Anna S. Dolgova is the Head of the group of Molecular Genetics of Pathogen Microorganisms, Epidemiology Department, Institut Pasteur, Saint Petersburg. In 2008, they graduated with a specialist degree in Biochemistry from MSU, Moscow, and in 2015 graduated with a PhD in Molecular Genetics from the Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow. From 2014 to 2019, they were a researcher in the group of Genetic Engineering, Federal Budget Institution of Science "Central Research Institute of Epidemiology" of The Federal Service on Customers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Moscow. From 2012 to 2013, they were a junior researcher in the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow. From 2008 to 2015, they were a laboratory assistant/PhD student in the Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow. They are a specialist in molecular cloning, in vitro gene assembly, genetic engineering, and the design of recombinant protein expression vectors. They are currently working in the field of antigen production in plants (plant transformation, expression cassettes, and regulatory elements) and are a member of the International Society for Infectious Diseases.