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Postdoctoral Scientist
Rory Fortes De Brito
Group
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Immunology
Expertise
Immunology, Vaccines, Vaccinology

Rory Fortes De Brito

Group
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Immunology

Rory graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Ouro Preto and went on to obtain a PhD at the same University, where he developed peptide and chimera vaccines against visceral leishmaniasis using immunoinformatics approaches. As a vaccinologist and immunologist, he conducted two years of post-doctoral fellow working at the Biological Sciences Research Nucleus, leading immunological and research on vaccine development for Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis. In January 2021, he took up the joint position of post-doctoral scientist in PRRS Immunology Group at The Pirbright Institute. 

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de Brito RCF, Holtham K, Roser J, Saunders JE, Wezel Y, Henderson S, Mauch T, Sanz-Bernardo B, Frossard J-P, Bernard M, Lean FZX, Nunez A, Gubbins S, Sua´rez NM, Davison AJ, Francis MJ, Huether M, Benchaoui H, Salt J, Fowler VL, Jarvis MA, Graham SP (2023)

An attenuated herpesvirus vectored vaccine candidate induces T-cell responses against highly conserved porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus M and NSP5 proteins that are unable to control infection

Journal Frontiers in Immunology
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