Venancio:Thiago Motta Venancio
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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
- Bellieny-Rabelo D, Oliveira AEA, Venancio TM. Impact of whole-genome and tandem duplications in the expansion and functional diversification of the F-box family in legumes (Fabaceae). PLoS ONE 2013
- Oliveira EA, Romeiro NC, Ribeiro ES, Santa-Catarina C, Oliveira AE, Silveira V, de Souza Filho GA, Venancio TM, Cruz MA. Structural and functional characterization of the protein kinase Mps1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One, 2012.
- Venancio TM , Bellieny-Rabelo D, Aravind L. Evolutionary and biochemical aspects of chemical stress resistance in Saccharomyces. Frontiers in Genetics 2012.
- Souza AJ, Ferreira AT, Perales J, Beghini DG, Fernandes KV, Xavier-Filho J, Venancio TM, Oliveira AE . Identification of Albizia lebbeck seed coat chitin-binding vicilins (7S globulins) with high toxicity to the larvae of the bruchid Callosobruchus maculatus.Braz J Med Biol Res 2012
- Jacinto DS, Muniz Hdos S, Venancio TM, Wilson RA, Verjovski-Almeida S, Demarco R . Curupira-1 and Curupira-2, two novel Mutator-like DNA transposons from the genomes of human parasites Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum. Parasitology 2011
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Contact | Contato
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