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Immunity to Infections

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Mauro Teixeira - F1000 Faculty Member (since 20 August 2008)

Departamento de Bioquimica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor of Immunology

EDUCATION:
• Medical degree (1990, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
• PhD (1994, University of London)
• DTMH (1996, Royal Society of Medicine)

MEMBERSHIPS:
• Brazilian Society of Immunology
• Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
• American Association of Immunologists
• National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)

HONORS/AWARDS:
• Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2008)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Mechanisms and relevance of inflammation in infection
• Role of chemokines in the context of chronic inflammation
• Relevance of the microbiota in controling inflammatory responses

EVALUATIONS