VLPs Team
Coord. Prof Gustavo Cabral de Miranda, MSc, PhD
Principal Investigator (PP) at Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), for the development of vaccines against Sars-CoV-2, Chikungunya, Zika and Dengue using as VLPs (viral -like particles) platforms.
Biologist graduated at State University of Bahia (UNEB)
Master's Degree in Immunology at Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
PhD degrees in Immunology, at the University of São Paulo (USP) and at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), Porto, Portugal, in Biomark and Sensor Research.
Postdoctoral fellows at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, England, and at University of Bern, Switzerland, focousing on the development of vaccines using VLPs (Virus-like particles) and advanced diagnostics using Biosensor technology.
Larissa Vuitika, PhD
BIologist, graduated at Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)
Master's degree at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in Morphology
Doctorate´s degree at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in Biological Sciences
Currently working as Post-Doc student on the development of vaccines using VLPs as platforms against SARS-CoV2 and acting on molecular biology cloning processes and heterologous protein expression.
Karin Paola Crema, MD
Medical Doctor, General Practioner, graduated at Federal University of Paraná.
PhD candidate at University of São Paulo in Biotechnology.
Lato Sensu post-graduation at Albert Einstein Hospital in Data Science and Informatics on Health Sciences
Currently working on vaccines development with VLPs against SARS-CoV2 and using computational models for vaccine engeneering.
Medical Doctor at Hospital Sírio Libanês and DASA Group.
Aline
Graduated in Biomedicine at Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU.
PhD candidate in Biotechnology at University of São Paulo (USP)
Participation in cientific initiation program at the Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT – USP) working with potential regulators in IgE-mediated hypersensitivity and allergens such as Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Ovalbumin in maternal-fetal interphase.
Currently working in VLP`s (viral-like particles) vaccines development against Chikungunya virus.
Nelson
Graduated in Biomedicine at Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás - PUC Goiás, qualified in Clinical Analysis and received the title of Academic Merit Magna Cum Laude.
Specialist in Molecular Biology at Faculdade Unyleya
PhD candidate at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Biotechnology, working on the development of an anti-Zika virus vaccine using the VLPs platform.
Participation as Scientific Initiation student, with an emphasis on Human/Medical Immunology, Arboviruses and Systems Biology.
Wasim
Pharmacist-biochemist graduated at FCFRP-USP, researcher and scientific communicator. Member on the projects UPVacina, Projeto Halo (UN), Todos Pelas Vacinas, RNDC and Rede Análise COVID-19
PhD candidate at University of São Paulo(USP), working on the development of SARS-CoV2 and pancoronavirus vaccines, based on VLPs and mRNA
Developing structural bioinformatics projects in pharmacogenetics and COVID-19, in the Bioinformatics Group of FMRP-USP.