Name: Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit

My Area of Interest: viruses

My Favourite Quote: veni, vidi, vici

I am a: Scientist at Tropical Institute

Short Profile:

Question and Answers :

What are your future goals? Where do you see your research going?:
Establishment of replicon systems for highly pathogenic hantaviruses (Andes virus and Sin Nombre virus) and generation of recombinant hantaviruses
molecular epidemiology of herpesviruses
molecular epidemiology of rodent-borne pathogens e.g. bunyaviruses and arenaviruses

Technologies seem to changing faster than ever, how do you adapt to that? What are the current technologies you are using?:
Reverse genomics

In the broader picture, where do you see the application for your cutting-edge research?:
To improve and design vaccines.

Fast forward to 2020. What’s your vision of Genomics in 2020?:
To help to cure diseases.