Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
Open Access
ISSN: 1948-5964
ISSN: 1948-5964
Elsa Beatriz Damonte
Professor of Microbiology and Virology, Department of Biological Chemistry
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
She received her Chemistry degree and her PhD Degree in Biological Chemistry at the School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a Research Fellow from World Health Organization, she has also received postdoctoral training in Virology at the Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA. Currently she is Full Professor of Microbiology and Virology in the Department of Biological Chemistry at School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires and a Member of the Research Career from the National Research Council Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is co-author of 110 original articles and 30 review articles and book chapters. She was supervisor of nine Doctoral Theses and two Master Theses at Buenos Aires University. Based on her expertise on arenaviruses she also acted as Member of Expertise Committee for evaluation of preclinical and clinical phases of Candid 1 candidate vaccine for Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ministry of Health Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, Dr Damonte was Editor in Chief of Revista Argentina de MicrobiologÃa Official Publication of Asociaciation Argentina de MicrobiologÃa in 1986-2004 and also participated as President of the Organizing Committee of VII Argentine Congress of Virology 2002.
She received her Chemistry degree and her PhD Degree in Biological Chemistry at the School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a Research Fellow from World Health Organization, she has also received postdoctoral training in Virology at the Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA. Currently she is Full Professor of Microbiology and Virology in the Department of Biological Chemistry at School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires and a Member of the Research Career from the National Research Council Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is co-author of 110 original articles and 30 review articles and book chapters. She was supervisor of nine Doctoral Theses and two Master Theses at Buenos Aires University. Based on her expertise on arenaviruses she also acted as Member of Expertise Committee for evaluation of preclinical and clinical phases of Candid 1 candidate vaccine for Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ministry of Health Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, Dr Damonte was Editor in Chief of Revista Argentina de MicrobiologÃa Official Publication of Asociaciation Argentina de MicrobiologÃa in 1986-2004 and also participated as President of the Organizing Committee of VII Argentine Congress of Virology 2002.