Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Professor
Parasitology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
He holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1999) and a PhD in Parasitology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2003). Postdoctoral studies at The George Washington University (2005). He is currently Adjunct Professor IV at the Department of Parasitology of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and Researcher at the Research Center René Rachou - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. It is affiliated member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He has experience in the field of Parasitology, with emphasis on Immunoparasitology, acting mainly on the following subjects: leishmaniasis, hookworms, ascaridiasis, vaccines, experimental models, immunological response, immunology of laboratory animals.
Research Interest
Development of diagnostic tests and vaccines against parasitic diseases of medical and veterinary importance, Determination of mechanisms of immunoregulation in human and experimental infection by hookworms, Aspects of the immune response in host-parasite interaction, Evaluation of new anti-parasitic therapeutic compounds and determination of anti-parasitic resistance mechanisms, Determination of mechanisms of immunoregulation in human and experimental infection by hookworms, Immunological response conferred by hookworm vaccines on human and experimental infection, Evaluation of immunological response in vaccination and experimental treatment against visceral leishmaniasis, Development of vaccines against hookworms and leishmaniasis.
Publications
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Rodrigues-Luiz GF, Cardoso MS, Valdivia HO, Ayala EV, Gontijo CM, Rodrigues TD, Fujiwara RT, Lopes RS, Bartholomeu DC. TipMT: Identification of PCR-based taxon-specific markers. BMC bioinformatics. 2017 Feb 11;18(1):104.
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Hojo-Souza NS, Pereira DB, Souza FS, Mendes TA, Cardoso MS, Tada MS, Zanini GM, Bartholomeu DC, Fujiwara RT, Bueno LL. On the cytokine/chemokine network during Plasmodium vivax malaria: new insights to understand the disease. Malaria journal. 2017 Jan 24;16(1):42.
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Valdivia HO, Almeida LV, Roatt BM, Reis-Cunha JL, Pereira AA, Gontijo C, Fujiwara RT, Reis AB, Sanders MJ, Cotton JA, Bartholomeu DC. Comparative genomics of canine-isolated Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis from an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, southeastern Brazil. Scientific reports. 2017 Jan 16;7:40804.
