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Defigueiredo, 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-+.
Pandey, A., Lin, F., Cabello, A. L., da Costa, L. F., Feng, X., Feng, H. Q., ... Qin, Q. M. (2018). Activation of host IRE1Î±-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. Environmental microbiology. 20(4), 1531-1549.
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.
Dickman, M., Williams, B., Li, Y., de Figueiredo, P., & Wolpert, T. (2017). Publisher Correction: Reassessing apoptosis in plants. Nat Plants. 3(11), 1-906.

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 (Clifton, N.J.). Methods in Molecular Biology. (pp. 75-90). Springer New York.
Kalkofen, D. N., de Figueiredo, P., & Brown, W. J. (2015). Methods for analyzing the role of phospholipase A(2) 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).