Areas Nuno Taveira is Knowledgeable in:
Diagnostic devices; vaccines; antiviral drugs; gene therapy.
Techniques Nuno Taveira Uses:
New molecular biology approaches, new immunology approaches, new antigen design, new drug design combining molecular evolution, bioinformatics and chemistry.
Nuno Taveira's Problem Solving Skills:
- Expert in design and evaluation of new products with antiviral activity
- Expert in design and evaluation of viral vaccines
- Expert in molecular evolution of viruses
- Expert in design and validation of new diagnosis tests for HIV
- Expert in phylogenetic analysis
- Expert in diagnosis of HIV infection
- Creating new graduate courses
- Expert in forensic sciences namely in the investigation of criminal transmission of HIV
- Networking with HIV/AIDS scientist all over the world
- Writing, implementing and managing HIV/AIDS projects in Portugal and abroad (including Portuguese speaking African countries)
- Teaching microbiology and molecular biology to undergraduates and graduate students
- Pathogenesis and therapeutics of viral infection, mainly HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection
- Biology of viruses, mainly HIV-1 and HIV-2
- Managing teams of scientist and professors
- Craeting and directing courses at the graduate level
- Doing a lot of good research and professional work with few resources
- Promoting cooperations with developing countries in science and research
Nuno Taveira's Problem Solving Experience:
- I have designed and evaluated in vitro new peptides that inhibit both HIV-1 and HIV-2 replication (entry inhibitors).
- I have designed and evaluated at the preclinical level (mice) a new vaccine concept for HIV-2.
- I have developed and submitted a patent for two new reagents and a new assay for the accurate serological diagnosis of HIV-2 infection.