Carlos Rodrigo Zarate Blades

Doctor of Medicine, University of San Francisco Xavier (USFX, Bolivia, 1992-1999); Msc. in Microbiology and Immunology, Paulista School of Medicine-Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (UNIFESP, 2000-2002); Ph.D. in Basic and Applied Immunology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2002 - 2007). Post-doctoral FAPESP (Grant Number 05963-8) at the Dept of Biochemistry and Immunology, University of Sao Paulo (2007-2010). Researcher of the Millennium Institute "Brazilian Tuberculosis Network" (2002-2010). Post-doctoral Visiting Fellow, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America (2010-2014), where he studied the mechanisms of the development of autoimmune uveitis with emphasis in the role of the commensal microbiota.Since March 2015 is Assistant Professor, leading the Laboratory of Immunoregulation at the Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Is Credentialed Supervisor of graduate students at the Post-graduation Program of Biotechnology and Biosciences (PPG-BB) and the Post-graduation Program of Medical Sciences (PPG-CM) at UFSC. General Coordinator of the Center for Dysbiosis Control, CCDis, of Santa Cartarina.His main research interests are the study of microbiota effects on the immune system and the discovery and development of microbiota-based therapies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)