Maria Zambon
Maria Zambon FMedSci FRCPath, complete name Maria Caterina Zambon is a British virologist, Director of Reference Microbiology for Public Health England, and a professor.

In 1984, Zambon earned a PhD from the University of London (Imperial College) with a thesis titeled "Inhibition of influenza virus replication by 1-aminoadamantane". 
This work on "the mechanism of action of amantadine ... led directly to the identification of a novel class of viral proteins, viral ion channels (M2 protein)",
a research in which she participated furtherly.

In 2011, she was elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists.

Zambon is one of the 23 attendees of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).
She was a member of the Coronaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses and contributed to the scientific description of MERS-CoV's taxonomy.

Maria Zambon and her PHE colleague Joanna Ellis contributed to the development of the first real-time RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2, which was lead by Christian Drosten.

Her main research areas include influenza vaccination and influenza hemagglutination inhibition.
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