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ResearcherID: E-8540-2015

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Solid-State NMR, Amyloid Fibrils, Fusion petide, Virus Structure, High Hydrostatic Pressure, Lipid-rafts, Membrane Proteins

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Brazil

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Employment (4)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2021 to present | Assistant Professor IV (Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2015 to 2021 | Assistant Professor III (Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
Employment
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2012 to 2015 | Assitant Professor II (Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
Employment
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2010 to 2012 | Assistant Professor I (Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
Employment
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Education and qualifications (5)

Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2008 to 2010 | Postdoc (Structural Biology)
Education
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2007 to 2008 | Postdoc (Insituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
Education
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2003 to 2007 | PhD in Science (Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
Education
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2002 to 2003 | Master (Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
Education
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

1998 to 2001 | Bachelor in Biological Science - Medical Modality (Insituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB))
Education
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Professional activities (8)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2021 to present | Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies (Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis)
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2020-12-18 to present | Special Coordinator of International Affairs with Germany and German Speaking Countries
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

National Center of Structural Biology and Bioimaging (CENABIO/UFRJ): Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2018 to present | Coordinator of International Affairs
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Clube Purinas do Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, BR

2018 to present
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Rede Brasil-Alemanha Internacionalização do Ensino Superior (REBRALINT): Rio de Janeiro, BR

2017-03 to present | Gründungsmitglieder (Founder member)
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Brazilian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society: Rio de Janeiro, BR

2012 to present | Ordinary Member
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: Bonn, DE

2014-05 to 2020-04 | Ambassador Scientist in Brazil
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2018-07-02 to 2018-07-11 | Erasmus + / Vorlesung (Lectures)- "Folding of Proteins" (Biochemistry)
Invited position
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Works (18)

Undergraduate Research in Brazil

The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research
2022-07-07 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1017/9781108869508.066
Part of ISBN: 9781108869508
Part of ISBN: 9781108835923
Part of ISBN: 9781108798952
Contributors: Paul Voerkel; Mônica Santos de Freitas; Marcos Verissimo Alves
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

The protofilament architecture of a de novo designed coiled coil-based amyloidogenic peptide.

Journal of structural biology
2018-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2018.05.009
PMID: 29857134
Contributors: de Freitas MS; Rezaei Araghi R; Brandenburg E; Leiterer J; Emmerling F; Folmert K; Gerling-Driessen UIM; Bardiaux B; Böttcher C; Pagel K et al.
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Mônica Santos de Freitas via Europe PubMed Central

Structural basis for the dissociation of α-synuclein fibrils triggered by pressure perturbation of the hydrophobic core

Scientific Report
2016-11-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep37990
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Backbone resonance assignments of the human p73 DNA binding domain

Biomolecular NMR Assignments
2015 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Structural and molecular modeling features of P2X receptors

International journal of molecular sciences
2014 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

The P2X7 receptor: Shifting from a low-to a high-conductance channel—An enigmatic phenomenon?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes
2014 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Vitamins K interact with N-terminus $α$-synuclein and modulate the protein fibrillization in vitro. Exploring the interaction between quinones and $α$-synuclein

Neurochemistry international
2013 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Measuring the strength of interaction between the Ebola fusion peptide and lipid rafts: implications for membrane fusion and virus infection

PLoS One
2011 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

The anti-Parkinsonian drug selegiline delays the nucleation phase of $α$-synuclein aggregation leading to the formation of nontoxic species

Journal of molecular biology
2011 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Positive response to imatinib mesylate therapy for childhood chronic myeloid leukemia

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
2010 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

The p53 core domain is a molten globule at low pH functional implications of a partially unfolded structure

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2010 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Ligand Binding and Hydration in Protein Misfolding: Insights from Studies of Prion and p53 Tumor Suppressor proteins†

Accounts of chemical research
2009 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Membrane-disruptive properties of the bioinsecticide Jaburetox-2Ec: implications to the mechanism of the action of insecticidal peptides derived from ureases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and Proteomics
2009 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Predictions Suggesting a Participation of $β$-Sheet Configuration in the M2 Domain of the P2X 7 Receptor: A Novel Conformation?

Biophysical journal
2009 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Structure of the Ebola fusion peptide in a membrane-mimetic environment and the interaction with lipid rafts

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2007 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Structure of a Membrane-binding Domain from a Non-enveloped Animal Virus INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANISM OF MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY AND CELLULAR ENTRY

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2006 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

The fusogenic state of Mayaro virus induced by low pH and by hydrostatic pressure

Cell biochemistry and biophysics
2006 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas

Hydrostatic pressure induces the fusion-active state of enveloped viruses

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2002 | Journal article
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Mônica Santos de Freitas
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