Birth date : July 19, 1990
Citizenship : Brazilian
Education :
2014 – 2016 : Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology
2009 – 2013 : Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF – Niteroi, Brazil
B.S. in Development Biology
2012 – 2013 : Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität München, LMU – Munich, Germany
Sandwich Graduation
Research Experiences :
04/14 – 09/16 : Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Laboratory of Inflammation – Dr. Patricia Machado Rodrigues e Silva Martins. Master Thesis Research : Effect of lidocaine on the lung inflammatory response caused by silica in mice.
10/12 – 08/13 : Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
Innate Immunity Laboratory – Dr. Andreas Pichlmair. Research Assistant. Characterization of murine IFIT proteins.
08/10 – 08/12 : Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Laboratory of Inflammation – Dr. Patricia Machado Rodrigues e Silva Martins. Research Assistant. Effect of lidocaine and structural analogues JMF2-1 and JM-2-5-1 on the lung inflammatory response in mice caused by silica.
Teaching Experience :
2015 : Professor, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Summer course 2015 for undergraduate students: Inflammatory lung diseases.
Relevant Skills :
Animal Experimentation: Well experienced in animal breeding, handling and surgery.
Molecular Biology Techniques: DNA/RNA extraction, RT-qPCR, experience in cloning and expression in prokaryotic and eukaryote organisms, agarose gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting.
Immunology and Cell biology Techniques: Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), Flow cytometry on FACSCalibur, immunohistochemistry, immunoprecipitation, cell culture.
Scholarships :
2014 – 2016 : MSc Scholarship. Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CNPq), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
2012 – 2013 : Sandwich Graduation Scholarship. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CAPES). Science Without Borders, Brazil
2010 – 2012 : Undergraduate Research. Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CNPq), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Languages :
Portuguese – Native speaker
English – Fluent (written and spoken)
German – Good skills (written and spoken)
Spanish – Good skills(written and spoken)
Italian – Basic skills
Publications :
Ferreira T.P.T., Mariano L.L., Ghilosso-Bortolini R., de Arantes A.C.S, Fernandes A.J., Berni M, Cecchinato V., Uguccioni M, Maj R., Barberis A, e Silva P.M.R., Martins M.A., (2016) Potential of PEGylated Toll-Like Receptor 7 Ligands for Controlling Inflammation and Functional Changes in Mouse Models of Asthma and Silicosis. Front. Immunol. Vol 7 (95).
Habjan, M., Hubel P., Lacerda L., Benda C., Holze C., Eberl C., Mann A., Kindler E., Gil-Cruz C., Ziebuhr J., Thiel V., Pichlmair A., (2013) Sequestration by IFIT1 Impairs Translation of 2-O-unmethylated Capped RNA. PLoS Pathogens Vol 9(10):e1003663
Presentations in Meetings :
Lacerda, L.; Monteiro, G. G. ; Ciambarella, B. T. ; Ferreira, T. P. T. ; Martins, M. A. ; Silva, P. M. R. Differential effect of lidocaine on acute and late phases of silicosis in mice. 46rd Brazilian Congress of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2014, Fortaleza, Brazil Poster Presentation
Lacerda, L.; Monteiro, G. G. ; Ciambarella, B. T. ; Ferreira, T. P. T. ; Martins, M. A. ; Silva, P. M. R. Anti-inflammatory effect of lidocaine on silica-induced lung inflammation in mice. 11th World Congress on Inflammation, 2013, Natal, Brazil Poster Presentation
Mariano, L. L.; Pichlmair, A.; Habjan, M.; Hubel, P. Diversities in the human and murine antiviral IFIT complex. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology, 2013, Kiel, Germany Poster Presentation