Maria Zambon

Maria Caterina Zambon[1] FMedSci FRCPath, is a British virologist, director of reference microbiology for Public Health England, and a professor.

In 1984, Zambon earned a PhD from the University of London (Imperial College) with a thesis titeled "Inhibition of influenza virus replication by 1-aminoadamantane".[1] This work on "the mechanism of action of amantadine ... led directly to the identification of a novel class of viral proteins, viral ion channels (M2 protein)",[2] a research in which she participated furtherly.[3]

In 2011, she was elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[4] She is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists.[5]

Zambon is one of the 23 attendees of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).[6] She was a member of the Coronaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses and contributed to the scientific description of MERS-CoV's taxonomy.[7]

Maria Zambon and her PHE colleague Joanna Ellis contributed to the development of the first real-time RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2, which was led by Christian Drosten.[8][9]

Her main research areas include influenza vaccination and influenza hemagglutination inhibition.[10]

References
  1. Her thesis on 1 -aminoadamantane (also named amantadine) can be downloaded by using a link associated to the thesis' title in her Google Scholar profile.
  2. "Maria Zambon, Public Health England, UK". ISIRV. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "Specific structural alteration of the influenza haemagglutinin by amantadine". The EMBO journal. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. "Professor Maria Zambon FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. "National Infection Service - latest information regarding 2019-nCoV coronavirus". Royal College of Pathologists. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Professor Maria Zambon BSc BMBCh PhD FRCPath FMedSci
  6. Sample, Ian (24 April 2020). "Who's who on secret scientific group advising UK government?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  7. "Commentary: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group". ASM, Journal of Virology. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  8. "Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR". Eurosurveillance. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. "Diagnostic detection of 2019-nCoV by real-time RT-PCR" (PDF). WHO. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. "Zambon, Maria C." SCOPUS. Retrieved 14 June 2021. h-index:75


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