Pasteur Institute of Paris, France
David Prangishvili is an Honorary Professor at the Pasteur Institute of Paris, and foremost authority on viruses infecting Archaea. He has affected the field of prokaryotic virology by the discovery and description of many new species and families of DNA viruses which infect Archaea. The results of his research change the field of prokaryotic virology, and lead to the notion that viruses of Archaea form a particular group in the viral world, distinct from the viruses of Bacteria and Eukarya, and complete the tripartite division of the biosphere. The results open new prospects for addressing basic questions on the evolutionary history of viruses and virus-host relationships.
David Prangishvili is an author of more than 200 publications in scientific journals and books. He is a member of Academia Europaea, European Academy of Microbiology, Foreign Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Visiting Professor of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
International symposium comprehensively covering key topics in virology
