Wim Maurits Sylvain Degrave
Researcher
Bioinformatics
Oswaldo Cruz Institute- Fiocruz
Brazil
Biography
He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry - Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium (1980), Master's and PhD in Molecular Biology - Rijksuniversiteit Gent (1985), and postdoctoral degree at the Pasteur Institute in Paris ('99 -00). He is a researcher at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz and head of the Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics. He has experience in the genomics of microorganisms and bioinformatics, with emphasis on functional genomics and biotechnology, working mainly in the development of biotechnological products, synthetic biology, and comparative genomics of microorganisms such as mycobacteria, Bacillus and study of biodiversity. Since 2002, he has been an advisor to the Vice President of Research at Fiocruz and coordinator of the Programs for the Development of Inputs, translational research in Health, and the Network of Technology Platforms
Research Interest
Genomics of microorganisms and bioinformatics, with emphasis on functional genomics and biotechnology, working mainly in the development of biotechnological products, synthetic biology, and comparative genomics of microorganisms such as mycobacteria, Bacillus and study of biodiversity
Publications
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HENRIQUES, CRISTINA ; MILLER, MEGAN P. ; CATANHO, Marcos ; DE CARVALHO, TÉCIA MARIA ULISSES ; KRIEGER, MARCO AURÉLIO ; PROBST, CHRISTIAN M. ; DE SOUZA, WANDERLEY ; DEGRAVE, WIM M. ; AMARA, SUSAN GAYE . Identification and functional characterization of a novel arginine/ornithine transporter, a member of a cationic amino acid transporter subfamily in the Trypanosoma cruzi genome. Parasites & Vectors, v. 8, p. 346, 2015.
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2. KRITSKI, AFRANIO ; BARREIRA, DRAURIO ; JUNQUEIRA-KIPNIS, ANA PAULA ; MORAES, MILTON OZORIO ; CAMPOS, MARIA MARTHA ; DEGRAVE, WIM MAURITZ ; MIRANDA, SILVANA SPINDOLA ; KRIEGER, MARCO AURELIO ; CHIMARA, ERICA ; MOREL, Carlos ; DALCOLMO, MARGARETH PRETTI ; MACIEL, ETHEL LEONOR NOIA ; EVANGELISTA, MARIA DO SOCORRO NANTUA ; VILLA, TERESA SCATENA ; SANCHEZ, MAURO ; COSTA, FERNANDA DOCKHORN ; QUEIROZ, INACIO ; OLIVEIRA, MARTHA MARIA ; SOUZA JUNIOR, RUY ; SILVA, JOSE ROBERTO LAPA E ; RUFFINO-NETTO, ANTONIO . Brazilian Response to Global End TB Strategy : The National Tuberculosis Research Agenda. SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL. REVISTA, v. 49, p. 135-145, 2016.
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1. METSKY, HAYDEN C. MATRANGA, CHRISTIAN B. WOHL, SHIRLEE SCHAFFNER, STEPHEN F. FREIJE, CATHERINE A. WINNICKI, SARAH M. WEST, KENDRA QU, JAMES BANIECKI, MARY LYNN GLADDEN-YOUNG, ADRIANNE LIN, AARON E. TOMKINS-TINCH, CHRISTOPHER H. YE, SIMON H. PARK, DANIEL J. LUO, CYNTHIA Y. BARNES, KAYLA G. SHAH, RICKEY R. CHAK, BRIDGET BARBOSA-LIMA, GISELLE DELATORRE, EDSON VIEIRA, YASMINE R. PAUL, LAUREN M. TAN, AMANDA L. BARCELLONA, CAROLYN M. PORCELLI, MARIO C. , et al. ; Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas. NATURE, v. xxx, p. xxx, 2017.
