MV Science Forum - open seminar with Vanessa Monteil
16 september 2025 12:15 – 13:00 Hörsal X1, Campus USÖ eller zoom Öppet för alla
MV Science Forum invites to a lecture with Vanessa Monteil, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Title: Unveiling the entry mechanisms of hemorrhagic fever viruses : the case of Ebola and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever viruses.
Dr Monteil is a researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. After a PhD at the French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA) focusing on Dengue virus, she experienced field work during the 2014-2016 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. During this period, she managed a diagnostic laboratory in Guinea and worked in close collaboration with the American CDC, the French and Guinean Red Cross, the World Health Organization as well as the local authorities. Since 2016, she is studying the pathogenesis of hemorrhagic fever viruses (EBOV, MARV, LASV, CCHFV) and SARS-CoV-2 at Karolinska Institutet and at the Public Health Agency of Sweden. Her work has been recognized by several publications in high impact journals.
The lecture will be given in English.
Zoom: https://oru-se.zoom.us/j/65724411236?pwd=jcewQ7eDTPCiq7tAXw2TQyOaH1now0.1