CV Lattes
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Quimica from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1984), master's at Biochemistry from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1991) and Ph.D. at Biochemistry from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1993). Has experience in Biochemistry, focusing on Molecular Biology, acting on the following subjects: insects, ticks, R. microplus, proteinase inhibitor, proteases, phage display, transcriptome, vector-parasite interations. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, known as the cattle tick, holds great importance in veterinary medicine due to its parasitism of cattle in Brazil and other countries in tropical and subtropical zones. Infestations caused by the parasite can negatively impact animal production, leading to losses of billions of dollars in the livestock sector. Additionally, this species is implicated a…
Neglected diseases are responsible for epidemics with countless deaths each year in many countries, especially in developing countries. Most neglected diseases are transmitted by hematophagous vectors. Over the last decades, our group has been working on the prospection of active molecules produced by hematophagous arthropods, vectors of diseases. In the last project, our group evaluated …
The severe acute respiratory syndrome COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is an emerging and highly contagious disease, with which the world is experiencing a pandemic from the end of 2019 to the present day, which has led several countries to bankruptcy public health service, and soon Brazil will reach this situation. Today (13/04/2020) there are already at least 22300 people i…
The goal of this application is to initiate collaborative research between the laboratory of Albert Mulenga and Aparecida Tanaka to the advance exchange of ideas and student training between the two laboratories. The TAMU and São Paulo principal investigators work on complementary research lines, to develop transmission blocking vacines to prevent transmission of vector borne disease agen…
The knowledge of the diversity of molecules produced by disease vectors in response to their etiologic agents is an important strategy to identify important targets in these vectors physiology, which could be used in rational design of drugs and pesticides. In attempt to contribute in this research field, this project has as general objective understand the role of protease inhibitors, pr…
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The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a hematophagous arthropod that is a vector of several arboviruses that affect humans, including Dengue, Yellow Fever, and Zika. In 2024, Brazil experienced a significant increase in the number of Dengue cases, and in 2025, the increase in the number of Yellow Fever cases has been a concern for health authorities. A vaccine against the Dengue virus was recentl…
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, known as the cattle tick, holds great importance in veterinary medicine due to its parasitism of cattle in Brazil and other countries in tropical and subtropical zones. Infestations caused by the parasite can negatively impact animal production, leading to losses of billions of dollars in the livestock sector. Additionally, this species is implicated a…
Hematophagous insects, such as the Aedes aegypti mosquito, are responsible for the spread of neglected diseases and consequently, countless deaths throughout the world. Ae. aegypti is the main vector of viruses in Brazil, including dengue, Chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika. To date, the only vaccine available is for yellow fever and there are no vaccines or treatments available for other…
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Rhipicephalus microplus, also known as cattle tick, is one of the most important tick species in Brazil. This ectoparasite is related to severe infestations which can cause significative harm to livestock animals, resulting in expressive economic losses in tropical and subtropical countries. The main tick control strategy consists in treating animals with chemical acaricides, which presen…
The Rhicepicephalus microplus tick is the major bovine ectoparasite in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world and is responsible for several losses in the livestock production. Moreover the tick acts as vector for two bovine pathogens the protozoan Babesia and the bacteria Anaplasma, which can cause further cattle damage. Although the R. microplus-Babesia is considered one of …
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