Lenore Pereira
University of California San Francisco, USA
Biography
A molecular virologist for over 30 years, and Professor in the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology at the University of California San Francisco Lenore Pereira has focused the last 16 years on the biology of human cytomegalovirus replication and pathogenesis at the uterine-placental interface. Dr. Pereira has published over 120 papers and invited reviews. Recently, her group in collaborative studies with Dr. Eva Harris at the University of California Berkeley identified ZIKV target cells and immune mechanisms that protect the placenta.