Marisa Farber

Marisa
Farber

National Institute for Agricultural Technology
Email 
farber.marisa [at] inta.gob.ar
Biography

Professor at the National University of Hurlingham, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina (http://unahur.edu.ar/site/)

Senior Researcher at the Biotechnology Institute, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA),  Independent Researcher  of CONICET(3rd step from a total of 5). Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PI of the research group “Molecular Parasitology”, currently composed of one researcher, three post-doc and four doctoral fellows. Focus on Vector-borne diseases of veterinary and  zoonotic  impact.  Goals: Rationale Vaccine design ( antigen expression in heterologous vectors) ; Diagnostic  tools (molecular diagnostic  tests and recombinant proteins); Molecular epidemiology studies (development of tools for population studies of parasites and bacteria) ;  Host-Pathogen  and Vector-Pathogen interactions ( through genomics and bioinformatics approaches)

 

Research interests

Anaplasma, Babesia, Ticks, genomics, bioinformatics, vaccines, diagnostic tools, molecular epidemiology

Discipline
Bioinformatics Epidemiology Molecular biology Parasitology
Host species
Cattle Poultry Wildlife Zoonoses
Pathogen
Bacteria Parasites ParasitesBabesia ParasitesTicks ParasitesTrypanosoma
Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design