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
Jin, Hanna, Chana, Nihal K., Tang, Annie L., Kaur, Paramjit, Lamichhane, Brishti, Leung, Sze C., Scheiderer, Diane, Sivaprakasam, Vighnesh V., Marcelino, Dannah T., Hull, Gregory J., Kamara, Toma M., Cambraia Guimaro Diniz, Maria, Steven, Caruso M. (2024). Genome characterization of BI2 subcluster Streptomyces scabiei bacteriophages GoblinVoyage and Doxi13.. e0058124 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.
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.