Calicivirus molecular biology:

• Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV).
• Rabbit vesivirus (RaV).
• Human norovirus.

Interests :

• Replication-transcription strategies.
• Gene Function.
• RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) structure and function.
• Pathogenic mechanisms.
• Design of new  vaccines and diagnostic methods.

Molecular approaches to diagnostic and vaccine design against other relevant animal diseases:

Myxoma virus:

 

Interests :

• Commercial vaccine strains and field isolates differentiation.
• New diagnostic systems.

Parasites:

• Fasciola Hepática.
• Hypoderma lineatum.
• Mycoplasma mycoides sp. mycoides.

Interests :

• Identification, cloning and heterologous expression of genes coding for relevant antigens.
• Design of new vaccines and diagnostic methods using recombinant antigens.