Alexandre Ferreira Marques

Adjunct Professor
Parasitology
University of Minas
Brazil

Biography

Graduated in Pharmacy, with specialization in Clinical Biochemistry by the Federal University of Alfenas (1997), PhD in Biological Sciences program at the University of São Paulo (2007). Research Associate (2007-2013) at the University of Texas at El Paso, Texas USA. Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Georgia Tech, GA, USA. Has didactic experience for undergraduate and graduate studies in the area of ​​Parasitology / Immunology / Microbiology. Since 2007 working in the area of ​​Immunology and Biochemistry of parasites, proteomics, glycoprotein and new vaccine targets in Tryanosoma cruzi and leishmaniasis. Experience in the field of bioinformatics, in the use of prediction programs, protein extraction with analysis of parasite-host interaction and post-translational modifications. He is currently an Adjunct Professor.

Research Intrest

Use of carbohydrates as vaccine particles in chagas disease, Proteomica of T. cruzi, Mimetic peptides, Exploration of carbohydrates for diagnosis in chagas disease.

List of Publications
Serna C, Lara JA, Rodrigues SP, Marques AF, Almeida IC, Maldonado RA. A synthetic peptide from Trypanosoma cruzi mucin-like associated surface protein as candidate for a vaccine against Chagas disease. Vaccine. 2014 Jun 12;32(28):3525-32.
Schocker NS, Portillo S, Brito CR, Marques AF, Almeida IC, Michael K. Synthesis of Galα (1, 3) Galβ (1, 4) GlcNAcα-, Galβ (1, 4) GlcNAcα-and GlcNAc-containing neoglycoproteins and their immunological evaluation in the context of Chagas disease. Glycobiology. 2015 Sep 18;26(1):39-50.
Brito CR, McKay CS, Azevedo MA, Santos LC, Venuto AP, Nunes DF, D’Ávila DA, Rodrigues da Cunha GM, Almeida IC, Gazzinelli RT, Galvão LM. Virus-like Particle Display of the α-Gal Epitope for the Diagnostic Assessment of Chagas Disease. ACS infectious diseases. 2016 Oct 4;2(12):917-22.