Dr Ismar Haga

Ismar studied for his BSc and MSc degrees at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil before completing his PhD at Imperial College London. After post-doctoral positions at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Brazil), Ismar joined Dr Pip Beard’s group at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh in 2011 before moving to The Pirbright Institute in 2016.

Ismar’s main research interests are poxvirology and innate immunity, with special focus on virus/host interactions. Some of his previous works include the characterisation of two Vaccinia virus proteins that inhibit IL-1/TLR signalling and the discovery of a novel function for TRAF2 in Vaccinia virus entry. At Pirbright, Ismar is continuing to research how poxviruses (both orthopoxviruses and capripoxviruses) interact with their hosts.