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Igor C. Almeida

Director
Biomolecule Analysis and Omics Unit (former Biomolecule Analysis and Core Facility)

Professor
Biological Sciences
Bioinformatics
Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC)

Office Building: Bioscience Research Building
Office Room: 5124
Phone: (915) 747-6086
Email: icalmeida@utep.edu

Bio

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Awards and Honors

Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences - Brazilian Academy of Sciences (12/01/2022)
Editorial Board, Microorganisms - Molecular Diversity Preservation Internationa (MDPI) (11/01/2019-11/30/2019)
Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention Program (STARs) Award, US$500,000 - The University of Texas System (03/01/2019-03/31/2019)
Associate Editor, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (03/01/2019)
Fellow-Elected, American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) - American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) (03/01/2017)
Member of Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2016/05 ZAI1 PA-I (M2) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)/ NAID (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
NIH Peer Review Committee Member - NIH/Pathogenic Eukaryotes Review Panel (PTHE) (06/01/2013-06/30/2013)
Distinguished Achievement Award for Research - University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
Research Accomplishment Award - College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Millionaire Research Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP), University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) (04/01/2012-04/30/2012)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Regular Member of Pathogenic Eukaryotes (PTHE) Review Panel - National Institutes of Health (NIH) (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (12/01/2010)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (12/01/2010)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (11/01/2010)
Distingued Achievement Award - College of Science, UTEP (05/08/2009)
STARS Block Award - (UT System funds), University of Texas at El Paso, College of Science (07/01/2007-07/31/2007)
Proteomics and Bioinformatics Workshop Team Travel Award (01/31/2006)

Education

Microbiology, University of Dundee (1998)
Ph D in Microbiology and Immunology, Escola Paulista de Medicina-EPM (currently UNIFESP) (1994)
MS in Molecular Biology, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM),Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) (1989)
Pharmacy degree, Universidade Regional do Nordeste (currently UEPb) (1981)

Publications

Selective Transfection of a Transferrin Receptor-Expressing Cell Line with DNA-Lipid Nanoparticles. ACS omega 9 38 (2024), I Vinales, J C. Silva-Espinoza, B A. Medina, Urbay JEM, M A. Beltran, D E. Salinas, M A. Ramirez-Ramos, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, Wilson Poon, M L. Penichet, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Selective Transfection of a Transferrin Receptor-Expressing Cell Line with DNA-Lipid Nanoparticles ACS Omega (2024), Irodiel Vinales, Juan C. Silva-Espinoza, Bryan Medina, Juan E. Urbay, Miguel A. Beltran, Dante E. Salinas, Marco A. Ramirez-Ramos, Rosa A. Maldonado, Wilson Poon, Manuel L. Penichet, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael, .
Big is not better: Comparing two alpha-Gal-bearing glycotopes in neoglycoproteins as biomarkers for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infection Carbohydrate research Carbohydrate Research: 536 (2023), Alberto Montoya, E R. Gil, I Vinales, I L. Estevao, P Taboada, M C. Torrico, F Torrico, J D. Marco, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Oncogenic KRASG12D Reprograms Lipid Metabolism by Upregulating SLC25A1 to Drive Pancreatic Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research Cancer Research 83 22 (2023), R Zhang, X Peng, J X. Du , R Boohaker, I L. Estevao, B I. Grajeda, Marc B. Cox, Igor C. Almeida, Weiqin Lu.
Traversing the Cell Wall: The Chitinolytic Activity of Histoplasma capsulatum Extracellular Vesicles Facilitates Their Release. Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland) Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 9 11 (2023), Alessandro Valdez, T N. de Souza, Bonilla JJA, D Zamith-Miranda, A C. Piffer, Araujo GRS, A J. Guimarães, S Frases, A K. Pereira, T P. Fill, I L. Estevao, Alejandro Torres, Igor C. Almeida, J D. Nosanchuk, L Nimrichter.
Fatty acid elongases 1-3 have distinct roles in mitochondrial function, growth, and lipid homeostasis in Trypanosoma cruzi. The Journal of Biological Chemistry The Journal of Biological Chemistry 299 6 (2023), L Pagura, P C. Dumoulin, Carla Ellis, M T. Mendes, I L. Estevao, Igor C. Almeida, B A. Burleigh.
The Trypanosoma brucei MISP family of invariant proteins is co-expressed with BARP as triple helical bundle structures on the surface of salivary gland forms, but is dispensable for parasite development within the tsetse vector. PLoS Pathogens PLoS Pathogens 19 3 (2023), A Casas-Sanchez, R Ramaswamy, S Perally, L R. Haines, C Rose, M Aguilera-Flores, S Portillo, M Verbeelen, S Hussain, L Smithson, C Yunta, M J. Lehane, S Vaughan, J van den Abbeele, Igor C. Almeida, M J. Boulanger, Á Acosta-Serrano.
Treatment with benznidazole and pentoxifylline regulates microRNA transcriptomic profile in a murine model of Chagas chronic cardiomyopathy. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 17 3 (2023), P Silva Grijó Farani, B da Iandra Silva Ferreira, K Begum, G Vilar-Pereira, I R. Pereira, E A. Fernández-Figueroa, R A. Cardenas-Ovando, Igor C. Almeida, Sourav Roy, J Lannes-Vieira, O C. Moreira.
Synthesis and Photoreactivity of 7-Nitroindoline-S-thiocarbamates ACS Omega 8 (2023), Philip T. Baily, H. P. Del Castillo, Irodiel Vinales, Juan E. Urbay, Aurelio Paez, Matthew R. Weaver, Roberto Iturralde, Igor L. Estevao, Sohan R. Jankuru, Igor C. Almeida, Chunquiang Li, Carl W. Dirk, Katja Michael.
Oncogenic KRASG12D reprograms lipid metabolism by upregulating SLC25A1 to drive pancreatic tumorigenesis Cancer Research 83 22 (2023), R. Zhang, X. Peng, J.X. Du, R. Boohaker, I. Estevao, B. Grajeda, Marc B. Cox, Igor C. Almeida, Weiqin Lu.
Serodiagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of New-World tegumentary leishmaniasis using synthetic type-2 glycoinositolphospholipid-based neoglycoproteins. Emerging Microbes & Infections Emerging Microbes & Infections 11 1 (2022), S M. Viana, Alberto Montoya, A M. Carvalho, B S. de Mendonça, S Portillo, J J. Olivas, N H. Karimi, I L. Estevao, U Ortega-Rodriguez, E M. Carvalho, W O. Dutra, R A. Maldonaldo, Katja Michael, C I. de Oliveira, Igor C. Almeida.
Serodiagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of New-World tegumentary leishmaniasis using synthetic type-2 glycoinositolphospholipid-based neoglycoproteins. Emerging microbes & infections 11 1 (2022), S M. Viana, Alberto Montoya, A M. Carvalho, B S. de Mendonça, S Portillo, J J. Olivas, N H. Karimi, I L. Estevao, U Ortega-Rodriguez, E M. Carvalho, W O. Dutra, R A. Maldonaldo, Katja Michael, C I. de Oliveira, Igor C. Almeida.
A Branched and Double Alpha-Gal-Bearing Synthetic Neoglycoprotein as a Biomarker for Chagas Disease. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 27 17 (2022), Alberto Montoya, E G. Carvajal, U Ortega-Rodriguez, I L. Estevao, R A. Ashmus, S R. Jankuru, S Portillo, Carla Ellis, C D. Knight, J Alonso-Padilla, L Izquierdo, M J. Pinazo, J Gascon, V Suarez, Douglas Watts, I R. Malo, J M. Ramsey, B De Alarcón Noya, O Noya, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
A branched, double alpha-Gal-bearing synthetic neoglycoprotein as a biomarker for Chagas disease Molecules 27 (2022), Alba L. Montoya, Elisa G. Carvajal, Uriel Ortega-Rodriguez, Igor L. Estevao, Roger A. Ashmus, Sohan R. Jankuru, Susana Portillo, Cameron C. Ellis, Colin D. Knight, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Luis Izquierdo, Maria-Jesus Pinazo, Joaquim Gascon, Veronica Suarez, Douglas M. Watts, Iliana R. Malo, Janine M. Ramsey, Belkisyolé Alarcón De Noya, Oscar Noya, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Giardial lipid rafts share virulence factors with secreted vesicles and participate in parasitic infection in mice. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12 (2022), B I. Grajeda, A De Chatterjee, C M. Villalobos, B C. Pence, Carla Ellis, V Enriquez, Sourav Roy, Sukla Roychowdhury, A K. Neumann, Igor C. Almeida, Samantha Patterson, Siddhartha Das.
Extracellular Vesicles Regulate Biofilm Formation and Yeast-to-Hypha Differentiation in Candida albicans. mBio 13 3 (2022), L Honorato, de Araujo JFD, Carla Ellis, A C. Piffer, Y Pereira, S Frases, G R. de Sousa Araújo, B Pontes, M T. Mendes, M D. Pereira, A J. Guimarães, N M. da Silva, G Vargas, L Joffe, M Del Poeta, J D. Nosanchuk, D Zamith-Miranda, Dos Reis FCG, H C. de Oliveira, M L. Rodrigues, S de Toledo Martins, L R. Alves, Igor C. Almeida, L Nimrichter.
Inhibition of Protein N-Glycosylation Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Infection mBio (2022), A Casas-Sanchez, A Romero-Ramirez, E Hargreaves, Carla Ellis, B I. Grajeda, I L. Estevao, E I. Patterson, G L. Hughes, Igor C. Almeida, T Zech, Á Acosta-Serrano.
Sheltered in Stromal Tissue Cells, Trypanosoma cruzi Orchestrates Inflammatory Neovascularization via Activation of the Mast Cell Chymase Pathway Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 11 2 (2022), L Vellasco, E Svensjö, C A. Bulant, P J. Blanco, F Nogueira, G Domont, N P. de Almeida, C R. Nascimento, D Silva-Dos-Santos, C E. Carvalho-Pinto, E H. Medei, Igor C. Almeida, J Scharfstein.
Specific Recognition of β-Galactofuranose-Containing Glycans of Synthetic Neoglycoproteins by Sera of Chronic Chagas Disease Patients. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 27 2 (2022), Alba L. Montoya, Eileni R. Gil, E L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron C. Ellis, Sohan R. Jankuru, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Oscar Noya, Maria P. Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Speciﬁc Recognition of β-Galactofuranose-Containing Glycans of Synthetic Neoglycoproteins by Sera of Chronic Chagas Disease Patients Molecules 27 (2022), Alba L. Montoya, Eileni R. Gil, Emily L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron C. Ellis, Sohan R. Jankuru, Belkisyole Alarcon de Noya, Oscar Noya, Maria P. Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Serodiagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of New-World tegumentary leishmaniasis using synthetic type-2 glycoinositolphospholipid-based neoglycoproteins Emerging Microbes & Infections 11 1 (2022), Sayonara Viana, Alba L. Montoya, Augusto M. Carvalho, Brunele S. de Mendonca, Susana Portillo, Janet J. Olivas, Nassim H. Karimi, Igor L. Estevao, Uriel Ortega-Rodriguez, Edgar M. Carvalho, Walderez O. Dutra, Rosa A. Maldonado, Katja Michael, , Camila I. de Oliveira, Igor C. Almeida.
New chemotherapy regimens and biomarkers for Chagas disease: the rationale and design of the TESEO study, an open-label, randomised, prospective, phase-2 clinical trial in the Plurinational State of Bolivia. BMJ Open BMJ Open 11 12 (2021), Cristina Alonso-Vega, Julio A. Urbina, Sergi Sanz, María-Jesús Pinazo, Jimy J. Pinto, Virginia R. Gonzalez, Gimena Rojas, Lourdes Ortiz, Wilsoon Garcia, Daniel Lozano, Dolors Soy, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, Rana Nagarkatti, Alain Debrabant, Alejandro Schijman, Maria C. Thomas, Manuel C. López, Katja Michael, Isabela Ribeiro, Joaquim Gascon, Faustino Torrico, Igor C. Almeida.
New regimens of benznidazole monotherapy and in combination with fosravuconazole for treatment of Chagas disease (BENDITA): a phase 2, double-blind, randomised trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases The Lancet Infectious Diseases 21 8 (2021), F Torrico, J Gascón, F Barreira, B Blum, Igor C. Almeida, C Alonso-Vega, T Barboza, G Bilbe, E Correia, W Garcia, L Ortiz, R Parrado, J C. Ramirez, I Ribeiro, N Strub-Wourgaft, M Vaillant, S Sosa-Estani.
Treatment with Suboptimal dose of Benznidazole Mitigates Immune Response Molecular Pathways in Mice with Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy Front Cell Infect Microbiol 11 (2021), Priscila S. Grijó Farani, Khodeza Begum, Glaucia Vilar-Pereira, Isabela R. Pereira , Igor C. Almeida, Sourav Roy, Joseli Lannes-Vieira, Otacilio C. Moreira.
Reversed Immunoglycomics Identifies α-Galactosyl-Bearing Glycotopes Specific for Leishmania major Infection JACS Au JACS Au 1 8 (2021), Alberto Montoya, V M. Austin, S Portillo, I Vinales, R A. Ashmus, I Estevao, S R. Jankuru, Y Alraey, W S. Al-Salem, Á Acosta-Serrano, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Omics Approaches for Understanding Biogenesis, Composition and Functions of Fungal Extracellular Vesicles. Frontiers in Genetics 12 (2021), D Zamith-Miranda, R da Peres Silva, S P. Couvillion, E L. Bredeweg, M C. Burnet, C Coelho, Elizabeth Camacho, L Nimrichter, R Puccia, Igor C. Almeida, A Casadevall, M L. Rodrigues, L R. Alves, J D. Nosanchuk, E S. Nakayasu.
Glycoconjugates and methods for their use U.S. Patent (2021), Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael, Nate Schocker, Susana Portillo, Rosa A. Maldonado.
New chemotherapy regimens and biomarkers for Chagas disease: the rationale and design of the TESEO study, an open-label, randomised, prospective, phase-2 clinical trial in the Plurinational State of Bolivia BMJ Open 11 (2021), C Alonso-Vega, Julio A. Urbina, S Saenz, Maria J. Espinazo, j J. Pinto, V R. Gonzalez, G Rojas , L Ortiz, W Garcia, D Lozano, D Soy, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, R Nagarkatti, A Debrabant, Alejandro Schijman,, Maria C. Thomas, Manuel C. Lopez, Katja Micheal, Isabel Ribeiro, J Gascon, Faustino Torrico, Igor C. Almeida.
Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers in Heart Transplant Patient with Chronic Chagas Disease. Emerging infectious diseases 26 8 (2020), N Cortes-Serra, M T. Mendes, C Mazagatos, J Segui-Barber, Cameron C. Ellis, C Ballart, A Garcia-Alvarez, M Gállego, J Gascon, Igor C. Almeida, M J. Pinazo, C Fernandez-Becerra.
Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from Plasmodium vivax patients signal spleen fibroblasts via NF-kB facilitating parasite cytoadherence. Nature communications 11 1 (2020), H Toda, M Diaz-Varela, J Segui-Barber, W Roobsoong, B Baro, S Garcia-Silva, A Galiano, M Gualdrón-López, Almeida ACG, Brito MAM, G C. de Melo, I Aparici-Herraiz, C Castro-Cavadía, W M. Monteiro, E Borràs, E Sabidó, Igor C. Almeida, J Chojnacki, J Martinez-Picado, M Calvo, P Armengol, J Carmona-Fonseca, M F. Yasnot, R Lauzurica, A Marcilla, H Peinado, M R. Galinski, Lacerda MVG, J Sattabongkot, C Fernandez-Becerra, H A. Del Portillo.
Target product profile for a test for the early assessment of treatment efficacy in Chagas disease patients: An expert consensus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 14 4 (2020), J Alonso-Padilla, M Abril, B de Alarcón Noya, Igor C. Almeida, A Angheben, T Araujo Jorge, E Chatelain, M Esteva, J Gascón, M J. Grijalva, F Guhl, A M. Hasslocher-Moreno, M C. López, A Luquetti, O Noya, M J. Pinazo, J M. Ramsey, I Ribeiro, A M. Ruiz, A G. Schijman, S Sosa-Estani, M C. Thomas, F Torrico, M Zrein, A Picado.
Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Human Macrophages Shed Proinflammatory Extracellular Vesicles That Enhance Host-Cell Invasion via Toll-Like Receptor 2 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 10 (2020), A Cronemberger-Andrade, P Xander, R P. Soares, N L. Pessoa, M A. Campos, Cameron C. Ellis, Brian Grajeda, Y Ofir-Birin, Igor C. Almeida, N Regev-Rudzki, A C. Torrecilhas.

Presentations

42. Neoglicoconjugados de alfa-Gal: Novas Perspectivas no Diagnóstico, Tratamento, e Prevenção da Doença de Chagas (2023), Volume Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
41. Neoglicoconjugados de alfa-Gal: Novas Perspectivas no Diagnóstico, Tratamento, e Prevenção da Doença de Chagas (2023), Volume Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
Exploring New Immunosweet Horizons: Trypanosoma cruzi Neoglycoconjugates as Vaccines and Biomarkers for Chagas Disease (2023), Volume Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
Reversed immunoglycomics for the development of diagnostic biomarkers for Chagas disease (2023), Volume Virtual, Igor C. Almeida.
Synthesis of an N-acetylglucosamine acceptor as a building block for a Trypanosoma cruzi-derived glycan (2023), Volume Natural Gas Conference Center at UTEP, Ariadne K. Vasquez, Eileni R. Gil, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
38. High Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infections in Hospitalized Parturient Women in the US-Mexico Border (2023), Volume Galveston, Texas, Igor C. Almeida.
Reversed immunoglycomics for the development of diagnostic biomarkers for Chagas disease. Dept. of Morphology, Federal (2022), Volume Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
Reversed immunoglycomics for the development of diagnostic biomarkers for Chagas disease. (2022), Volume Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
Reversed immunoglycomics for the development of diagnostic biomarkers for Chagas disease (2022), Volume Belem, PA, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
Reversed immunoglycomics for the development of diagnostic biomarkers for Chagas disease and tegumentary leishmaniasis. (2022), Volume Richland, WA, Igor C. Almeida.
Glycan-based biomarkers for early assessment of outcomes of Chagas disease chemotherapy. Symposium “Novel biomarkers of disease progression and treatment efficacy in Chagas disease”. (2022), Volume Seattle, WA, Igor C. Almeida.
Synthesis of novel branched alpha-Gal-containing oligosaccharides derived from Trypanosoma cruzi tGPI-mucins (2022), Volume Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Elisa G. Carvajal, Uriel Ortega-Rodriguez, Cameron C. Ellis, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
TESEO Clinical Trial. Panel: Planned and ongoing clinical studies in Chagas disease. (2022), Volume Hotel Tequendama, Bogotá, Colombia, Igor C. Almeida.
The Global Burden of Chagas Disease: How Could Basic and Translational Research Alleviate That (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Igor C. Almeida.
Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Chagas Disease and Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (2022), Volume Salta, Argentina, Igor C. Almeida.
Glycan-Based Vaccines and Biomarkers for Chagas Disease (2022), Volume Mendoza, Argentina, Igor C. Almeida.
Synthesis of branched alpha-Gal-containing glycans derived from Trypanosoma cruzi (2021), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Synthesis of branched alpha-Gal-containing glycans derived from Trypanosoma cruzi (2021), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Specific Recognition of beta-Galactofuranosyl-Containing Glycans by Sera from Chronic Chagas Disease Patients (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Eileni R. Gil, Alba L. Montoya, Emily L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron Ellis, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Oscar Noya, Jorge Diego Marco, Maria Paola Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Specific Recognition of beta-Galactofuranosyl-Containing Glycans by Sera from Chronic Chagas Disease Patients (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Eileni R. Gil, Alba L. Montoya, Emily L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron Ellis, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Oscar Noya, Jorge Diego Marco, Maria Paola Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Glycan-Based Biomarkers and Vaccines for Chagas Disease and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (2021), Volume Virtual, Igor C. Almeida.
Reversed Immunoglycomics for Development of Chemotherapeutic Biomarkers and Vaccines in Chagas Disease (2021), Volume Virtual, Igor C. Almeida.
High resolution mass spectrometric analysis reveals that Giardia cysts are metabolically active and generates membrane lipids with long chain fatty acyl moieties (2021), Volume Virtual , Cameron C. Ellis, Brian I. Grajeda, Breanna C. Pence, Igor C. Almeida, Siddhartha Das.
Avances en Investigación en Biomarcadores de la Enfermedad de Chagas (2021), Volume Virtual, Igor C. Almeida.
Discovery of Glyco-Biomarkers for Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by a Reversed Immunoglycomics Approach (2020), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Alba L. Montoya, Irodiel Vinales, Susana Portillo, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor L. Estevao, Victoria Austin, Nassim Hosseini, Janet J. Olivas, Sohan R. Jankuru, Roger A. Ashmus, Faustino Torrico, Mary Cruz Torrico, Maria Paola Zago, Jorge Diego Marco, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Discovery of Glyco-Biomarkers for Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by a Reversed Immunoglycomics Approach (2020), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Alba L. Montoya, Irodiel Vinales, Susana Portillo, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor L. Estevao, Victoria Austin, Nassim Hosseini, Janet J. Olivas, Sohan R. Jankuru, Roger A. Ashmus, Faustino Torrico, Mary Cruz Torrico, Maria Paola Zago, Jorge Diego Marco, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Homenagem ao Prof. Rodolpho Raja Gabaglia Travassos (2020), Volume Virtual, Igor C. Almeida.
alpha-Gal glycotopes as biomarkers and vaccines for Chagas disease and leishmaniasis (2020), Volume Virtual (Zoom), Igor C. Almeida.
TESEO Study: New Chemotherapeutic Regimens and Biomarkers for Chagas Disease (2020), Volume Virtual, Igor C. Almeida.
Professor Luiz Travassos and the alpha-Gal Story in Chagas Disease (2020), Volume Virtual (Zoom), Igor C. Almeida.
alpha-Gal glycotopes as vaccines and therapeutic biomarkers for Chagas disease (2020), Volume Virtual (Zoom), Igor C. Almeida.

Grants

Border Biomedical Research Center - Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) (08/02/2019 - 02/29/2024) - NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Targeting cancer with antibodies present in parasitic diseases - Dr. Keelung Hong

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10146
Fall 2025	BIOL 5202 - Independent Research	14819
Fall 2025	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	15032
Fall 2025	MICR 2330 - Microorganisms and Disease	10461
Fall 2025	BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	12421
Fall 2025	BIOL 6321 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	14822
Fall 2025	BIOL 5398 - Thesis	10835

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	27999
Spring 2025	BIOL 5202 - Independent Research	28041
Spring 2025	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	22407
Spring 2025	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	26163
Spring 2025	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	26164
Fall 2024	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10164
Fall 2024	BIOL 5202 - Independent Research	17734
Fall 2024	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	18088
Fall 2024	BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	17186	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 6321 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	17187	Syllabus
Spring 2024	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	26149
Spring 2024	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	22675
Spring 2024	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	27801
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25703
Fall 2023	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10252
Fall 2023	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	17844
Fall 2023	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	15228	Syllabus
Fall 2023	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	10208
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	12214
Summer 2023	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	31494
Spring 2023	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	27918
Spring 2023	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	27919
Spring 2023	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	22943
Spring 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	27145
Fall 2022	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	10590
Fall 2022	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10593
Fall 2022	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	10574
Fall 2022	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10604
Fall 2022	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	19878
Fall 2022	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	10465
Fall 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14333
Summer 2022	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	30072
Summer 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32441
Spring 2022	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	20592
Spring 2022	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	20488
Spring 2022	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	20489
Spring 2022	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	24310
Spring 2022	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20200
Fall 2021	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	12494
Fall 2021	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	10574
Fall 2021	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	10602
Fall 2021	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10604
Summer 2021	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	30119
Spring 2021	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	20470
Spring 2021	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20455
Spring 2021	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	24677	Syllabus
Spring 2021	BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science	20262
Spring 2021	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20228
Fall 2020	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	10615
Fall 2020	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10645
Fall 2020	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	14706
Fall 2020	BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science	10556
Summer 2020	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	30119
Spring 2020	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	20754
Spring 2020	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	20547
Spring 2020	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	20620
Spring 2020	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20532
Spring 2020	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	25207
Spring 2020	BIOL 4198 - Special Problems	20249
Spring 2020	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20292
Spring 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24224
Fall 2019	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	10669
Fall 2019	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10672
Fall 2019	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	10653
Fall 2019	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	10679
Fall 2019	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	15033
Fall 2019	BIOL 4198 - Special Problems	10499
Fall 2019	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	10506
Summer 2019	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	30665
Summer 2019	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	30144
Summer 2019	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	30133
Spring 2019	CBCH 4320 - Adv Topics in Mil Biochem	22774
Spring 2019	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	20783
Spring 2019	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	20551
Spring 2019	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	20631
Spring 2019	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	20632
Spring 2019	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20536
Spring 2019	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	25588
Spring 2019	BIOL 5398 - Thesis	20353
Fall 2018	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10698
Fall 2018	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	13068
Fall 2018	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	10679
Fall 2018	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10709
Fall 2018	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	15411
Fall 2018	BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science	10620
Fall 2018	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	10524
Fall 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15199
Summer 2018	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	30686
Summer 2018	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	30143
Summer 2018	BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science	30116
Summer 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	33125
Spring 2018	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	20577
Spring 2018	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20562
Spring 2018	BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	24842
Spring 2018	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	20278
Spring 2018	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	20279
Spring 2018	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20300
Spring 2018	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20301
Spring 2018	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	20368
Spring 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24922

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	22407	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	26163	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	26164	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	17186	Evaluation
Spring 2024	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	22675	Evaluation
Spring 2024	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	27801	Evaluation
Fall 2023	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	15228	Evaluation
Spring 2023	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	22943	Evaluation
Fall 2022	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	19878	Evaluation
Spring 2022	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	24310	Evaluation
Spring 2021	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	24677	Evaluation
Fall 2020	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	14706	Evaluation
Spring 2020	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	25207	Evaluation

Bio

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Awards and Honors

Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences - Brazilian Academy of Sciences (12/01/2022)
Editorial Board, Microorganisms - Molecular Diversity Preservation Internationa (MDPI) (11/01/2019-11/30/2019)
Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention Program (STARs) Award, US$500,000 - The University of Texas System (03/01/2019-03/31/2019)
Associate Editor, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (03/01/2019)
Fellow-Elected, American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) - American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) (03/01/2017)
Member of Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2016/05 ZAI1 PA-I (M2) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)/ NAID (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
NIH Peer Review Committee Member - NIH/Pathogenic Eukaryotes Review Panel (PTHE) (06/01/2013-06/30/2013)
Distinguished Achievement Award for Research - University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
Research Accomplishment Award - College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Special Visiting Researcher - Science Without Borders Program, Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Millionaire Research Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP), University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) (04/01/2012-04/30/2012)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Regular Member of Pathogenic Eukaryotes (PTHE) Review Panel - National Institutes of Health (NIH) (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
Outstanding Performance Award for Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Projects (ORSP), College of Science (COS), UTEP (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
Member of the Editorial Board - Parasitology International (12/01/2010)
Member of the Editorial Board (Review Editor) - Frontiers in Mycology (12/01/2010)
Member of the Editorial Board - Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics (11/01/2010)
Distingued Achievement Award - College of Science, UTEP (05/08/2009)
STARS Block Award - (UT System funds), University of Texas at El Paso, College of Science (07/01/2007-07/31/2007)
Proteomics and Bioinformatics Workshop Team Travel Award (01/31/2006)

Microbiology, University of Dundee (1998)
Ph D in Microbiology and Immunology, Escola Paulista de Medicina-EPM (currently UNIFESP) (1994)
MS in Molecular Biology, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM),Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) (1989)
Pharmacy degree, Universidade Regional do Nordeste (currently UEPb) (1981)

Publications

Selective Transfection of a Transferrin Receptor-Expressing Cell Line with DNA-Lipid Nanoparticles. ACS omega 9 38 (2024), I Vinales, J C. Silva-Espinoza, B A. Medina, Urbay JEM, M A. Beltran, D E. Salinas, M A. Ramirez-Ramos, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, Wilson Poon, M L. Penichet, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Selective Transfection of a Transferrin Receptor-Expressing Cell Line with DNA-Lipid Nanoparticles ACS Omega (2024), Irodiel Vinales, Juan C. Silva-Espinoza, Bryan Medina, Juan E. Urbay, Miguel A. Beltran, Dante E. Salinas, Marco A. Ramirez-Ramos, Rosa A. Maldonado, Wilson Poon, Manuel L. Penichet, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael, .
Big is not better: Comparing two alpha-Gal-bearing glycotopes in neoglycoproteins as biomarkers for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infection Carbohydrate research Carbohydrate Research: 536 (2023), Alberto Montoya, E R. Gil, I Vinales, I L. Estevao, P Taboada, M C. Torrico, F Torrico, J D. Marco, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
Oncogenic KRASG12D Reprograms Lipid Metabolism by Upregulating SLC25A1 to Drive Pancreatic Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research Cancer Research 83 22 (2023), R Zhang, X Peng, J X. Du , R Boohaker, I L. Estevao, B I. Grajeda, Marc B. Cox, Igor C. Almeida, Weiqin Lu.
Traversing the Cell Wall: The Chitinolytic Activity of Histoplasma capsulatum Extracellular Vesicles Facilitates Their Release. Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland) Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 9 11 (2023), Alessandro Valdez, T N. de Souza, Bonilla JJA, D Zamith-Miranda, A C. Piffer, Araujo GRS, A J. Guimarães, S Frases, A K. Pereira, T P. Fill, I L. Estevao, Alejandro Torres, Igor C. Almeida, J D. Nosanchuk, L Nimrichter.

Presentations

42. Neoglicoconjugados de alfa-Gal: Novas Perspectivas no Diagnóstico, Tratamento, e Prevenção da Doença de Chagas (2023), Volume Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
41. Neoglicoconjugados de alfa-Gal: Novas Perspectivas no Diagnóstico, Tratamento, e Prevenção da Doença de Chagas (2023), Volume Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
Exploring New Immunosweet Horizons: Trypanosoma cruzi Neoglycoconjugates as Vaccines and Biomarkers for Chagas Disease (2023), Volume Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil, Igor C. Almeida.
Reversed immunoglycomics for the development of diagnostic biomarkers for Chagas disease (2023), Volume Virtual, Igor C. Almeida.
Synthesis of an N-acetylglucosamine acceptor as a building block for a Trypanosoma cruzi-derived glycan (2023), Volume Natural Gas Conference Center at UTEP, Ariadne K. Vasquez, Eileni R. Gil, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.

Border Biomedical Research Center - Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) (08/02/2019 - 02/29/2024) NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Targeting cancer with antibodies present in parasitic diseases (12/01/2021 - ) Dr. Keelung Hong

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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10146

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15032

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MICR 2330 - Microorganisms and Disease

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10461

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BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science

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12421

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BIOL 6321 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science

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14822

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BIOL 5398 - Thesis

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10835

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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26163

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26164

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

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25703

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

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17844

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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27919

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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22943

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

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27145

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BIOL 6398 - Dissertation

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10590

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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10574

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BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

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10604

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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19878

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

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14333

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BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

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30072

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

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32441

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BIOL 6398 - Dissertation

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20592

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BIOL 6490 - Independent Research

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20488

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BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

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20489

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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24310

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BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

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20200

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BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

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12494

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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10574

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BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

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10602

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10604

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30119

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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20470

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BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

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20455

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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24677

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BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science

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20262

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BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

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20228

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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10615

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BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

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10645

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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14706

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BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science

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10556

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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30119

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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20754

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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20547

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BIOL 6490 - Independent Research

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20620

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BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

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20532

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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25207

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BIOL 4198 - Special Problems

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20249

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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15033

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BIOL 4198 - Special Problems

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10499

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BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

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10506

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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30665

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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30144

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BIOL 5399 - Thesis

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30133

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CBCH 4320 - Adv Topics in Mil Biochem

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22774

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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20783

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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20551

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BIOL 6490 - Independent Research

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20631

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BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

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20632

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BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

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20536

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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25588

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BIOL 5398 - Thesis

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20353

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Fall 2018

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BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

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10698

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BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

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13068

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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10679

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BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

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10709

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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15411

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BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science

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10620

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BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

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10524

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

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15199

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BIOL 6398 - Dissertation

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30686

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Summer 2018

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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30143

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BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science

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30116

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Summer 2018

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

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33125

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BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

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20577

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Spring 2018

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BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

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20562

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BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science

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24842

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BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

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20278

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BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

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20279

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BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

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20300

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BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

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20301

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Spring 2018

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BIOL 5399 - Thesis

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20368

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Spring 2018

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RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

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24922

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Spring 2025

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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22407

Evaluation

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Spring 2025

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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26163

Evaluation

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Spring 2025

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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26164

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Fall 2024

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BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science

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17186

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Spring 2024

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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22675

Evaluation

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Spring 2024

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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27801

Evaluation

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Fall 2023

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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15228

Evaluation

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Spring 2023

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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22943

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Fall 2022

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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19878

Evaluation

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Spring 2022

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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24310

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Spring 2021

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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24677

Evaluation

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Fall 2020

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

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14706

Evaluation

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Spring 2020

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BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

Section

25207

Evaluation

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