Auriane Drack
Auriane graduated from the University of Lorraine (France) in 2020 as an Agricultural Engineer specialising in biotechnology and plant engineering. The same year, she also completed her MBA at Nancy School of Management (France), giving her a better insight into industry organisation.
Auriane gained extensive international research experience through internships in both academic and industry environments, including Peter McCallum Cancer Centre in 2018, Baker Institute (Cardiac Cellular Systems) in 2019 and the Research and Innovation department at L’Occitane en Provence (France) in 2020.
With a keen interest in extracellular vesicles and quantitative proteomics, Auriane joined the Molecular Proteomics laboratory at the Baker Institute in 2021 as a Master’s student. In this project, she developed a highly scalable and autologous drug delivery system using red blood cell-derived nanovesicles and described their innate anti-fibrotic activity for the first time.
In 2023, as a recipient of the Australian Research Training (RTP) Program Scholarship, Auriane continues on in the Molecular Proteomics laboratory as a PhD candidate. Her project aims to maximise the therapeutic potential of cell-derived nanovesicles for cardiac repair.