Content
on to the Immunogenicity of a Dermatophagoides siboney AFPL1-
adjuvanted Vaccine” (Poster). Travel Grant.
2012 - Cartagena,
Colombia
Latin American Congress on Allergy. “Influence of Phosphate Salts and
Alum Content on to the Immunogenicity of a Dermatophagoides
siboney AFPL1-adjuvanted Vaccine” (Poster). Travel Grant.
2013 - Havana, Cuba Aseptic Processing Workshop. “Scaling of Septic Formulation
Adjuvanted Allergy Vaccine PROLINEM-DS” (Poster).
2013- Cayo Santamaría,
Cuba
International Chemistry Symposium. “Influence of Phosphate Salts and
Alum Content on to the Immunogenicity and Stability of a
Dermatophagoides siboney adjuvanted Vaccine”(Poster).
2013- Habana, Cuba LATINFARMA 2013. “Influence of Phosphate Salts and Aluminum
Content on to the Immunogenicity of a Dermatophagoides siboney
AFPL1-adjuvanted Vaccine” (Poster)
2014 - Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
WAO International Scientific Conference. “Long Term Stability of
Adsorption of Der s1 Allergen onto Aluminum Hidroxide at Different
Phosphate Ion Concentrations”. (Poster). One of the top 25~ WISC
2014 Outstanding Abstracts.
2015 - Habana, Cuba Aseptic Processing Workshop. “Long Term Stability of Adsorption of
Der S1 Allergen onto Aluminum Hidroxide at Different Phosphate Ion
Concentrations”. (Poster).
2015 - Havana, Cuba CUBALERGIA. “Stability of the New Adjuvanted Prolinem-DS
Vaccine”. (Oral presentation).
2015 - Panama City,
Panama
XIII Central American and Caribbean Congress on Allergy, Asthma &
Clinical Inmunology. “Long Term Stability of Adsorption of Der s1

3. Allergen onto Aluminum Hidroxide at Different Phosphate Ion
Concentrations”. (Poster). Best poster award.
2015 - Havana, Cuba IDIFARMA. “Antiallergic stability DER S1 adjuvanted vaccine at
different concentrations of phosphate ions”. (Oral presentation).
COURSES TAUGHT
- 2010 – 2014, BioCen. Methods of Experimental Allergology for Allergy residents.
¨Immunoassay Techniques¨.
GRADUATE COURSES AND ATTENDED TRAINING
Sept 2008 – Aug 2009. BioCen Training in the aseptic filling system and Aseptic
Area Management
Feb 2009. CIM Production Management
March 2009. BioCen Exam of Sufficiency of Computation
Sept 2009 – March 2010 Training in Immunochemical Techniques
Nov 2009. BioCen Validation Good practices of critical support
systems of pharmaceutical industry
March 2010. BioCen. Bioprocess with recombinants organisms
July 2010. BioCen Study of stability. New regulations
Aug 2010. BioCen Processes Validation
Oct 2010. Institute Finlay Technique of Electrophoresis and Western
Blotting
Sept. 2010. IFAL, UH Biochemistry
Oct - Dec 2010. Institute of Pharmacy and
Aliments. IFAL, UH.
Microbiology
Feb - March 2011. IFAL Microbial cells Biotechnology
April - May 2011. IFAL Fundament of Immunology and immunotherapy
May 2011. 7th Congress of Immunology. Havana,
Cuba.
International Advanced Immunology Course.
June - July 2011. IFAL. Separation, isolation and purification of products
Aug - September 2011. IFAL Total quality in Pharmaceutical industry
March 2012. Havana, Cuba 9th John Humphrey Advanced Immunology
course: Adaptative and Innate Immunity.
Oct 2012. BioCen Good Manufacturing Practices
Dec 2012. BioCen Instruction on quality systems
Feb 2012. CubaEnergía, Havana. Instructions for writing scientific papers
Oct 2013. LATINFARMA 2013 (pre-congress
courses)
Regulatory and ethical use of laboratory animals
in experimental pharmacology aspects
April 2015. Proceasep 2015 (pre-congress
courses)
USA and EU GMPs for Sterile Product
Manufacture
Feb 2016. Havana, Cuba Advanced immunotechnology workshop

4. MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES AND SCIENTIFIC COMMISIONS
- 2008 – present time. Cuban Society of Immunology, member.
- 2013 – present time. WAO Junior member.
- 2013 – present time. Cuban Society of Allergology, member.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
OTHER PERSONAL DATA
DOB: 01/08/1986
Place of birth: Havana, Cuba
Citizenship: Cuban
National ID #: 86010808254
Marital status: single