Matias Eliseo Melendez

CNPq Research Productivity Fellow (Level PQ-2). Holds a Bachelor's degree in Genetics from the National University of Misiones (Argentina, 2004) and a Masters degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil, 2006). After spending a year working in gene and cell therapy at the National University of Ireland - Galway (NCBES-NUI Galway, Ireland, 2007), he completed his PhD in Virology at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France, 20072011), focusing on the production of viral vectors derived from human Herpes Simplex Virus type 1. He later conducted a postdoctoral fellowship (FAPESP) at Barretos Cancer Hospital (Brazil), working in the field of oncolytic gene therapy. He is currently a Professor and Researcher at the National Cancer Institute (INCA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His expertise includes molecular virology, genetics, molecular and cellular biology, gene therapy, and molecular diagnostics. His current research focuses on the development of HSV-1-derived viral vectors and innovation projects in molecular diagnostics and biosensors. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)