Laurian Jongejan studied (molecular) Biology and did a PhD in plant virology after which she worked in the area of food allergy as a postdoc for quite some time in several EU funder (framework 5,6,7) projects. After this she switched gears and became an (EU) project manager, currently with a portfolio of 3 ITN/DN projects, 1 COST action, 1 COFUND and 3 RIA projects. She acts as a project manager for DIALECT as well, providing support in any way she can..;-).