Márcia Rogéria Almeida
Federal University of Viçosa,Brasil
Biography
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the PontifÃcia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil (1985); Masters in Biochemistry and Immunology - Department of Biochemistry and Immunology / UFMG (1990), Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Sandwich Doctorate in Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil (1998) and "Plum Island Animal Disease Center," USDA, USA; Post-doctorate in Molecular Biology of Viruses in "Plum Island Animal Disease Center," USDA, USA. She is currently Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Professor, Coordinator of the Laboratory of Animal Molecular Infectology / BIOAGRO at the Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals. She has experience in Agricultural Biochemistry and Preventive Veterinary,with an emphasis on molecular biology of animal viruses, acting on the following subjects:Molecular Infectology, Diagnosis, Recombinant vaccines and Antivirals.