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gene expression regulation, Trypanosoma cruzi, post-transcriptional control, Candida auris, extracellular vesicles, antimicrobial resistance
Brazil, Canada

Biography

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Biology from UFPR (2004), a Master's degree in Biochemistry from UFPR (2006), and a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2010). I have been a public health researcher at Fiocruz PR (Carlos Chagas Institute ICC) since 2012 and a professor in the Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology at ICC. My current research encompasses RNA biology, molecular mycology, and extracellular vesicles, focusing on antimicrobial responses and modulation of gene expression during infections with pathogenic fungi such as Candida auris and Cryptococcus spp. I have expertise in microbiology and molecular biology, RNA-seq, isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles, and transcriptomic and proteomic data analysis. I am the section editor of mycology at the Journal of Medical Microbiology and an associate editor at Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Journal of Extracellular Biology, and BMC Microbiology. I have experience as a reviewer for various research funding organizations, such as CNPq, UKRI, Medical and Research Council, European Science Foundation, NWO, and Hong Kong's RGC, evaluating proposals in mycology, microbiology, and molecular biology.

Activities

Employment (2)

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2012-12-18 to present | Researcher (Instituto Carlos Chagas)
Employment
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Alves, LR

Université Laval: Québec, Quebec, CA

2022-09-27 to 2024-02-07 | Visiting researcher (Infectious and immune diseases axis, CHUL)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Alves, LR

Education and qualifications (1)

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2007-07-01 to 2010-03-10 | Ph.D in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Education
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Alves, LR

Professional activities (3)

Microbiology Society: London, London, GB

2020-01-01 to present
Membership
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Alves, LR

International Society for Human and Animal Mycology: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, GB

2019-09-01 to present
Service
Source: Self-asserted source
Alves, LR

Instituto Carlos Chagas: Curitiba, PR, BR

2017-08-01 to 2021-07-01 | Vice director of Education
Invited position
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Alves, LR

Funding (5)

Doenças de populações negligenciadas: estudo de mecanismos de fisiopatologia em fungos de importância médica

2022-03 to 2024-03 | Contract
Fundação Araucária (Curitiba, PR, BR)
Source: Self-asserted source
Alves, LR

Estudo de fármacos e seus alvos em patógenos eucarióticos

2022-03 to 2024-03 | Contract
Fiocruz (Curitiba, PR, BR)
Source: Self-asserted source
Alves, LR

Estudo multidisciplinar sobre vesículas extracelulares de fungos em diferentes modelos de infecção

2021-09 to 2023-09 | Contract
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Curitiba, PR, BR)
Source: Self-asserted source
Alves, LR

Identificação de microRNAs em vesículas extracelulares circulantes no sangue como biomarcadores de sepse

2019-11 to 2022-03 | Contract
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Curitiba, PR, BR)
Source: Self-asserted source
Alves, LR

Estudo funcional de complexos mRNP em Trypanosoma cruzi e seu papel na modulação da expressão gênica do parasita

2013-10 to 2016-10 | Grant
CNPq (Brasília, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

474292

Source: Self-asserted source
Alves, LR

Peer review (46 reviews for 22 publications/grants)

Review activity for Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. (2)
Review activity for Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. (1)
Review activity for Cells. (4)
Review activity for Future microbiology. (1)
Review activity for Genetics and Molecular Biology. (1)
Review activity for Heliyon. (1)
Review activity for International journal of molecular sciences. (4)
Review activity for iScience. (1)
Review activity for Journal of extracellular biology. (7)
Review activity for Journal of extracellular vesicles. (1)
Review activity for Journal of fungi. (1)
Review activity for Medical mycology (3)
Review activity for Microbes and infection. (1)
Review activity for Microbial genomics. (1)
Review activity for Microbiology spectrum. (4)
Review activity for Molecular microbiology. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
Review activity for Nucleic acids research. (2)
Review activity for Parasitology. (3)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for RNA biology. (4)
Review activity for Scientific data. (1)