1. Curriculum Vitae
Name: Wei Miao
Gender: Male
Date of birth: October 28, 1980
Place of birth: Tianjin, P.R. China
Nationality: Chinese
Address: Ijzerenmolenstraat 24 413, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Mobile: 0032-487-624805
Email: mwkuleuven@yahoo.com
Work experience:
Dec, 2009-present:
PhD in Biomedical Science, KU Leuven; Paper has been accepted, finish in Feb 2016
• Specialty: immunoassays, cell culture, murine model
• Topic: ‘Keeping under control the immune response towards adenovirus used in gene therapy’
• References: Prof. Jean-Marie Saint-Remy, Dr. Roxana Roohi
September 2008 – August 2009:
Technician as an Analyst, Brains-On-Line, the Netherlands
• Specialty: analysis of small molecules using HPLC/MS/MS
• Reference: Dr. Gunnar Flik
September 2005–August 2008
PhD in Neurochemistry, University of Antwerpen (initiated but not completed due to
budget restriction)
• Specialty: HPLC, murine model
• Topic: “Biogenic amines as the diagnostic markers for Alzheimer’s disease and other
dementia”.
• References: Prof. Peter. De Deyn, Prof. Bartold. Marescau
Nov 2015 Volunteer of PhD job fair in Leuven
Education:
September 2004-August 2005
Master degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, KU Leuven
• Specialty: Electrophysiology, molecular biology, toad model
• Topic: Selectivity Study of New Nav Type Channel Ligand Isolated from Animal Toxin”

2. • Reference: Prof. Jan Tytgat
September 1999- August 2003
Bachelor degree in Biochemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China
• Specialty: HPLC
• Topic: “Adsorption Screening of Insulin by Ligands from Phage-Display Peptide Library”
• References: Prof. Rui Ban, Prof. PingSheng Ma
Technological skills
1. Molecular biology: DNA and RNA manipulation such as extraction, transcription,
transformation and sequencing
2. Cell biology: Immune Cell culture, stimulation for activation and cell death
3. Flow cytometry
4. Immune assays and immunohistochemistry
5. Mouse models manipulation such as injection, bleeding, operation for lymphoid
organs
6. HPLC/MS/MS and HPLC-electrochemical detection
7. Working under GLP regulations
PC knowledge: Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint, Instat, Flowlogic, Weasel
Personal skills
• Can work independently as well as in a team
• Precise with sense of responsibility
• Open to learn new technologies
• Flexible in work as well as in hours
Participated projects related with patents and paper
• Elimination of immune responses to viral vectors, patent number EP 2623124 A1
• Immunogenic peptides for use in the prevention and/or treatment of infectious diseases,
autoimmune diseases, immune responses to allofactors, allergic diseases, tumors, graft
rejection and immune responses against viral vectors used for gene therapy or gene
vaccination, patent number EP2643345 A2
• Wei Miao, Roxana Roohi, Vincent Carlier, Luc Vander Elst, Jean-Marie Saint-Remy.
Suppression of immune responses towards Adenovirus 5 viral vector by immunization with
MHC class II epitopes containing a redox motif (Journal of Human Gene Therapy, paper
accepted)
• Conference: Innate Immune Memory,18-20 March 2015, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus,
Hinxton, Cambridge, UK