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Viveiros M

Biography

Oct/1991 - Sep/1992 - Research training in Virology ; Supervision: Profª Wanda Canas-Ferreira; Laboratory: Departamento de Microbiologia do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL); Subject: "Cell culture for HIV-2 isolation from Guinea-Bissau " Lecturing Post-Graduation Course in Tropical Medical Microbiology. Oct/1992 - Apr/1995 - Master of Science Course in Biotechnology (Biochemical Engineering) from IST/UTL and research activity in Molecular Genetics/Biotechnology with a Scholarship from Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica (J.N.I.C.T./F.C.T.); Supervision: Profª Doutora Isabel Sá-Correia (IST/UTL) and Prof Dr. Hugo Ayres David (Institut Pasteur Paris); Laboratory: Microbiologia IHMT/UNL; Thesis: "Carotenogenesis in Mycobacterium vaccae - Genetic and biochemical characterization" Apr/1995 – Mar/2001 - PhD Scholarship from J.N.I.C.T./F.C.T.; Supervision: Prof Dr. Hugo Ayres David (Institut Pasteur Paris and IHMT/UNL) and Prof. Dr. Filomena Exposto (IHMT/UNL); Laboratory: Microbiologia of IHMT/UNL.; Thesis: "Isolation of the carotenogenesis operon in Mycobacterium vaccae. - Application to the development of new mycobacterial genetic tools and to the understanding of molecular mechanism of tuberculosis pathogeny" Jan/1998 – Mar/2001 - Lecturer (Assistente) in Medical Microbiology/Bacteriology in the Unit of Mycobacteriology of the IHMT/UNL. Lecturing activities in the Post-Graduation Course in Tropical Medical Microbiology and in the Faculty of Medical Sciences (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) – Microbiology and Parasitology -Third year of the Medical Degree Course. Research activities in Molecular Genetics of Mycobacteria, mycobacteria diagnosis and drug resistance.
Mar/2001 –Dec2009 - Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) in Medical Microbiology/Bacteriology in the Unit of Mycobacteriology of the IHMT/UNL . Lecturing activities in the Masters Course (MSc) in Medical Microbiology from theIHMT/UNL; MSc Coordinator since 2003. Deputy Director of the Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Clinical Laboratory. Research activities in Molecular Genetics of Mycobacteria and Bacteria, mycobacteria diagnosis, drug resistance and development of new drugs. Dec2009 - April 2012 – Associate Professor (Professor Associado) in Medical Microbiology/Bacteriology in the Unit of Medical Microbiology (Group of Mycobacteriology) of the IHMT/UNL April 2012 to July 2013 - Associate Professor with Habilitation in Biomedical Sciences (Speciality Microbiology) (Professor Associado com Agregação em Ciências Biomédicas – Especialidade Microbiologia) in the Unit of Medical Microbiology (Group of Mycobacteriology) of the IHMT/UNL. Thesis: “As novas tecnologias de biologia molecular no diagnóstico precoce da tuberculose resistente: a sua integração e monitorização no contexto dos programas de controlo da tuberculose - The new molecular biology technologies in the early diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis: its integration and monitoring in the context of TB control programs”. July 2013 to date - Full Professor in Medical Microbiology (Professor Catedrático em Microbiologia Médica) in the Unit of Medical Microbiology (Group of Mycobacteriology) of the IHMT/UNL. January 2010 to date – President of the Pedagogical Council of the IHMT/UNL. October 2014 – October 2017 – Special Visiting Professor at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Rio de Janeiro

Research Interest

Research in tuberculosis and antibiotic resistant infections in support for alternative therapies of incurable diseases such as multidrug resistant tuberculosis and methicillin-vancomycin resistant staphylococcal infections. Immunology of tuberculosis. Strong interests in assisting Portuguese speaking countries of Africa in combating tuberculosis. Expertise in the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis infections.

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