María-Angélica Calderón-Peláez is a biologist with a Master's degree in Basic Biomedical Sciences and is finishing her PhD in Biochemistry. Currently, Maria is working as a researcher at  the Virology Lab of El Bosque University in Bogotá (Colombia). Her skills and expertise include immunohistochemistry techniques, biomedical science, cell culture, immunofluorescence, PCR, gel electrophoresis, molecular cell biology, and viral pathogenesis