Lucia M. Mendonça Previato
Brazil
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| | Fellow | Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
| Brazil | luciamp@biof.ufrj.br |
| Biography | | MENDONÇA PREVIATO, Lucia (Brazil). b.17-2-1949. PhD, Professor, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho Universidade Federale do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Mendonça Previato's scientific work constitutes a significant advance towards the development of chemo-and immunotherapies against Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite responsible for Chagas disease. Her glycobiology studies have helped shed light on the molecular components involved in host cellpathogen interaction. A fellow of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, she has won, among others, the 2007 TWAS Prize in Biology, and the UNESCO-L'Oreal Prize for Women in Science Prize in 2004. |
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