Jose Luiz Proenca Modena

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Cargo: Professor Doutor I

PhD, University of São Paulo

Dep. Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, IB, Unicamp, Campinas, SP

jlmodena@unicamp.br

Area

  • Biomedical

Research lines

  • Microbiology

Personal presentation

graduation at Bacharel Em Ciências Biológicas from Universidade de São Paulo (2001), graduation at Licenciado Em Ciências Biológicas from Universidade de São Paulo (2002), master's at Morphology from Universidade de São Paulo (2004) and doctorate at Morphology from Universidade de São Paulo (2009). Has experience in Microbiology, acting on the following subjects: hrsv, helicobacter pylori, hbov, pcr and caga.

Research activities

Since 2015, José is professor in the Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Imunology, Institute of Biology at University of Campinas (Unicamp). Currently, he heads a Laboratory of Emerging Viruses (LEVE) where he is conducting researches about pathogenesis of Oropouche virus (OROV), Zika virus (ZIKV), Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and the recently discovered new Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). During COVID-19 pandemics, Proença-Modena worked to mitigate the social and public health impact of this disease in the metropolitan region of Campinas, having a leading role for molecular diagnosis, scientific dissemination, and development of research that has contributed to the understanding of new epidemiological, evolutionary and pathophysiological aspects of COVID-19. He published 62 papers in indexed journals and wrote two book chapter in virology and microbiology.

Selected Publications

proenca-modena, Jose Luiz; Pereira Valera, Fabiana Cardoso; Jacob, Marcos Gerhardinger; Buzatto, Guilherme Pietrucci; Saturno, Tamara Honorato; Lopes, Lucia; Souza, Jamila Mendonça; Paula, Flavia Escremim; Silva, Maria Lucia; Carenzi, Lucas Rodrigues; Tamashiro, Edwin; Arruda, Eurico; Anselmo-lima, Wilma Terezinha; Semple, Malcolm Gracie; High Rates of Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Tonsillar Tissues from Children with Chronic Adenotonsillar Disease. Plos One, v.7, p. e42136-, 2012 [ doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042136 ]

proenca-modena, Jose Luiz; Hyde, Jennifer L.; Sesti-costa, Renata; Lucas, Tiffany; Pinto, Amelia K.; Richner, Justin M.; Gorman, Matthew J.; Lazear, Helen M.; Diamond, Michael S.; IRF-5-dependent signaling restricts Orthobunyavirus dissemination to the central nervous system. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, v.90, p. JVI.02276-15-189, 2015 [ doi:10.1128/jvi.02276-15 ]

Amorim, Mariene R.; Souza, William M.; Barros, Antonio C.G.; Toledo-teixeira, Daniel A.; Dos-santos, Karina Bispo; Simeoni, Camila L.; Parise, Pierina L.; Vieira, Aline; Forato, Julia; Claro, Ingra M.; Mofatto, Luciana S.; Barbosa, Priscila P.; Brunetti, Natalia S.; França, Emerson S.S.; Pedroso, Gisele A.; Carvalho, Barbara F.N.; Zaccariotto, Tania R.; Krywacz, Kamila C.S.; Vieira, André S.; proença-módena, J. L.; Respiratory Viral Shedding in Healthcare Workers Reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, Brazil, 2020. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v.27, p. 1737-, 2021 [ doi:10.3201/eid2706.210558 ]

Souza, William M; Amorim, Mariene R; Sesti-costa, Renata; Coimbra, Lais D; Brunetti, Natalia S; Toledo-teixeira, Daniel A; De Souza, Gabriela F; Muraro, Stefanie P; Parise, Pierina L; Barbosa, Priscilla P; Bispo-dos-santos, Karina; Mofatto, Luciana S; Simeoni, Camila L; Claro, Ingra M; Duarte, Adriana S S; Coletti, Thais M; Zangirolami, Audrey B; Costa-lima, Carolina; Gomes, Arilson B S P; proença-módena, J. L.; Neutralisation of SARS-CoV-2 lineage P.1 by antibodies elicited through natural SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination with an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: an immunological study. Lancet Microbe, v.2, p. S2666-5247(21)0-, 2021 [ doi:10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00129-4 ]

Silva-filho, Joao Luiz; De Oliveira, Lilian G.; Monteiro, Leticia; Parise, Pierina L.; Zanluqui, Nagela G.; Polonio, Carolina M.; De Freitas, Carla L.; Toledo-teixeira, Daniel A.; De Souza, William M.; Bittencourt, Najara; Amorim, Mariene R.; Forato, Julia; Muraro, Stéfanie P.; De Souza, Gabriela F.; Martini, Matheus C.; Bispo-dos-santos, Karina; Vieira, Aline; Judice, Carla C.; Pastore, Glaucia M.; proença-módena, J. L.; Gas6 drives Zika virus-induced neurological complications in humans and congenital syndrome in immunocompetent mice. BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY, v.1, p. 1-, 2021 [ doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2021.08.008 ]