Jose Roberto Mineo

Biography

Jose Roberto Mineo Master's degree in Microbiology and Immunology from the Federal University of São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina (1980); and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo-Institute of Biomedical Sciences (1982). Visiting Professor of Medicine at Darmouth Medical School, NH, USA (1991-1994) and Visiting Professor of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Pathogenic Bioagents of the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo (2000-2001). He is currently a professor of Immunology at the Biomedical Sciences Institute of the Federal University of Uberlândia and coordinator of the Biological Sciences III area of ​​Capes, comprising the areas of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology. He supervised 25 master's dissertations, 14 doctoral theses, 24 course completion papers, 26 scientific initiation projects and supervised 6 postdoctoral projects. He currently directs 3 master's dissertations, 3 doctoral theses, 2 graduation papers, 3 scientific initiation projects and supervises 2 postdoctoral projects. Has experience in Immunology, with emphasis in Applied Immunology, working mainly in the following topics: cellular and molecular biology of Toxoplasma gondii; virulence factors associated with T. gondii genotypes and other phylogenetically related parasites; characterization of the immune response in experimental models of infections by intracellular microorganisms; immunodiagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and newborns, and reactivation of this infection in immunosuppressed patients; immunodiagnosis of congenital infections in other protozooses that affect the human species and domestic animals.

Research Interest

Cellular and molecular biology of Toxoplasma gondii; virulence factors associated with T. gondii genotypes and other phylogenetically related parasites; characterization of the immune response in experimental models of infections by intracellular microorganisms; immunodiagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and newborns, and reactivation of this infection in immunosuppressed patients; immunodiagnosis of congenital infections in other protozooses that affect the human species and domestic animals.