Fernando Almeida-Souza

Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Fernando Almeida-Souza holds a Technical Education in Chemistry from Federal Institute of Technological Education of Maranhão, Brazil; Bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine, master’s in Animal Science from Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Brazil, and doctorate in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Brazil. It is currently Professor of Immunology (2012 to date) at Post-graduate in Animal Science, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão. Also collaborates at Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz (2017 to date) in the Laboratory of Immunomodulation and Protozoology, guiding doctoral and master students at Post-graduate in Tropical Medicine. Has several publications in international journals, where act as reviewer and editor. At present, much of his research is directed towards developing new therapeutic strategies for trypanosomatid diseases, as well as antitumoral, antimicrobial and immunomodulators, evaluating synthetic and natural product compounds.

Fernando Almeida-Souza

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