Methods for Studying Human Gut Virome

❝ Summary of my scientific activities:

I have been involved quite a long time in studying HIV-1 drug resistance mutations, particularly in the relatively rear Estonian HIV-1 CRF06_cpx epidemiological situation. In addition, I have contributed to the establishment of the Estonian HIV database. I have also conducted research on associations of human genetic factors (mainly chemokine receptors and their ligands CCL3L1, CCR5, etc) linkage with blood born virus infections including HIV, HBV, HCV and GBV-C. Since the beginning of COVID pandemic, I participated in the development of SARS-CoV-2 genotyping assays, sequencing and mapping the epidemiological situation in Estonia. Following the epidemic my research focus has shifted primarily to investigating the human gut microbiome and virome. ❞