Students

Charles Fernando Capinos Scherer

Major: Immunology
Joined program in 2005

Mentor: Dr. D. Mark Estes
Experience:
June, 2002-July 2004
Visiting Scientist at Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Greenport, NY 11944-0848, USA
Field: VSV pathogenesis and local immune response in cattle.
April, 2000 – April, 2002
Teaching at The College of Veterinary Medicine: Federal University of Santa Maria
– UFSM
Santa Maria – RS, Brazil
Field: Microbiology

Publications:
1. SCHERER, C.F.C., GOLDBLUM, R., CUNNINGHAM-RUNDLES, C., FORBES, L., INDRIKOVS, A., ESTES, D.M. (2006). IgA Inducing Protein (IGIP): A survey of circulating levels in normal subjects and IgA-deficiency patients. The American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting, May 12-16, Boston, MA. Journal of Immunology. 176:S165.
2. SCHERER, C.F.C, O’DONNELL, V., GOLDE, W.T., GREGG, D., ESTES, D.M., RODRIGUEZ, L.L. (2006). Vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus (VSNJV) infects keratinocytes and is restricted to lesion sites and local lymph nodes in bovine, a natural host. J of Gen Virology Submitted April 2006.
3. CARON,L., FLORES,E.F., WEIBLEN,R., SCHERER,C.F.C., IRIGOYEN,L.F., ROEHE,P.M., ODEON, A., SUR, J-H. (2002). Latent infection by bovine herpesvirus type-5 (BHV-5) in experimentally infected rabbits: spontaneous and dexamethasone-induced virus reactivation, shedding and recrudescence of neurological disease. Veterinary Microbiology .84(4):285.
4. SCHERER, C.F.C., FLORES, E.F., CARON, L., WEIBLEN, R. IRIGOYEN, L.F., NEVES, J.P., MACIEL, M.N. (2001). Infection of pregnant sheep with Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus Type-2 (BVDV-2): effects on pregnancy and fetus. Veterinary Microbiology. 79: 285-299.

Brief Research Description:
My research interests include human and animal health, specifically targeting mucosal immunity and vaccinology, particularly as it applies to TB. TB is a worldwide problem, especially in developing countries, where increased numbers of patients can be linked to HIV and multi-drug resistance. Even though the BCG vaccine is still used, it does not protect against adult pulmonary TB, cannot be used in immunocompromissed patients, has variable efficacy and limited duration. Control of the disease worldwide depends on the development of better vaccines that can induce long-term protection. The possible use of vaccines that can be used as for boosting immunity after BCG vaccination have been evaluated. A critical point related to TB vaccination is the fact that preexposure to environmental mycobacteria can affect the response against vaccination. My research focuses on the discovery of better correlates of protection after TB vaccination and on the regulation of the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Hometown: Crissiumal, RS, Brazil
Education: Federal University of Santa Maria
Hobbies: Soccer/ Spend time with family and friends
Contact: cfcapino@utmb.edu
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Phone: 409-772-0436 or 409-772-2557

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