 
        Dr  
        Maria Rocio  
        Lopez-Alvarez  
        
        Dr  
        Maria Rocio  
        Lopez-Alvarez  
        Postdoctoral Scientist  
        Animal Health Trust  
Biography
        I’m an immunologist in the Centre for Preventive Medicine at the Animal Health Trust. My research is focused in strangles and the immune response to Streptococcus equi infection.
Currently, I’m interested in identifying biomarkers that may help us to understand the immune response during strangles and that could be exploited to improve the efficacy and safety of vaccines against this disease.
Research interests
        Equine Immunology
Discipline
        Immunology – T-cells      Immunology – innate  Host species
        Horses  Stage of vaccine development
        Adjuvants      Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring