Dr. Mariano Nicolás Belaich is currently affiliated with the Laboratorio de Ingeniería Genética y Biología Celular y Molecular, National University of Quilmes. He graduated in Biotechnology at the National University of Quilmes in 1999. Then, he completed his Ph.D. studies at the same university. He has been a researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council since 2011. His research interests are focused on the study of bioinformatics and virology microbiology.