LEEP Teams

Teams & Members

Current members of the LEEP research environment, organized by the Structural Biology and Bioinformatics groups.

Principal Investigators

Research group leads

CG

Structural Biology

Cristiane R. G. Carvalho

Principal Investigator

Structural biology of macromolecules, c-di-GMP signaling networks, bacterial secretion systems and rational protein design.

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RS

Bioinformatics

Robson Francisco de Souza

Principal Investigator

Protein evolution, comparative genomics, molecular evolution, phylogeny and computational biology.

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Current Teams

Research groups and current members

SB

Structural Biology Team

Group led by Cristiane R. G. Carvalho.

GA

Structural Biology

Gabriel Guarany de Araujo

Postdoctoral researcher

Start: 2024
Postdoctoral supervision · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Postdoctoral research in structural biology and bacterial molecular systems.

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MA

Structural Biology

Michelle Teixeira de Almeida

Postdoctoral researcher

Start: 2021
Postdoctoral supervision · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP / CNPq

Postdoctoral research in structural biology and bacterial molecular systems.

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AS

Structural Biology

Anacleto Silva de Souza

Postdoctoral researcher

Start: 2019
Postdoctoral supervision · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Postdoctoral research in structural biology and bacterial molecular systems.

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CG

Structural Biology

Cauê Augusto Boneto Gonçalves

PhD student

Start: 2025
PhD in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Optimization of purification and structural determination by Cryo-EM of the MotAB-FliL flagellar stator complex in Leptospira interrogans.

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PH

Structural Biology

Pedro Antônio França Henrique

PhD student

Start: 2025
PhD in Biological Sciences / Biochemistry · Instituto de Química da USP

Structural and molecular investigation of type IV secretion systems of Gram-positive bacteria.

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DM

Structural Biology

Davi Gabriel Salustiano Merighi

PhD student

Start: 2022
PhD in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Study of Xanthomonas citri proteins.

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DL

Structural Biology

Daniel Enrique Sanchez Limache

PhD student

Start: 2022
PhD in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP / CAPES

Functional and structural study of LIC11567.

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AV

Structural Biology

Aline Biazola Visnardi

PhD student

Start: 2020
PhD in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Study of Leptospira interrogans proteins.

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AF

Structural Biology

Anielle Salviano de Almeida Ferrari

PhD student

Start: 2019
PhD in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Study of Leptospira interrogans proteins in c-di-GMP signaling.

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AO

Structural Biology

Alyssa Dottie Osa-Ajari

MSc student

Start: 2025
MSc in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Functional study of Lcd1, a diguanylate cyclase activated by cAMP.

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JH

Structural Biology

Júlia Falsirolli Horie

Undergraduate researcher

Start: 2025
Undergraduate research · Universidade de São Paulo / FAPESP

Biochemical and structural study of LIC_10128 protein in Leptospira interrogans.

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GD

Structural Biology

Gabriel Mendes Duarte

Undergraduate researcher

Start: 2025
Undergraduate research in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP

Functional cargo in membrane vesicles from a citrus pathogen.

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AC

Structural Biology

Ana Julia Chagas Ciappina

Undergraduate researcher

Start: 2025
Undergraduate research · Universidade de São Paulo / FAPESP

Functional and structural studies of the protein encoded by LIC_11189.

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BI

Bioinformatics Team

Group led by Robson Francisco de Souza.

ES

Bioinformatics

Eduardo Pereira Soares

PhD student

Start: 2024
PhD in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP / CAPES

Association of modifying enzymes with secondary-metabolite-producing enzymes and construction of predictors for biosynthetic products and loci.

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MO

Bioinformatics

Marcos Vinícius Rocha de Oliveira

MSc student

Start: 2025
MSc in Bioinformatics · Universidade de São Paulo

BioCalyDB: a database of calycins related to biosynthesis.

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RC

Bioinformatics

Rafaela Barberis Canjani

MSc student

Start: 2023
MSc in Bioinformatics · Universidade de São Paulo

Discovery of novel antibiotic synthesis pathways through in silico analyses.

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TS

Bioinformatics

Thomas Wittmann Cezar Santos

MSc student

Start: 2023
MSc in Bioinformatics · Universidade de São Paulo / CAPES

Characterization of microbial competition proteins in archaea.

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BO

Bioinformatics

Bruna Sayuri Cardoso Ogusku

MSc student

Start: 2023
MSc in Microbiology · Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da USP / CAPES

Comparative genomics of Acinetobacter species.

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CC

Bioinformatics

Celso Vitor Alves Queiroz Calomeno

TT-V FAPESP / DaVinci cluster

Start: 2025

Technical training and computational support for the DaVinci high-performance computing environment; HPC administration and computational biology.

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