Biochemistry of Stress Response Laboratory
Marcus F. Oliveira, PhD
Principal investigator
PhD in Biological Chemistry at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brazil) in 2001 and sabbatical at Boston University School of Medicine (Boston, US) in 2014-2015. He is currently Associate professor at Institute of Medical Biochemistry (IBqM-UFRJ) and an affiliate member of Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Patricia H. Alvarenga, PhD
Principal investigator
PhD in Biological Chemistry at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brazil) in 2005, postdoctorates at Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2005-2006), and at Laboratory of Control and Physiology of Arthropod Vectors (2006-2008), both at Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Posdoctorate at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/National Institutes of Health (2008-2010). She is currently Associate professor at Institute of Medical Biochemistry (IBqM-UFRJ).
Postdoctorate
Juliana B.R. Correa Soares, PhD
Project: Characterization of mitochondrial function in the flight muscle of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Alessandro Gaviraghi, PhD
Project: Structural and functional changes in Aedes aegypti mitochondria by pathophysiological stresses.
Graduate students
Caroline Mendes, BSc
Project: Physiological relevance of heme crystallization in the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus.
Ana Paula Miranda, BSc
Project: Modulation of mitochondrial energy and redox metabolism by blood derived products in human central nervous system cell lines.
Matheus P. Oliveira, MSc
Project: Sexual preferences in oxygen utilization links energy metabolism to protective redox adaptive responses in the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.
Helio F. Rocha, MD, MSc
Project: Investigation of mitochondrial metabolism in peripheral blood cells along human development.
Undergraduate students
Flávia P. dos Santos
Project: Characterization of mitochondrial metabolism in a cell line of Aedes aegypti embryos.
Rodiesley dos Santos
Project: Characterization of mitochondrial metabolism in a cell line of Drosophila melanogaster embryos.