PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein college of Medicine of Yeshiva University, 2010
MSc, Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, 2006
BS, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2004
Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs
Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease
Research Interests
Molecular and cell biology of intracellular pathogens
Parasitology/Plasmodium parasite biology
Pathogen-host interactions/Pathogenesis
Host cell defense mechanisms
Microbe virulence mechanisms
Recent Publications
Vera IM Kessler A Ting LM Harawa V Keller T Allen D Njie M Moss M Soko M Ahmadu A Kadwala I Ray S Nyirenda TS Mandala WL Taylor TE Rogerson SJ Seydel KB Kim . Plasma cell-free DNA predicts pediatric cerebral malaria severityJCI Insight. 5(12) , 2020.
Vera IM Grilo Ruivo MT Lemos Rocha LF Marques S Bhatia SN Mota MM Mancio-Silva . Targeting liver stage malaria with metformin.JCI Insight. 4(24) , 2019.
Real E, Rodrigues L, Cabal G, J Enguita, Mancio-Silva L, Mello-Vieira J, Beatty W, Vera IM, et al. Plasmodium UIS3 sequesters host LC3 to avoid elimination by autophagy in hepatocytesNature Microbiology. 3: 17-25, 2018.
Mancio-Silva L, Clavic K, Grilo Ruivo MT, Grosso AR, Modrzynska KK, Vera IM et al. Nutrient sensing modulates malaria parasite virulenceNature. 13(5477) : 213-216, 2017.
Vera I*, Ruivo M*,Sales-Dias J, Meireles P, Gural N, Bhatia S, Mota MM, Mancio-Silva L Host AMPK is a modulator of Plasmodium liver infection.Cell Reports. 16: 2539–2545, 2016.