Venancio:Thiago Motta Venancio



Background | Introdução
I am a biologist with deep interest in the application of computational methods to understand complex biological problems and their evolutionary basis. I joined Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense as an associate Professor in October/2010.

Sou um biólogo com profundo interesse na aplicação de métodos computacionais para o entendimento de problemas biológicos complexos e suas bases evolutivas. Ingressei na Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense como professor associado em Outubro/2010.

A complete version of my CV can be found here (in Portuguese). Uma versão completa do meu CV pode ser encontrada aqui (em português).

Education | Formação

 * 2008 - 2010, Post-doctorate | Pós-doutorado, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI),NIH
 * 2004 - 2008, PhD in Bioinformatics | Doutorado em Bioinformática, Universidade de Sao Paulo
 * 2001 - 2004, MSc in Biosciences and Biotechnology | Mestrado em Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense
 * 1998 - 2001, BSc in Biological Sciences | Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense

Publications | Publicações
Jacinto DS, Muniz H, Venancio TM, Wilson RA, Verjovski-Almeida S, DeMarco R. Curupira-1 and Curupira-2, two novel Mutator-like DNA transposon from the genomes of human parasites Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum. Parasitology, accepted.

Oakley MS, Anantharaman V, Venancio TM, Zheng H, Mahajan B, Majam V, McCutchan TF, Myers TG, Aravind L, Kumar S. Molecular Correlates of Experimental Cerebral Malaria Detectable in Whole Blood. Infection and Immunity, 2011.

Venancio TM, Balaji S, Geetha S, Aravind L. Robustness and evolvability in natural chemical resistance: identification of novel systems properties, biochemical mechanisms and regulatory interactions. Molecular BioSystems, 2010.

Venancio TM, Aravind L. CYSTM, a novel cysteine-rich transmembrane module with a role in stress tolerance across eukaryotes. Bioinformatics, 2010.

Venancio TM, Balaji S, Aravind L. High-confidence mapping of chemical compounds and protein complexes reveals novel aspects of chemical stress response in yeast. Molecular Biosystems, 2010.

Oliveira KCP, Carvalho ML, Venancio TM, Miyasato PA, Kawano T, DeMarco R, Verjovski-Almeida S. Identification of Schistosoma mansoni TNF-alpha receptor gene and the effect of human TNF-alpha on the parasite gene expression profile. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009.

Venancio TM, Wilson RA,, Verjovski-Almeida S, DeMarco R. Bursts of transposition from non-LTR retrotransposon families of the RTE clade in Schistosoma mansoni. International Journal for Parasitology, 2009.

Aravind L, Anantharaman V, Venancio TM. Apprehending Multicellularity: Regulatory Networks, Genomics, and Evolution. Birth Defects Research (Part C), 2009.

Soares JB, Menezes D, Vannier MA, Ferreira-Pereira A, Almeida GT, Venancio TM, Verjovski-Almeida, S, Zishiri VK, Kuter D, Hunter R, Egan, TJ, Oliveira MF. Interference with hemozoin formation represents an important mechanism of schistosomicidal action of antimalarial quinoline methanols. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009.

Venancio TM, Aravind L. Reconstructing prokaryotic transcriptional regulatory networks: lessons from actinobacteria. Journal of Biology, 2009.

Venancio TM, Balaji S, Iyer LM, Aravind L. Reconstructing the ubiquitin network - cross-talk with other systems and identification of novel functions. Genome Biology, 2009. [HIGHLY ACCESSED]

Venancio TM, Cristofoletti PT, Ferreira C, Verjovski-Almeida S,Terra WR. The Aedes aegypti larval transcriptome: a comparative perspective with emphasis on trypsins and the domain structure of peritrophins. Insect Molecular Biology, 2009.

Cardoso FC, Macedo GC, Gava E, Kitten GT, Mati VL, de Melo AL, Caliari MV, Almeida GT, Venancio TM, Verjovski-Almeida S, Oliveira SC. Schistosoma mansoni Tegument Protein Sm29 Is Able to Induce a Th1-Type of Immune Response and Protection against Parasite Infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2008.

Venancio TM, DeMarco R, Almeida GT, Oliveira KC, Setubal JC, Verjovski-Almeida S. Analysis of Schistosoma mansoni genes shared with Deuterostomia and with possible roles in host interactions. BMC Genomics, 2007.

Esteves GH, Simoes AC, Souza E, Dias RA, Ospina R, Venancio TM. New insights about host response to smallpox using microarray data. BMC Systems Biology, 2007.

<li>Verjovski-Almeida S, Venancio TM, Oliveira KC, Almeida GT, DeMarco R. Use of a 44k oligoarray to explore the transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni adult worms. Experimental Parasitology, 2007.

<li>DeMarco R, Venancio TM, Verjovski-Almeida S. SmTRC1, a novel Schistosoma mansoni DNA transposon, discloses new families of animal and fungi transposons belonging to the CACTA superfamily.BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2006.

<li>Demarco R, Oliveira KC, Venancio TM and Verjovski-Almeida S. Gender biased differential alternative splicing patterns of the transcriptional cofactor CA150 gene in Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 2006.

<li>Venancio TM, DeMarco R, Oliveira KCP, Simoes ACQ, Silva AM, Verjovski-Almeida S. Genomics and Gene Expression Management Tools for the Schistosoma mansoni cDNA Microarray Project. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2005.

<li>Venancio TM, Oliveira AE, Silva LB, Machado OL, Fernandes KV, Xavier-Filho J. A protein with amino acid sequence homology to bovine insulin is present in the legume Vigna unguiculata (cowpea). Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2003.

<li>Silva LB, Santos SS, Azevedo CR, Cruz MA, Venancio TM, Cavalcante CP, Uchoa AF, Astolfi Filho S, Oliveira AE, Fernandes KV and Xavier-Filho J. The leaves of green plants as well as a cyanobacterium, a red alga, and fungi contain insulin-like antigens. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2002.

<li>Oliveira AEA, Azevedo CR, Venancio TM, Silva LB, Fernandes KVS, Lopes MAC, Cunha M, Machado OLT, Astolfi-Filho S and Xavier-Filho J. Insulina de plantas. Biotecnologia, Ciencia e Desenvolvimento, 2001.

<li>Oliveira AEA, Azevedo CR, Venancio TM, Machado OLT, Xavier-Filho J. Presença de insulina em plantas: função biológica e possível validação de sua utilização no tratamento do diabetes. Diabetes Clinica, 2000.

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