Dario Lirussi

Dario was born and raised in Argentina. His hometown, Posadas, is in the province of Misiones, in the subtropical rainforest. Dario’s first incursion in microbiological research was at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, working on Chagas disease. Dario is currently a graduate student in the Matrajt lab studying developmentally regulated gene expressions during Toxoplasma gondii asexual proliferation. During his spare time Dario enjoys kayaking, squash and chess and he is now trying snowboarding.