Biography

Doctor of Philosophy, PhD. (1997). Division of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research. Supervisor: Dr. Anthony A. Holder.  Title of thesis: Monoclonal antibodies binding to malaria merozoite surface proten-1 protect in vivo against Plasmodium yoelii infection Degree Bachelor in Biology plus Dissertation, 1986. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. B.Sc. Honours: Academic Distinction to Degree Thesis.
Full Professor, Universidad Simon Bolívar, Department of Cell Biology, Caracas Venezuela. (from 2009- present).
Associated Professor, Universidad Simon Bolívar, Department of Cell Biology, Caracas Venezuela. (2002 to 2009).
Aggregated Professor, Universidad Simon Bolívar, Department of Cell Biology, Caracas Venezuela. (2000 to 2002).

Research interests
Currently, my research interests are mainly the study of Discipline: Immunology, Cell Biology and Parasitology. Sub-discipline: Immuno-Parasitology.
Lines: Immunology of tropical diseases. Evaluation of experimental drugs. Production of monoclonal antibodies. Cell culture. Design of serological diagnostic tests and vaccines.


Selected Publications
Irosoki Eslava, Gilberto Payares, Anthony A. Holder and Lilian M. Spencer (2010). Combinations of protective monoclonal antibodies in passive protection of BALB/c mice against Merozoite Surface Protein MSP-1 of Plasmodium yoelii infection.  Malaria Journal. 9:46-54.
Lilian Spencer, Valentina Pedrotii, Deisy Perdomo, Andreina Gómez y Cristina Sajo. (2012)  Characterization of soluble antigen of staphylococcus spp isolated from cattle. Microbiology Research, 3:103-107.
Lilian Spencer, Anaely Angola, Eduardo Roa, Neira Gamboa and Jaime Charris. Humoral response against native Plasmodium berghei hemozoin and synthetic hemozoin in BALB/c mice. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research,. 4(20): 3787-3799.
Camejo M.I.; Spencer L.M. & Nuñez A. TNF-alpha in bulls experimentally infected with Trypanosoma vivax: A pilot study. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 162 (2014) 192–197.
Calabokis M1, González Y1, Merchán A, Escalona JL, Araujo NA, Sanz-Rodríguez CE, Cywiak C, Spencer LM, Martínez JC, Bubis J. (2016). Immunological identification of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit-like protein from the Trypanosoma equiperdum TeAp-N/D1 isolate. J Immunoassay Immunochem. 37(5):485-514.