Beatriz Escudero

Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg

  • CAIXARESEARCH
    AWARDEE

    Beatriz Escudero Pérez
    Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
    Team Member

  • PROJECT TITLE

    Locking cells against Ebola virus.

  • CONSORTIUM

    • Carmen Gil (PL)
      Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas “Margarita Salas”,
      Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CIB-CSIC), Madrid

    • Rafael Delgado
      Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Hospital 12 de Octubre (Imas12), Madrid

    • Covadonga Alonso
      Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid

    • Cesar Muñoz-Fontela
      Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg

  • PROFILE

    Beatriz Escudero Pérez is Junior Group Leader (DZIF) at Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg (Germany) since 2021. Prior to this, she performed a PhD and a Post-doctorate at the Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), in Lyon, developing antiviral therapeutic strategies and studying the role of Ebola virus soluble glycoproteins. She was then awarded a Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellowship at the Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), Heinrich Pette Institute where she developed xenochimeric mice.

    The group research currently focuses on deepening the understanding of the mechanisms that renders some species and not others susceptible to the infection of emerging viruses. A second focus consists of exploring the bat virome and providing a bridge between ecology, virus discovery and pathogenesis. (Read full CV).

  • RESEARCH
    INTERESTS

    Our group aims to develop small animal models that can improve the translation of the immune processes observed during zoonotic infection diseases in humans. We focus in emerging viruses such as Ebola virus, Nipah virus and Marburg virus. We also have a One Health approach to provide vital intelligence to predict and reduce the risk of future emergence of zoonotic viral diseases and characterize the potential risk for public health of viruses discovered in field studies.

  • CONTACT INFO

    Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
    Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74
    D-20359 Hamburg
    Tel.: (+49) 40 285 380 959

    Email: [email protected]