
Laboratory of Immunobiology
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Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianópolis - Brazil
Principal Investigators

André Báfica, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Immunology
Prof. Báfica studies the mechanisms by which mycobacteria evades human immune responses.
Post-doctoral training: National Institutes of Heath/USA and The Rockefeller University/USA

Daniel Mansur, PhD
Associate Professor of Immunology and Virology
Prof. Mansur studies the interactions between viruses and their hosts' immune systems.
Post-doctoral training: Imperial College/UK and University of Cambridge/UK

Fernando Spiller, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Prof. Spiller studies neutrophil responses in severe bacterial and viral infections.
Post-doctoral training: The Scripps Research Institute/USA

José Henrique M. Oliveira, PhD
Assistant Professor of Parasitology and Medical Entomology
Prof. Oliveira studies how mosquito vectors tolerate persistent arbovirus infections.
Post-doctoral training: Stanford University/USA
Lab members

Bianca Siedler, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Immune-diagnostic methods and anti-COVID-19 vaccines

Daniel de O. Patrício
Postdoctoral Fellow
Innate Immunity, flavivirus infections.

Ruth Fernandes Rocha, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular biology, protein biochemistry.

Carolina Eto
PhD Student CNPq Fellow
Thesis: Myeloid differentiation during infections.

Lucilene Wildner Granella
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Host-targeted interventions to flavivirus infections.

Marick Rodrigues Stárick
PhD Student CNPq Fellow
Thesis: Complement system in mycobacterial infections.

Mariana Maraschin
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Mosquito tolerance to flavivirus infections.

Natana Maria Metinoski Bueno
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Novel immuno-based diagnostic tools in mycobacterial infections.

Rodrigo Formiga
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Neutrophil biology in sepsis.

Marcela Uchimura
PhD Student CNPq Fellow
Thesis: COVID-19 vaccines

Yonne Karoline T. de Menezes
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Host-targeted interventions to mycobacterial infections.

Eduarda Laís Munari
Master Student CAPES Fellow
Dissertation: COVID-19 vaccine

Juliano Vieira
Master Student CAPES Fellow
Dissertation: Development of coronavirus neutralization assays.

Dina Bittencourt
Undergrad ITI Program

Diego Novak
Master Student CAPES Fellow
Dissertation: Mosquito tolerance to flavivirus infections.

Fabiane Stoffel
Undergrad ITI Program

Bianca Beck
Undergrad ITI Program

Priscila Creppas de Souza e Silva
Undergrad PIBIC Program

Valdorion José da Cunha Klein Junior
Undergrad PIBIC Program
Alumni
Adara Áurea, PhD
Adriana Degrossoli, PhD
Aline Murad, PhD
Álvaro Menin, PhD
Ana Luiza Abdalla, MSc
Anelize Baranzeli
Caio Natale, PhD
Carolina Eto, MSc
Constanza Espada, PhD
Cristina Lorenzini, PhD
Dandara Paes
Daniel Mendes, PhD
Edgar Gonzalez-Kozlova, PhD
Fernanda Soares, MSc
Flávia Cardoso Amaral, MSc
Francisco de Bem
Gabriela Luiz, PhD
Greicy Dias, PhD
Jéssica Copetti
Jonatan Ersching, PhD
Jonatan Lindner, MD
Lívia H. Yamashiro, PhD
Lucas Mascarin, PhD
Lucas Nogueira, PhD
Luma Rios
Maira Bicca, PhD
Mariane Roman, MSc
Matheus Valente, MSc
Meice Mantovani
Milene Dalmina, PhD
Murilo Delgobo, PhD
Nicole Menezes de Souza, MSc
Nicoli Heck, MsC
Paula F. dos Santos, PhD
Pedro Gama, MD
Renata Fleith, PhD
Rodrigo de Vecchi, PhD
Sabrina Minatelli, PhD
Simone Senna, PhD
Stefanny L. V. Morales, MSc
Tatiany J. Faria, PhD
Thaissa Ricciardi-Jorge, PhD
Vanessa Hunhoff
Vinay Krupadev, MD
Zamira Guerra, PhD