{"id":5184,"date":"2022-04-04T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasteur.uy\/heads-of-labs-and-units\/maria-eugenia-francia\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T16:16:01","slug":"maria-eugenia-francia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pasteur.uy\/en\/heads-of-labs-and-units\/maria-eugenia-francia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar\u00eda Eugenia Francia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;75%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; 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