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What is your name?
Mariana Rivera Patron
What is your current position?
PhD Student
Which institute and country do you work in?
Departamento de Desarrollo Biotecnológico, Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República (UdelaR). Montevideo, Uruguay.
What is your home country?
Uruguay
What are your research interests?
Adjuvants, innate immunity, infectious diseases
Tell us about yourself and your research interests:
I hold a degree in Biochemistry (Facultad de Ciencias, UdelaR, Uruguay) and I am currently enrolled in a Biological Sciences PhD program (PEDECIBA-UdelaR, Uruguay), studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the adjuvant effect conferred by saponins extracted from the native tree Quillaja brasiliensis.
Since the early start of my career I have been delighted by the immune system. Over seven years, I’ve had the chance to develop professionally in a global animal health vaccine manufacturing company where I got involved in all the components of the complex vaccine-manufacturing process. This has been a great experience that has allowed me to explore a very interesting approach to the fascinating field of vaccines. As my vocational area is undoubtedly scientific research, and in particular vaccinology, I have been linked to the Departamento de Desarrollo Biotecnológico since 2011. In 2016 I had the opportunity to join fully as a postgraduate student, thus starting my education and training as a researcher. I am particularly focused on vaccines, adjuvants and the immune system, and therefore all my studies are concentrated in those areas.
What are your online profiles?
LinkedIn – Mariana Rivera
ResearchGate – Mariana Rivera
Immunology Keywords:
Vaccines, Adjuvants, Saponins
