Maria Cambraia Guimaro
Assistant Director, Research & International Aff
University Center 116 P
Education
Postdoc University of Maryland, Baltimore County 2022
Postdoc National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2019
Postdoc University of Brasilia 2014
Ph D University of Brasilia 2012
BS University of Brasilia 2007
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About
Maria Cambraia Guimaro, Ph.D., is a Molecular Pathologist. She was a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at the NIH (2014-2019) and she is currently part of the STEM BUILD team at UMBC.
Research Interests
Autoimmune diseases, Parasitology, Gene-therapy, G-proteins, Science Education
Teaching Interests
Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Physiology, Anatomy, Immunology, Cell Biology, Quantitative reasoning, First-Year Seminar
Selected Classes
- Fall 2020 SCI 101L – QuantReason: Measure&Skill Lab
- SCI 101L – QuantReason: Measure&Skill Lab
- FYS 101 – First Year Seminar (AH)
- Spring 2020 FYS 101 – First Year Seminar (AH)
- Fall 2019 SCI 101L – QuantReason: Measure&Skill Lab
Intellectual Contributions
Guimaro, Maria C., Afione, S, Tanaka, T, Chiorini, J. (2020). Rescue of Adeno-Associated Virus Production by shRNA Cotransfection. 19-20. 31 1068-1073 Human Gene Therapy.
Yin, H, Kalra, L, Lai, Z, Guimaro, Maria C., Aber, L, Warner, B M., Michael, D, Zhang, N, Cabrera-Perez, J, Karim, A, Swaim, W D., Afione, S, Voigt, A, Nguyen, C Q., Yu, P B., Bloch, D B., Chiorini, J A. (2020). Inhibition of bone morphogenetic protein 6 receptors ameliorates Sjögren's syndrome in mice. 1. 10 2967 Scientific Reports.
Lai, Z, Yin, H, Cabrera-Pérez, J, Guimaro, Maria C., Afione, S, Michael, D G., Glenton, P, Patel, A, Swaim, W D., Zheng, C, Nguyen, C Q., Nyberg, F, Chiorini, J A. (2016). Aquaporin gene therapy corrects Sjögren's syndrome phenotype in mice. 20. 113 5694-9 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Guimaro, Maria C., Alves, R M., Rose, E, Sousa, A O., de Cássia Rosa, A, Hecht, M M., Sousa, M V., Andrade, R R., Vital, T, Plachy, J, Nitz, N, Hejnar, J, Gomes, C C., Teixeira, A R. (2014). Inhibition of autoimmune Chagas-like heart disease by bone marrow transplantation. 12. 8 e3384 PLoS neglected tropical diseases.
Teixeira, A R., Hecht, M M., Guimaro, Maria, Sousa, A O., Nitz, N. (2011). Pathogenesis of chagas' disease: parasite persistence and autoimmunity. 3. 24 592-630 Clinical Microbiology Reviews.
Teixeira, A R., Gomes, C, Nitz, N, Sousa, A O., Alves, R M., Guimaro, Maria C., Cordeiro, C, Bernal, F M., Rosa, A C., Hejnar, J, Leonardecz, E, Hecht, M M. (2011). Trypanosoma cruzi in the chicken model: Chagas-like heart disease in the absence of parasitism. 3. 5 e1000 PLoS neglected tropical diseases.
Teixeira, A R., Nitz, N, Guimaro, Maria C., Gomes, C, Santos-Buch, C A. (2006). Chagas disease. 974. 82 788-98 Postgraduate Medical Journal.