Dr. Maria Carolina Cambraia Guimaro Diniz
Assistant Director for Research and International Affairs
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
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About
Dr. Maria Cambraia is the Director for Research and International Affairs at the CNMS Dean’s Office. In her role, she supports research-based training programs, scholarship programs, and science education research initiatives within the college. She also provides support and insight into international affairs. Prior to her current position, she held various roles, including Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR/NIH) and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Science at Georgetown University.
Research interests
Autoimmune diseases, Parasitology, Gene-therapy, G-proteins, Science Education
Teaching interests
Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Physiology, Anatomy, Immunology, Cell Biology, Quantitative reasoning, First-Year Seminar
Education
- Postdoc, Science Education — University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2022)
- Postdoc, Molecular Biology — National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2019)
- Postdoc, Molecular Pathology — University of Brasilia (2014)
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Ph D, Molecular Pathology
— University of Brasilia (2012) Inheritance and fixation of kDNA minicircle sequences from Trypanosoma cruzi in the Gallus gallus genome: genotypic modifications and autoimmune cardiomyopathy.
- BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences — University of Brasilia (2007)
Publications
- Genome characterization of BI2 subcluster Streptomyces scabiei bacteriophages GoblinVoyage and Doxi13. 2024
- Rescue of Adeno-Associated Virus Production by shRNA Cotransfection 2020
- Inhibition of bone morphogenetic protein 6 receptors ameliorates Sjögren's syndrome in mice 2020
- Aquaporin gene therapy corrects Sjögren's syndrome phenotype in mice 2016
- Inhibition of autoimmune Chagas-like heart disease by bone marrow transplantation 2014
- Pathogenesis of chagas' disease: parasite persistence and autoimmunity 2011
- Trypanosoma cruzi in the chicken model: Chagas-like heart disease in the absence of parasitism 2011
- Chagas disease 2006
Courses Taught
- QuantReason: Measure&Skill Lab
- QuantReason: Measure&Skill Lab
- First Year Seminar (AH)
- First Year Seminar (AH)
- QuantReason: Measure&Skill Lab