Irene Arrata is the Project Manager at Inserm’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Liver Disease, University of Strasbourg. After earning a PhD in Chemical Biology from the University of Leeds, she transitioned from academic research to innovation consulting, where she first encountered European projects. In 2020, she returned to academia as a project manager, starting with a Marie Curie ITN project, rediscovering her love for research - this time through research management rather than at the bench. Since 2022, she has been actively involved in the MCAA Research Management Working Group.