Maria Giraldo Giraldo, BSc, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
UTMB Health, Galveston, TX
BIRCWH Scholar
2020-2022
Mentors
Ricardo Rajsbaum, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology
Pei-Yong Shi, PhD, Biochemistry, Industry
Research Topics
Immunity to virus infection; pattern recognition receptor signaling; mechanisms of viral infection and replication; role of Ubiquitin and E3- ubiquitin ligases replication of different viruses (ZIKV, DENV, WNV, Influenza, SARS-CoV-2);
role of ubiquitination of ZIKV on reproductive biology (reproductive tissues tropism)