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