FCT PhD student

My PhD studies  on the structural virology of the murid Herpesvirus 4 (MuHV-4). I’m currently focused on two proteins involved in MuHV-4 DNA replication and maintenance in latent infected hosts.As MuHV-4 is genetically and structurally related to Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus, as well as to the Epstein-Barr Virus, the aim is to contribute for the understanding of how these proteins distinctively take part in viral latency machinery and to highlight structural motifs that may display significant interest for antiviral therapy.

Publications:Correia B., Chen Z., Mendes S., Martins L. O. and Bento I. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of the Azoreductase 1 PpAzoR1 from Pseudomonas putida MET94. Acta Cryst. 2011 Jan; F67, 121-123.Aires-de-Sousa* M, Correia* B, de Len castre H; Mu ltilabora tory Project Collaborators. Changing patterns in frequency of recovery of five methicillin-resistant Staphylococcu s aureus clones in Portuguese hospitals: surveillance over a 16-year period. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Sep; 46(9):2912-7. Epub 2008 Jul 9. (*Joint first authors).