Maria Carmen Rivas Vázquez

Maria Carmen Rivas Vázquez is a researcher affiliated with the CSIC-USC (Spanish National Research Council and University of Santiago de Compostela), based at the Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS). She is part of the MeMoEn research group focusing on molecular mechanisms of disease.

Education: She earned a Doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1994 with her thesis titled "Life cycle of turbot Aquareovirus TRV in vivo and in vitro", supervised by Dr. Juan Luis Barja Pérez, Dr. Carlos Pereira Dopazo, and Dr. Isabel Bandín Matos.

Research interests center on molecular virology, particularly the study of reoviruses in aquatic organisms like turbot, and their implications for chronic disease mechanisms. Her work contributes to molecular medicine and aquaculture health.

No specific scientific awards or publications are listed in the provided text, but her affiliation with CIMUS and MeMoEn indicates involvement in interdisciplinary biomedical research.