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de Figueiredo, Paul

Associate Professor

Positions:

Associate Professor, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine

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pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu

1 979 436 0346

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overview

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 Articles46

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 Systems. 7(3), 323-338.e6.
Cao, S., Yuan, Y. e., Qin, Y. u., 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. Environmental Microbiology. 20(4), 1531-1549.
Pandey, A., Lin, F., Cabello, A. L., da Costa, L. F., Feng, X., Feng, H., ... Qin, Q. (2018). Activation of Host IRE1α-Dependent Signaling Axis Contributes the Intracellular Parasitism of Brucella melitensis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 8(APR), 103.
Dickman, M., Williams, B., Li, Y., de Figueiredo, P., & Wolpert, T. (2017). Publisher Correction: Reassessing apoptosis in plants. Nature Plants. 3(11), 906-906.
Pandey, A., Ding, S. L., Qin, Q., Gupta, R., Gomez, G., Lin, F., ... de Figueiredo, P. (2017). Global Reprogramming of Host Kinase Signaling in Response to Fungal Infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 21(5), 637-649.e6.

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 in Molecular Biology. The Golgi Complex. (pp. 75-90). Springer New York.
Kalkofen, D. N., de Figueiredo, P., & Brown, W. J. (2015). Chapter 11 Methods for analyzing the role of phospholipase A2 enzymes in endosome membrane tubule formation. Methods Cell Biol. Sorting and Recycling Endosomes. (pp. 157-180). Elsevier.
Hou, H., Li, L., Cho, Y., de Figueiredo, P., & Han, A. (2011). Microfabricated Microbial Fuel Cell Arrays. Recent Advances in Microbiology. (pp. 1-12). Apple Academic Press.