Talita Bianca Gagliardi

Visiting Assistant Researcher at University of Maryland, Maryland, US. She develops two projects together with Prof. Dr. Margaret A. Scull?s group which are ?Dynamic of rhinovirus replication and its effects on the cell permeability and immune response? and ?Mechanisms involved during Influenza virus A entry into the cell?. B.Sc. in Biological Sciences (2005) by the State University of São Paulo "Julio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), SP, Brazil. She is specialist in Clinical Analysis, developed at the Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil (2004). Master (2008) and PhD (2012) degrees in Virology, Cell and Molecular Biology were obtained with Prof. Dr. Eurico Arruda as advisor at the University of São Paulo (USP), SP, Brazil. She was Post-doctoral Fellow in Prof. Dr. Eurico Arruda?s group, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil (2012-2016); and in Prof. Dr. Vincent Racaniello?s group, Columbia University, New York City, USA (2013). Both periods were developed under financial support from FAPESP and it was developed studies about viral epidemiology, mechanism of genetic variability and resistance of rhinoviruses to the interferon response. Her main interests is in Virology, especially in studies about dynamic of viral infection and consequences to the host. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)