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The viruses and the diseases that can produce have deeply marked the history of humanity and its evolution on the planet. As a result, since the discovery of the viruses in 1880 we have worked intensely to understand and eradicate these infectious agents. Much of the effort within the scientific community focuses on the so -called emerging viruses, that is, those viruses that in the future could be a serious threat to our health systems. In the first part of this talk we will review the main viral threats that we face today to understand their potential risk and know the tools we have in the fight against their possible expansion. Then, with the aim of presenting and demystifying the main weapon we have against viral infections, we will describe the foundations of vaccination, including a brief description of the different types of vaccines and their composition.
Brief CV
Luis Martínez Gil, Degree in Biology and Biochemistry and Doctor and Associate Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Valencia and researcher in the Membrane Protein Group of the University Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the same institution. Author of a high public of publications in high prestige journals, his research work has focused on the host-patogen interaciones that occur at the molecular level and on the development of antiviral therapies based on this knowledge. Beyond her research work, Luis Martínez Gil has worked intensely on the promotion of scientific vocations in high school students and innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in university students through programs such as transfer, doccience, La Gandia science week or motivate.
More information
- Ómicron: Variantes y vacunas dos años después
- A researcher from the University of Valencia participates in the international discovery of a potential sepsis treatment
- A research of the University of Valencia and the CSIC demonstrates the role of intramembrane interactions inv viral control of cell death
- Designed a computational methodology to block the interaction between proteins and prevent cell death
Social networks
- @MemProtLab
- @_BIOTECMED
- @BiologiquesUV
- @CdCienciaUV
- @MednightGTS
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Stimulating scientific vocations is a project of the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the University of Valencia, which has co-funding from the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
