Dr. Nicolas Çuburu received his B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France) and his Master’s degree in Genetics and Immunology from the University Claude Bernard (Lyon, France). He earned a Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Nice-Cote d'Azur (Nice, France), his thesis work focused on sublingual vaccination. Dr Çuburu completed his training as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Vaccine Institute (Seoul, South Korea) focusing on vaccine immune monitoring. Dr Çuburu joined in 2008 the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology at NCI in the lab of Dr John Schiller as a Visiting Fellow then Research Fellow. In 2017, Dr Çuburu was appointed Staff Scientist. Dr Çuburu's research focuses on the development of viral vectors for vaccination against sexually transmitted infections and immunotherapy against intraepithelial neoplasia