Giselle Pidde Marques Porto

Biologist, PhD in Biotechnology from the University of São Paulo (2009). She is currently a researcher at the Immunochemical Laboratory of the Butantan Institute. She has experience in the area of biotechnology, with an emphasis on Immunochemistry and Molecular Biology, acting on the following topics: Studies on the immunogenicity of toxins, viral and bacterial vaccines. Genetics of tolerance and immunosuppression; Action of poisons and animal toxins on the Complement System; Immunochemical and functional characterization of toxins from animal poisons; Molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of poisoning species of Loxosceles spiders; Loxoscelism: from basic research to propose new therapies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)