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Maria Bernabeu

Maria Bernabeu MS, PhD

Immunology and Microbiology, Infectious Disease
Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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Maria Bernabeu is a Postdoctoral Scientist in the Smith lab. Maria received her PhD in biology from University of Barcelona in 2013. Her research focused on the functional analysis of VIR proteins of Plasmodium vivax and their role in host-pathogen interactions. In Barcelona, she generated transgenic lines of P. falciparum that expressed VIR proteins from different subfamilies and performed adhesion assays to the spleen. While working with both organisms.
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