Dr Gustavo Cerqueira - Researcher Profile

Biography

Gustavo works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Institution: Instituto Butantan - Brasil

Year awarded: 2011

VISITING SCIENTIST

Institution: University of Connecticut Health Center - USA

Year awarded: 2010

PHD - DOUTOR EM CIENCIAS (DOCTOR OF SCIENCE)

Institution: Universidade Federal de Pelotas - Brasil; Pa

Year awarded: 2009

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Institution: Universidade Federal de Pelotas - Brasil

Year awarded: 2004

BACHELOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Institution: Universidade Federal de Pelotas - Brasil

Year awarded: 2000

Publications

Book Chapters

Atzingen, M., Cerqueira, G., Vieira, M., Oliveira, T., Domingos, R., Barros, A., Mendes, R., Nascimento, A., 2010, Identification and Characterization of Novel Adhesins in Leptospira, in Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, eds A Mendez-Vilas, Formatex, Spain, pp. 704-713.

Journal Articles

Peleg, A.Y., de Breij, A., Adams, M.D., Cerqueira, G., Mocali, S., Galardini, M., Nibbering, P.H., Earl, A.M., Ward, D.V., Paterson, D., Seifert, H., Dijkshoorn, L., 2012, The success of Acinetobacter species; genetic, metabolic and virulence attributes, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 10 (Art. NO.: e46984), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-11.

Hartwig, D., Seixas, F., Cerqueira, G., McBride, A., Dellagostin, O., 2011, Characterization of the immunogenic and antigenic potential of putative lipoproteins from Leptospira interrogans, Current Microbiology [P], vol 62, issue 4, Springer, USA, pp. 1337-1341.

Cerqueira, G., Souza, N., Araujo, E., Barros, A., Morais, Z., Vasconcellos, S., Nascimento, A., 2011, Development of transcriptional fusions to assess Leptospira interrogans promoter activity, PLoS ONE [P], vol 6, issue 3 (Art. No: e17409), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-16.

Lourdault, K., Cerqueira, G., Wunder Jr., E., Picardeau, M., 2011, Inactivation of clpB in the pathogen Leptospira interrogans reduces virulence and resistance to stress conditions, Infection And Immunity [P], vol 79, issue 9, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 3711-3717.

Cerqueira, G., Peleg, A., 2011, Insights into Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenicity, Iubmb Life [P], vol 63, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 1055-1060.

Cerqueira, G., McBride, A.J., Hartskeerl, R.A., Ahmed, N., Dellagostin, O.A., Eslabao, M.R., Nascimento, A.L., 2010, Bioinformatics describes novel loci for high resolution discrimination of Leptospira isolates, PLoS ONE [P], vol 5, issue 10 (Art. No: e15335), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-7.

Aviat, F., Slamti, L., Cerqueira, G., Lourdault, K., Picardeau, M., 2010, Expanding the genetic toolbox for Leptospira species by generation of fluorescent bacteria, Applied And Environmental Microbiology [P], vol 76, issue 24, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 8135-8142.

Eslabao, M.R., Dellagostin, O.A., Cerqueira, G.M., 2010, LepBank: A Leptospira sequence repository and a portal for phylogenetic studies, Infection, Genetics and Evolution [P], vol 10, issue 4, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 586-590.

Cerqueira, G., McBride, A., Queiroz, A., Pinto, L., da Silva, E., Hartskeerl, R., Reis, M., Ko, A., Dellagostin, O., 2010, Monitoring Leptospira strain collections: The need for quality control, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [P], vol 82, issue 1, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, USA, pp. 83-87.

Vaz, B.S., Cerqueira, G.M., Silva, J.C., Mancke, V.H., Moreira, C.G., Moreira, H.L., 2010, Sequence analysis of the growth hormone gene of the South American catfish Rhamdia quelen., Genetics and Molecular Research [P], vol 9, issue 4, Fundacao de Pesquisas Cientificas de Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, pp. 2184-2190.

da Silva, E.F., Felix, S.R., Cerqueira, G., Fagundes, M.Q., Neto, A.C., Grassmann, A.A., Amaral, M.G., Gallina, T., Dellagostin, O.A., 2010, Short report: Preliminary characterization of Mus musculus-derived pathogenic strains of Leptospira borgpetersenii serogroup Ballum in a hamster model, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [P], vol 83, issue 2, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, USA, pp. 336-337.

Seixas, F.K., Borsuk, S., Fagundes, M.Q., Hartwig, D.D., da Silva, E.F., Cerqueira, G., Dellagostin, O.A., 2010, Stable expression of Leptospira interrogans antigens in auxotrophic Mycobacterium bovis BCG, Biological Research [P], vol 43, issue 1, Sociedad de Biologia de Chile, Chile, pp. 13-18.

Cerqueira, G., Picardeau, M., 2009, A century of Leptospira strain typing, Infection, Genetics and Evolution [P], vol 9, issue 5, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 760-768.

Luerce, T.D., Galli, V., Cerqueira, G., Simionatto, S., Dellagostin, O.A., 2009, An improved method for characterization of the mutation associated to porcine stress syndrome by PCR amplification followed by restriction analysis, Ciencia Rural [P], vol 39, issue 5, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, pp. 1577-1580.

Cerqueira, G., McBride, A.J., Picardeau, M., Ribeiro, S.G., Moreira, A.N., Morel, V., Reis, M.G., Ko, A.I., Dellagostin, O.A., 2009, Distribution of the leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (lig) genes in pathogenic Leptospira species and application of ligB to typing leptospiral isolates, Journal of Medical Microbiology [P], vol 58, issue Pt. 9, Society for General Microbiology, UK, pp. 1173-1181.

McBride, A.J., Cerqueira, G., Succhard, M.A., Moreira, A.N., Zuerner, R.L., Reis, M.G., Haake, D.A., Ko, A.I., Dellagostin, O.A., 2009, Genetic diversity of the Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (Lig) genes in pathogenic Leptospira spp., Infection, Genetics and Evolution [P], vol 9, issue 2, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 196-205.

Murray, G.L., Morel, V., Cerqueira, G.M., Croda, J., Srikram, A., Henry, R., Ko, A.I., Dellagostin, O.A., Bulach, D.M., Sermswan, R.W., Adler, B., Picardeau, M., 2009, Genome-wide transposon mutagenesis in pathogenic Leptospira species, Infection and Immunity, vol 77, issue 2, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 810-816.

Silva, E.F., Cerqueira, G.M., Seyffert, N., Seixas, F.K., Hartwig, D.D., Athanazio, D.A., Pinto, L.S., Queiroz, A., Ko, A.I., Brod, C., Dellagostin, O.A., 2009, Leptospira noguchii and human and animal leptospirosis, Southern Brazil, Emerging Infectious Diseases [P], vol 15, issue 4, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA, pp. 621-623.

Silva, E.F., Seyffert, N., Cerqueira, G.M., Leihs, K.P., Athanazio, D.A., Valente, A.L., Dellagostin, O.A., Brod, C., 2009, Serum antileptospiral agglutinins in freshwater turtles from Southern Brazil, Brazilian Journal of Microbiology [P], vol 40, issue 2, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, Brazil, pp. 227-230.

Silva, E.F., Santos, C.S., Athanazio, D.A., Seyffert, N., Seixas, F.K., Cerqueira, G., Fagundes, M.Q., Brod, C., Reis, M.G., Dellagostin, O.A., Ko, A.I., 2008, Characterization of virulence of Leptospira isolates in a hamster model, Vaccine [P], vol 26, issue 31, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 3892-3896.

Mendonca, M., Conceicao, F., Cerqueira, G., Dellagostin, O., Moreira, A., Aleixo, J., da Silva, W., 2007, Expression of the outer membrane protein In1A from Listeria Monocytogenes aiming production of monoclonal antibodies, Higiene Alimentar [P], vol 21, issue 150, Higiene Alimentar, Portugal, pp. 209-210.

Silva, E.F., Brod, C., Cerqueira, G., Bourscheidt, D., Seyffert, N., Queiroz, A., Santos, C.S., Ko, A.I., Dellagostin, O.A., 2007, Isolation of Leptospira noguchii from sheep, Veterinary Microbiology [P], vol 121, issue 1-2, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 144-149.

Seixas, F.K., da Silva, E.F., Hartwig, D.D., Cerqueira, G.M., Amaral, M., Fagundes, M.Q., Dossa, R.G., Dellagostin, O.A., 2007, Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG expressing the LipL32 antigen of Leptospira interrogans protects hamsters from challenge, Vaccine [P], vol 26, issue 1, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 88-95.