Pablo Armas has a degree in Biotechnology from Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas (FCByF), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR); he completed his PhD and Post-doc at Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET-UNR), under the supervision of Dr. Nora Calcaterra. He is currently an Independent Researcher at CONICET and an Associate Researcher of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Development group. He is Associate Professor of the Área Biología General, FCByF. In his research project, novel and little explored mechanisms of gene regulation are studied that depend on an unconventional structure of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) known as guanine quadruplex or G4s. These mechanisms have been revealed in the last 20 years in all living organisms and even in DNA and RNA viruses. The project addresses the study of G4s in the control of genes related to animal development, using the zebrafish model. G4s are also studied as regulators of genes related to human pathologies, and the influence of genetic variations on G4s as causes for the predisposition or onset of those pathologies. In addition, the role of G4s in the biology and replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has recently been addressed.

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