Giant Naiavirus Discovery Brazil Pantanal | AcademicJobs
Explore how UFMG and USP researchers discovered Naiavirus, the largest tailed giant virus, in Brazil's Pantanal, reshaping viral evolution understanding.
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Jônatas Santos Abrahão is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB) of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). He is a biologist registered with CRBio 128351/05 and leads research on virology, with a primary focus on the discovery, genomics, and evolution of giant viruses. Abrahão heads the Giant Viruses Study Group (GEPVIG) at UFMG, where his team has identified multiple novel giant viruses, including Samba virus and Tupanvirus, contributing to expanded understanding of the virosphere. His work appears in peer-reviewed publications, with over 6,200 citations recorded on Google Scholar in areas including microbiology and virus evolution.
Abrahão maintains an active research laboratory at UFMG and participates in academic presentations on topics such as the limits of the virosphere.
Explore how UFMG and USP researchers discovered Naiavirus, the largest tailed giant virus, in Brazil's Pantanal, reshaping viral evolution understanding.
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