Dr. Cristina Giachetti is a Life Sciences professional with over 20 years of experience in biotechnology and health care industries. She is a proven leader in the building and management of multidisciplinary groups and complex programs, from proof of concept to complete product development, clinical validations and regulatory approvals.

Cristina obtained her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Buenos Aires in 1985. After that she continued her scientific career in Virology and Molecular Virology at the University of California, San Diego and at the University of California, Irvine.

During her career she worked at Genta Inc. as a Senior Research Scientist, at Gen-Probe Incorporated as VP R&D, at Hologic as Sr. VP R&D and lately at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as a Deputy Director, Diagnostics.

She has 6 patents to her name and authored/co-authored more than 45 publications.

Professor of Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology.

Professor Department of Microbiology University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, LHR 1999 to 2007
Founder Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, UVAS 2002 to 2007
Acting VC UVAS
National Director, GOP's National Program for the control and prevention of Avian Influenza 2007-11
National Consultant on Highly Pathogenic & Emerging Diseases FAO/UNO 2011-13

Qualifications
Post doctorate Virology (UOM), PhD (Veterinary Virology-USA)
M.Sc (Hons-UAF)
M.Sc (Virology-Tuskegee Univ. USA)
BVSc & BSc AH (Punjab University)

HEC first approved Ph.D. supervisor in Veterinary Microbiology
HEC Best University Teacher in Microbiology
Awarded Izaz-E-Kamal by Govt. of Pakistan
Published over 100 research articles in the impact factor journals

Dr. Konstantinos Papageorgiou, DVM, Ph.D. is a veterinarian microbiologist - army officer, working for the Greek army, and a research fellow in the Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. He has pursued postgraduate studies in the Centre for Virus Research (University of Glasgow, UK), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University of Ghent, Belgium) and Friedrich Loeffler Institute (Germany). He has publications in the field of Veterinary Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with the specialization in the field of microbiology. Twenty years of experience in a serological laboratory

I'm a molecular virologist with 7 years of research experience on Dengue virus. Currently working as a marketer in Merck KGaA based in Singapore for life science products.

Area of Specialization in Ph.D.: Medical Virology Masters Degree: Medical Microbiology Expertise: Diagnostic Microbiology (14 yrs); Research in Infectious Diseases especially Virology (16 yrs); Industrial Research (6 yrs).

I am an enthusiastic and thorough professional, with a wide experience and interest in research fields from working in research labs, to Molecular Biology and Virology, to investigations into regenerative medicine strategies. 

Accomplished and extroverted professional with over 15 years of combined research, management, and teaching experience in molecular biology and physiology. Strong track record of getting projects completed on time, on the budget, and meeting deliverables and milestones. Demonstrated ability to connect with students and developed individualized plans for academic success. Proven leader with the ability to effectively engage multidisciplinary teams. Accomplished speaker and writer.

Dr. Raquel Tayar Nogueira obtained her PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) in partnership with Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) working on the development of new recombinant Virus Vaccines and immune correlates of protection for infectious tropical diseases. Later she worked as a Post-doctoral fellow at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC)/The Rockefeller University to discover new experimental vaccines for HIV, Malaria and Dengue and new therapy strategies with antibody cloning and expression by the use of a humanized mouse model.

Dr. Raquel has authored 7 publications including Virology Journal, PlosOne, Journal of Immunological Methods and Immunology Letters. Dr. Raquel also has experience on pharma R&D projects as she worked at GSK Vaccines with coordination and support of a R&D Dengue Vaccine Clinical Trial. Later, she joined Instituto Nacional do Câncer to provide support to the Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell R&D preclinical project.

He holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (2007). Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology of the State University of Campinas (2010) in the area of Antivirals and doctorate in the field of applied Virology, by the same program (2014). Has experience in the field of Animal Virology and Science and Technology in Laboratory Animals. In 2013 he was a full professor of the Faculty of Jaguariúna (FAJ) in the discipline of Veterinary Microbiology. In 2016 he was Substitute Professor in the discipline of General Microbiology of the Federal University of Pampa (Campus Uruguaiana / RS). He is currently a collaborating researcher at the Laboratory of Emerging Virus Studies - LEVE / Unicamp, developing projects related to the detection and pathogenicity of Arboviroses, especially Zika virus and Oropouche.

I got my Ph.D. in veterinary microbiology from the University of Tehran, Iran in 2012. Since then I have been working as a researcher at different universities doing research on Influenza, Adenovirus and AAV virus.

Dr. Flavio Lauretti is graduated in pharmacy and biochemistry at Universidade Estadual de Londrina Brazil and Ph.D. in microbiology at the same institution. He is the manager and senior researcher at Lonndribio Biotec and has experience with viral infectious diseases at Universidade de Sao Paulo - Brazil and Yale USA, where he developed dengue vaccine candidates, animal models for vaccine tests and methods for viral detection. He works with other arboviruses and Hantavirus immunity and he is an ad hoc consultant of for the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Professor at the Federal University of Espi­rito Santo between 2006 and 2016. Professor at the Federal University of the Reconcavo da Bahia since 2017. I do research on viral gastroenteritis and HPV since 1994.

I graduated in Biological Sciences (1999), have a Master's Degree in Biological Chemistry (2000) and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2004). Part of the doctorate (sandwich) was at the University Libre de Bruxelles (2002/2003). I have postdoctoral degrees in the areas of Molecular Dynamics, Viral Immunology, Biophysics and Calorimetry. Currently Associate Professor II at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Campus Duque de Caxias.

I'm graduated at Pharmacy and Biochemistry from Sao Judas Tadeu University (2002) and master's degree (2005) and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry from Federal University of de Sao Paulo (2010) respectively. Nowadays, I am a Senior Researcher at the Department of Medicine/Infectology and an editorial review board member of the Cell Biology International (CBI). I am a highly focused and self-motivated pharmacist with an established record of developing successful science communications and biomedical research projects. Over ten years of experience as a researcher on translation medicine from the bench to the bedside where I transmit complex scientific information to masters and doctorate students, and key opinion leaders (KLO). I led collaborative research teams as a liaison between institutions and applied my team and project management skills in order to set priorities, keep projects on time and meet objectives.

He earned his Bachelor degree in the field of Biomedicine at the UFPA, Master degree in the field of Biological Sciences at the UFPA and his Ph.D. in the field of Tropical Diseases at the UFPA. He is currently the Executive Director of the BioCiência Laboratory and the Manager of Unimed Belém laboratories. He possesses experiences in the field of Laboratory Management and Microbiology, with the emphasis on Virology and molecular biology. Expertise: Clinical Laboratory Management, virus Varicella-Zoster, HIV, virus Epstein-Barr, combat against malaria.

A researcher at Molecular Biology Lab - Naval Hospital Marcílio Dias -Brazilian Navy. MSc and Ph.D. at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Currently working with clinical research and arboviruses. Expertise in Virology and Vaccinology. Proficiency in: - Human and avian influenza virus; - standard molecular biology techniques including DNA and RNA purification, RT-PCR; - standard virological techniques including virus growth in eggs and cells, isolation, characterization, titration assays, ELISA development; - small animal model experimentation; - NB3Lab. - Communication of science to the general public. 

Dr. Natalia de Val serves as the Director of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory (EML) and as the Head of the Cryo-electron microscopy component of the Center for Molecular Microscopy (CMM) (https://cmm.nci.nih.gov/), located at the Advanced Technology Research Facility (ATRF) in Frederick.

Dr. de Val received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Leuven, Belgium, and did postdoctoral work at UC-Berkeley and the Pasteur Institute in Paris.  From 2012-2016, she played a key role in groundbreaking studies at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla (CA) defining the structure of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein complex bound to neutralizing antibodies.  This work used cryo-EM to provide important insights into HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein function and neutralization.  During this time, she also contributed to structural analysis of the Ebola virus glycoprotein. Before relocating from California to Frederick, Dr. de Val served as Principal Scientist at NanoImaging Services Inc., where she led cryo-EM studies for numerous clients, including pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. de Val brings extensive expertise in all aspects of the cryo-EM workflow, including sample preparation and image analysis, and has a strong background in collaborative research.

Dr. Daniel de Lima Neto is a collaborator at the Zika Network in the State of Sao Paulo, performing duties related to grant writing and project development for RNA-seq studies of the biology of the Zika virus in vitro. At the same time, they made an incursion into Sergipe to monitor the Chikungunya epidemic in the cities of Aracaju and Itabaiana and produced with the colaboration of the team three articles (submitted) and participated in the finding of prolonged shedding of Zika Virus (NEJM). Based on such collaborations he came into contact with the Ministry of Health, becoming a scientific advisor to the Pan American Health Organization at the time, a link that he maintained to date.

Dr. Anthony Chua obtained his PhD in Virology at the National University of Singapore. There he designed, developed and filed a patent (as co-inventor) on a broad-spectrum antiviral biologic for treatment of flavivirus infections.

He was also part of an international team which identified the first West Nile virus infection in Sri Lanka. Dr. Chua was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore under Professor Ng Mah Lee. There he elucidated molecular mechanisms underlying Dengue disease pathogenesis and developed new biomarkers for prognostication of the disease.

I received my M.Sc (2006) from Plant Pathology Department University of Cairo and my Ph.D. (2012) from Tottori University Japan in Plant Pathology, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology. I have worked as a researcher in several research labs (Egypt, Japan, United Kingdom) and transnational projects as a member of the Egyptian research group (MERC, FFACF). Currently, I am a Researcher in the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Unit, Virus and Phytoplasma department, ARC.my research skills include long experience in molecular biology and biotechnology techniques in the field of plant pathogens (isolation of DNA & RNA), identification, and diagnosis of pathogens using PCR, RT -PCR, qPCR, LAMP and RT-LAMP techniques, nucleic acid hybridization (western blotting, Southern blotting), molecular cloning, gene expression, Serological methods such as, direct & Indirect ELISA, Transformation, gene knockout, gene overexpression. 

2014-2017: Ph.D. in science - Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, France

2016: Intensive course in medical statistics - Arkesys group, Lyon, France

April 2013: Master traineeship at ERL INSERM U1057/UMR7203  - Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, France

November 2011: Certificate of ‘’Good clinical practice’’ -Accredited by the Faculty of    Pharmaceutical Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London

2010-2013: Master classes in microbiology - Saint Joseph  University, Beirut, Lebanon

2008-2010: Clinical pharmacy diploma - Hotel-Dieu de France hospital, Lebanon

2004-2009: Doctor of Pharmacy - Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon 

Working as an Associate Professor, Expert in Plant virus diagnostics, Management, and genome engineering.