Tiago Donatelli Serafim, Ph.D.

Research Fellow

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Education:

Ph.D., 2012, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil

Bachelor’s degree, 2008, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil

Languages Spoken: Portuguese
Portrait of Tiago D. Serafim Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Serafim got his Ph.D. in Brazil on immunology of Leishmania infection and purinergic signaling and spent early career years in the UK at the University of Glasgow investigating the role of kinases on Trypanosoma brucei in vivo. At NIAID, Dr. Serafim initiated studies that described a new life stage of Leishmania parasites and the importance of multiple blood meals for parasite establishment in the sand fly vector. Dr. Serafim current interests focus on the cellular and molecular aspects of Leishmania development and differentiation on its insect vector bite.