Leonardo, José de Moura Carvalho, Ph.D. 
Assistant
Professor
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute
La Jolla, CA
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EDUCATION

2000

Ph.D. 

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz 

Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Immunology
1996  

The National Research Center for Protozoan Molecular Immunology 

Obihiro, Japan

Immunology
1995 MSc

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz

Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Immunology/

Pathology

1991

Graduation

Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Pharmacy

EXPERIENCE  

2007- present

Assistant Professor, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute, La Jolla, CA

2005-2007

Associate Researcher, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 

Fiocruz Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

2002-2005

Adjunct Researcher, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

2000-2002

Visiting Researcher, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  

  1. Carvalho LJM, Ferreira-da-Cruz MF, Daniel-Ribeiro CT, Pelajo-Machado M, Lenzi HL. Germinal center architecture disturbance during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection in CBA mice. Malaria J (Article accepted for publication).

  2. Libonati RMF, Cunha MG, Souza JM, Santos MVN, Oliveira SG, Daniel-Ribeiro CT, Carvalho LJM, Nascimento JLM. 2006. Estradiol, but not dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), decreases parasitemia and increases the incidence of cerebral malaria and mortality in Plasmodium berghei ANKA-infected CBA mice. Neuroimmunomodulation 13(1):28-35.

  3. Carvalho LJM, Ferreira-da-Cruz MF, Daniel-Ribeiro CT, Pelajo-Machado M, Lenzi HL. 2006. Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection induces thymocyte apoptosis and thymocyte depletion in CBA mice. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 101:523-528.

  4. Pratt-Riccio LR, Lima-Junior JC, Carvalho LJ, Theisen M, Espindola-Mendes EC, Santos F, Oliveira-Ferreira J, Goldberg AC, Daniel-Ribeiro CT, Banic DM. 2005. Antibody response profiles induced by Plasmodium falciparum glutamate-rich protein in naturally exposed individuals from a Brazilian area endemic for malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73(6):1096-103.

  5. Carvalho LJM, Alves FA, Bianco-Jr C, Oliveira SG, Zanini GM, Soe S, Druilhe P, Theisen M, Muniz JAPC, Daniel-Ribeiro CT. 2005. Immunization of Saimiri sciureus monkeys with a recombinant hybrid protein derived from the Plasmodium falciparum antigen glutamate-rich protein and merozoite surface protein 3 can induce partial protection with Freund and Montanide ISA720 adjuvants. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 12(2):242-248.

  6. Carvalho LJM, Oliveira SG, Theisen M, Alves FA, Andrade MCR, Zanini GM, Brígido MCO, Oeuvray C, Povoa MM, Muniz JAPC, Druilhe P, Daniel-Ribeiro CT. 2004. Immunization of Saimiri sciureus monkeys with Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-3 and glutamate-rich protein suggests that protection is related to antibody levels. Scand J Immunol 59:363-372.

  7. Carvalho LJM, Alves FA, Oliveira SG, Valle RR, Fernandes AAM, Muniz JAPC, Daniel-Ribeiro CT. 2003. Severe anemia affects both splenectomized and non-splenectomized Plasmodium falciparum-infected Aotus infulatus monkeys. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 98 (5):679-686.

  8. Carvalho LJM, Daniel-Ribeiro CT, Goto H. 2002. Malaria Vaccine: Candidate Antigens, Mechanisms, Constraints and Prospects. Scand J Immunol 56(4): 327-343.

  9. Carvalho LJM, Oliveira SG, Alves FA, Brígido MCO, Muniz JAPC, Daniel-Ribeiro CT. 2000. Aotus infulatus monkey is susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum and may constitute an alternative experimental model for malaria. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 95 (3):363-365.

  10. Carvalho LJM, Lenzi HL, Oliveira DN, Daniel-Ribeiro CT, Ferreira-da-Cruz MF. 2000. Plasmodium berghei: cerebral malaria in CBA mice is not clearly related with plasma TNF levels or intensity of histopathological changes. Exp Parasitol 95 (1):1-7.

BOOKS

  1. Carvalho LJM, Ferreira-da-Cruz MF, Daniel-Ribeiro CT. 2005. Vacinas contra a malária. In: Coura JR, editor. Dinâmica das Doenças Infecciosas. Guanabara Koogan, Rio de Janeiro. 2025pp.

  2. Ferreira-da-Cruz MF, Carvalho LJM, Daniel-Ribeiro CT. 2005. Imunopatologia da malária. In: Coura JR, editor. Dinâmica das Doenças Infecciosas. Guanabara Koogan, Rio de Janeiro. 2025pp.

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