Dr
Fabiana
Bigi
Dr
Fabiana
Bigi
Biologist
National Institute of Agricultural Technology -INTA
Biography
Current role: PI researcher at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Biotechnology Institute. Researcher of the Argentine Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). Current position: Principal Researcher
Expertise: I’ve worked on Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis for over 30 years. Areas of interest include host-pathogen interaction in tuberculosis disease and vaccine development against bovine tuberculosis
Employment history (last 15 years):
PI researcher at INTA, Biotechnology Institute. Principal investigator of CONICET
Education:
•1993-1998. Ph.D. student of the Department of Biological Sciences at the School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina. Identification and characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens
•1984-1991. Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences, at the School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Degree: Licentiate in Biological Sciences
Research outputs:
Scholarly outputs to date include 101 peer reviewed articles.
Orcid profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8637-718
Research interests
Vaccine development against bovine tuberculosis. Host-pathogens interaction in bovine and human tuberculosis. Development of diagnostic tools of bovine tuberculosis. Projects you're working on
Study of virulence factors of Mycobacterium bovis
Development of vaccine candidates against bovine tuberculosis based in knock out M. bovis strains and recombinant proteins.
New adjuvant and nanocarriers for bovine tuberculosis vaccine development
New antigens and biomarkers of M. bovis to assist the control of bovine tuberculosis Discipline
Bacteriology Cellular biology Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Host species
Cattle Zoonoses Pathogen
Bacteria›Mycobacteria bovis Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery