Luis D. Giavedoni 
Scientist | Virology and Immunology and SNPRC
Phone: 210-258-9603
Education
Doctoral Degree
Ph.D.
National University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires , Argentina
Research Focus
Principal research interests include the study of innate and adaptive immune responses to retroviral infections in animal models. Particular attention is given to the potential use of cytokines and costimulatory molecules to modify the outcome of these immune responses. Ongoing projects include the study of the attenuating effect of interleukin-18 expression on simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection, the characterization of the immune enhancing activity of CD154 (CD40 ligand) as a component of subunit vaccines, and the analysis of the role of this costimulatory molecule during infection of rhesus macaques with SIV.
Publications
Construction and characterization of a recombinant ovine lentivirus carrying the optimized green fluorescent protein gene at the dUTPase locus. PMID: 12898327
Zhang Z, Guo J, Ni Y, Bazer FW, Giavedoni L, de la Concha-Bermejillo A.
Arch Virol 148 (8):
1485-506,
2003
Clone B7 cells have a single copy of SIVsmB7 integrated in chromosome 20. PMID: 11855634
Martinez L, Giavedoni L, Kraiselburd E.
Arch Virol 147 (1):
217-23,
2002
