{"id":1797,"date":"2019-07-05T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T11:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2020\/?page_id=1797"},"modified":"2022-05-05T19:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:11:31","slug":"andres-merits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2022\/speakers\/andres-merits\/","title":{"rendered":"Andres Merits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1797\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1797-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1797-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-1797-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1797-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_themegrill_flash_heading tg-widget section-title-wrapper panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t<h3 class=\"section-title\">Andres Merits<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1797-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1797-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-1797-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1797-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/Andres-Merit.png\" class=\"image wp-image-2866  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/Andres-Merit.png 178w, https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/Andres-Merit-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1797-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1797-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Organization, Activities and Inhibitors of Viral RNA Synthesis Apparatus <\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2002 Andres Merits obtained position of senior research scientist in Estonian Biocentre (Tartu) and in become group leader and Research professor at University of Tartu. Later he was elected to position of Professor of Applied Virology in Institute of Technology, University of Tartu. Current research topics include studies of replication of different RNA genomic viruses, including alphaviruses (Semliki Forest virus, Chikungunya virus, Ross River virus, O\u2019nyong\u2019nyong virus), flaviviruses (Zika virus, Dengue virus) and hepaciviruses (hepatitis C virus), construction of virus-based gene expression vectors. The research also includes construction of systems for antiviral drug screening (Chikungunya virus, Zika virus) and analysis of antiviral properties of low molecular weight compounds and oligonucleotide-based inhibitors. The research has leaded to 130 peer-reviewed publications. Andres Merits current research group, working at these topics, consists from 8 researchers: three senior scientists (with Ph.D. of equivalent degree), three Ph.D. students and two M.Sc. students. This group is involved in intensive collaboration with other research groups Estonia as well as inworld-wide international collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/Merits_Biosketch_2022.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/Andres-Merits-bio.pdf\"><br \/>\n<\/a>To download the abstract, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/Merits-abstract-2022.pdf\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2002 Andres Merits obtained position of senior research scientist in Estonian Biocentre (Tartu) and in become group leader and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"parent":644,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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