Laboratory of Immunogenetics
PI: Prof. Alessandra Pontillo, PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Immunology / ICB / USP and head of the Laboratory of Immunogenetics in the same department. Expert in innate immunity and inflammation, inflammasome, auto-inflammatory diseases, immunogenetics, medical and population genetics.
Team Members
PhD and Ms Students
Bianca Barros Silva
FAPESP founded Fellowship. "Analysis of the Dectin-1/BTK pathway on the modulation of mutant NLRP3."
Bachelor's degree in Biomedicine from the Federal University of Trangulo Mineiro (UFTM).
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Master's student in Immunology
Fakhra Bibi
Master's student in Immunology
CAPES-PEC/PG founded Fellowship. "Evaluation of inflammasome Impairment in Dendritic Cells from People Living with HIV: target TMEM176B as a strategy for immune restoration."
Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology and Fenetic Engineering at Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan.
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Technical Trainees
Laura Vitoria Francisco
FAPESP Technical Training Program (TT3). "Generation of vectors with mutated genes and maintenance of cell lines for transfection/transduction."
Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Statal University of Paranà
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Ungraduated Students
Jessica Antunes Ribeiro
FAPESP founded Fellowship. "Selection of Rapid Protocols for Diagnostic Confirmation of Patients with Autoinflammatory Syndrome."
Student in Biomedicine at the Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo (UNICID).
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Camilly Stephany da Silva
FAPESP founded Fellowship. "Development of assays for the expression of mutated Pyrin (MEFV)."
Student in Biomedicine at the Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo (UNICID).
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NEUTROPHILS' GROUP
Dr. Vinicius Nunes Cordeiro Leal, PhD
Researcher at the Department of Immunology/ICB/USP. Expert in innate immunity and inflammation, inflammasome, neutrophils biology.
PhD and Ms Students
Milena Mary de Souza Andrade
FAPESP founded Fellowship. "Phenotypic and functional characterization of neutrophils in HIV-exposed newborns."
Master Degree from Faculty of Medicine, USP.
Bachelor's degree in Biomedicine from the Centro Universitário Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio
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PhD's student in Dermatology
Muhammad Junaid Iqbal
Master's student in Immunology
FAPESP founded Fellowship.
Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology and Fenetic Engineering at Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan.
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Luiz Carlos Rodrigues Lisboa
Master's student in Dermatology
CAPES founded Fellowship.
Bachelor's degree in Biomedicine from Centro Universitário Estácio do Amazonas.
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Ungraduated Students
Geovana Souza
FAPESP founded Fellowship.
Student in Biomedicine at the Universidade Sao Camillo.
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Luana Uccella
Thamiris Batista
ALUMNI
Mariela EGV Roa
2025 - PhD Thesis: Analysis of inflammasome in T CD8+ lymphocytes of chronically infected HIV patients
Raylane AG Cambuì
2023 - PhD Thesis: Role of inflammasome in colorectal cancer prognosis
Vinicius Nunes Cordeiro Leal
2021 - PhD Thesis: Genetic and functional characterization of NLRP3 in lymphocytes and monocytes of chronically infected HIV individuals
Fernanda Pereira Fernandes
2020 - MD Thesis: Analysis of inflammasome activation in HPV-associated cervical cancer
Edione Cristina dos Reis
2019 - PhD Thesis: Genetic and functional characterization of dendritic cells of HIV + patients stimulated with flagellin: implementation of the immunotherapy protocol against HIV-1
2015 - MD Thesis: Genomic profile of the HIV-1 response and implications for dendritic cells- based therapeutic vaccine for HIV
Dhemerson Souza de Lima
2019 - PhD Thesis: Genetic and functional characterization of inflammasome in response to mycobacteria and in the development of different clinical forms of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Jaine Soares Lima da Silva
2018 - MD Thesis: Analysis of the contribution of inflammasome in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
Elaine Uchima Uehara
2017 - MD Thesis: Immunomodulatory activity of NO in the in vitro response of newborn and adult mononuclear cells