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
Aline Murad, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular biology, protein biochemistry
Caio Natale, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Neutrophil, sepsis, inflammation.
Daniel Mendes, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Immunopharmacology;
animal models of diseases.
Greicy Dias, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular biology; gene editing.
Ruth Fernandes Rocha, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular biology, protein biochemistry.
Carolina Eto
PhD Student CNPq Fellow
Thesis: Myeloid differentiation during infections.
Daniel de Oliveira Patrício
PhD Student CNPq Fellow
Thesis: IFN-I signaling in flavivirus infections.
Itamar Durli Junior
PhD Student
Thesis: Immunotherapy to control bacterial infections.
Lucilene Wildner Granella
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Host-targeted interventions to flavivirus infections.
Luan Aires
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Immunotherapy in COVID-19.
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.
Nicole de Bona Heck
DTI CNPq Fellow
COVID-19 vaccine development and human immunology
Rodrigo Formiga
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Neutrophil biology in sepsis.
Taíssa Ricciardi Jorge
PhD Student CNPq Fellow
Thesis: IFN-I signaling in flavivirus infections.
Yonne Karoline T. de Menezes
PhD Student CAPES Fellow
Thesis: Host-targeted interventions to mycobacterial infections.
Gabriela Inês dos S. Avila
Master Student CAPES Fellow
Dissertation: Development of immuno detection of coronavirus antigens.
Juliano Vieira
Master Student CAPES Fellow
Dissertation: Development of coronavirus neutralization assays.
Nicholas Mendes
Master Student CAPES Fellow
Dissertation: Immunotherapy to control bacterial infections.
Bianca Beck
Undergrad ITI Program
Dina Bittencourt
Undergrad PIBIC Program
Fabiane Stoffel
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
Álvaro Menin, PhD
Ana Luiza Abdalla, MSc
Anelize Baranzeli
Carolina Eto, MSc
Constanza Espada, PhD
Cristina Lorenzini, PhD
Dandara Paes
Edgar Gonzalez-Kozlova, PhD
Fernanda Soares, MSc
Flávia Cardoso Amaral, MSc
Francisco de Bem
Gabriela Luiz, 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
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
Vanessa Hunhoff
Vinay Krupadev, MD
Zamira Guerra, PhD