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de Figueiredo, Paul

Associate Professor

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Associate Professor, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine

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pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu

1 979 436 0346

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I have strong interests in elucidating the molecular mechanisms that mediate interactions between the intracellular bacterial pathogen Brucella spp. and host cells.

education and training

University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States), Postdoctoral Training 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States), Postdoctoral Training 1999
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology, Vertebrate Genetics, Cornell University - (Ithaca, New York, United States) 1997
M.A. in Religious Studies, Stanford University - (Stanford, California, United States) 1989
B.A. in Mathematics and Political Science, Rice University - (Houston, Texas, United States) 1986

selected publications

Academic Articles45

Patrick, K. L., Wojcechowskyj, J. A., Bell, S. L., Riba, M. N., Jing, T., Talmage, S., ... Watson, R. O. (2018). Quantitative Yeast Genetic Interaction Profiling of Bacterial Effector Proteins Uncovers a Role for the Human Retromer in Salmonella Infection.. Cell Syst. 7(3), 323-338.e6.
Pandey, A., Lin, F., Cabello, A. L., da Costa, L. F., Feng, X., Feng, H., ... Qin, Q. (2018). Activation of Host IRE1-Dependent Signaling Axis Contributes the Intracellular Parasitism of Brucella melitensis.. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 8(APR), 103.
Cao, S., Yuan, Y. e., Qin, Y. H., Zhang, M., de Figueiredo, P., Li, G., & Qin, Q. (2018). The pre-rRNA processing factor Nop53 regulates fungal development and pathogenesis via mediating production of reactive oxygen species.. Environ Microbiol. 20(4), 1531-1549.
Dickman, M., Williams, B., Li, Y., de Figueiredo, P., & Wolpert, T. (2017). Publisher Correction: Reassessing apoptosis in plants.. Nat Plants. 3(11), 906-906.
Feng, H., Li, G., Du, S., Yang, S., Li, X., de Figueiredo, P., & Qin, Q. (2017). The septin protein Sep4 facilitates host infection by plant fungal pathogens via mediating initiation of infection structure formation.. Environ Microbiol. 19(5), 1730-1749.

Chapters3

Cluett, E. B., de Figueiredo, P., Bechler, M. E., Thorsen, K. D., & Brown, W. J. (2016). Reconstitution of Phospholipase A2-Dependent Golgi Membrane Tubules.. Methods Mol Biol. The Golgi Complex. 75-90. Springer New York.
Kalkofen, D. N., de Figueiredo, P., & Brown, W. J. (2015). Methods for analyzing the role of phospholipase A enzymes in endosome membrane tubule formation.. METHODS IN CELL BIOLOGY, VOL 49. Sorting and Recycling Endosomes. 157-180. Elsevier.
Hou, H., Li, L., Cho, Y., de Figueiredo, P., & Han, A. (2011). Microfabricated Microbial Fuel Cell Arrays. Recent Advances in Microbiology. 1-12. Apple Academic Press.

Conference Papers10

Huang, C., Wang, H., De Figueiredo, P., & Han, A. (2019). Automatic Membrane-Based Microfluidic Platform for Investigating the Emergence of Pathogenicity. 2019 20th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems & Eurosensors XXXIII (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXXIII), 2019 20th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems & Eurosensors XXXIII (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXXIII). 00, 2239-2242.
Erbay, C., Pu, X., Choi, W., Choi, M., Hou, H., Figueiredo, P., Yu, C., & Han, A. (2014). Effect of physical properties of carbon nanotube anodes on microfluidic microbial fuel cell array. 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014. 1933-1935.
Mijalis, A. J., Mallepally, R., de Figueiredo, P., & Kenerley, C. (2012). Invisible jungle. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 243,
Hou, H., Li, L., De Figueiredo, P., & Han, A. (2011). Microfluidic microbial fuel cell array for multiplexed long-term parallel analysis of microbial activities. 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011, 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011. 2, 1424-1426.
Hou, H., Ceylan, C. U., Li, L., De Figueiredo, P., & Han, A. (2010). A microfluidic microbial fuel cell array for electrochemically-active microbe screening and analysis. 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010, 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010. 1, 677-679.