Maria Rosaria Capobianchi
Maria Rosaria Capobianchi (* 1953 in Procida ) is an Italian biologist . She is a specialist in microbiology and heads a working group in the virological laboratory of the Istituto nazionale per le malattie infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani in Rome. In February 2020, together with Francesca Colavita and Concetta Castilletti , she succeeded in isolating the SARS-CoV-2 virus , the causative agent of the lung disease COVID-19 . A partial sequencing of the genome of 2019-nCoV / Italy-INMI1 has been published on the GenBank database .
Life
Capobianchi received his PhD in biology from the University of Naples in 1976 . In 1988 she obtained a special degree in microbiology from La Sapienza University in Rome. After working as a researcher at the Institute of Virology at La Sapienza University, she worked at Spallanzani from 2000 . Her research focuses on the production and mode of action of interferons , the occurrence of viruses , chronic viral infections , the pathogenesis of AIDS and the development and standardization of test procedures. At INMI she worked from 2009 onwards at the “ WHO Collaborating center for the for clinical care, diagnosis, response and training on Highly Infectious Diseases”.
Individual evidence
- ^ Coronavirus, Speranza: "Allo Spallanzani isolato il virus". rainews, February 2, 2020, accessed March 27, 2020 (Italian).
- ↑ Isolato presso il laboratorio di Virologia dell'INMI il nuovo coronavirus. Istituto nazionale per le malattie infettive , February 2, 2020, accessed on March 27, 2020 (Italian).
- ↑ a b Maria Rosaria Capobianchi. In: Scienza in rete. Retrieved March 27, 2020 (Italian).
- ↑ Maria Rosaria Capobianchi. Italian Ministry of Health , accessed March 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Capobianchi Maria Rosaria. In: UniCamillus. Retrieved March 27, 2020 (Italian).
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SURNAME | Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian biologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Procida |