Paul de Figueiredo, PhD
Professor
Contact
Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology
8447 Riverside Parkway, MREB 3112
Bryan,
TX
77807-3260
pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu
Phone: 979.436.0699
Fax: 979.436.0360
Lab Website
Education and Training
- Rice University, BA
- Stanford University, MA
- Cornell University, PhD
- MIT, Postdoc
- University of Washington School of Medicine, Postdoc
Research Interests
- Microbiology, Host Pathogen Interactions, Bioenergy, Cell Biology, Cancer Biology
Representative Publications
- Patrick et al. Quantitative Yeast Genetic Interaction Profiling of Bacterial Effector Proteins Uncovers a Role for the Human Retromer in Salmonella Infection.
Cell Syst. 2018 Sep 26;7(3):323-338 doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2018.06.010. Epub 2018 Aug 1. PMID: 30077634 - Dickman et al. Reassessing Plant Apoptosis.
Nature Plants. 2017 Oct 16. doi: 10.1038/s41477-017-0045-1 - Pandey et al. Global reprogramming of host kinase signaling in response to fungal infection.
Cell Host & Microbe. 2017. May 10;21(5):637-649.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.008. PMID: 28494245 - Mwangi et al. One Health: Addressing Global Challenges at the Nexus of Human, Animal, and Environmental Health.
PLoS Pathog. 2016. Sep 15;12(9):e1005731. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005731. eCollection 2016 Sep. PMID: 27631500 - Pandey et al. The Case for Live Attenuated Vaccines Against the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016. Aug 18;10(8):e0004572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004572. eCollection 2016 Aug. PMID: 27537413 - Dickman MB and de Figueiredo P. Death Be Not Proud-Cell Death Control in Plant Fungal Interactions.
PLoS Pathog 9(9): e1003542. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003542. PMID: 24068920 - Criscitiello et al. Tripping on acid: trans-Kingdom perspectives on biological acids in immunity and pathogenesis
PLoS Pathog. 2013. 9(7): e1003402. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003402. PMID: 23874196 - Han et al. Microfabricated devices in microbial bioenergy sciences.
Trends in Biotechnol. 2013. pii: S0167-7799(12)00221-1. PMID: 23453527 - Criscitiello M and de Figueiredo P. Fifty shades of immune defense.
PLoS Pathog. 2013. 9(2): e1003110. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003110 PMID: 23408882 - Bechler et al. A PLA1-2 punch regulates the Golgi complex.
Trends Cell Biol. 2012. Feb;22(2):116-24. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.10.003. Epub 2011 Nov 28. PMID: 22130221 - Dickman MB and de Figueiredo P. Comparative pathobiology of pathogenic fungi of plants and animals.
PLoS Pathog. 2011. December; 7(12): e1002324. PMID: 22194681 - Qin et al. Functional analysis of host factors that mediate Cryptococcus neoformans intracellular trafficking.
PLoS Pathog. 2011. Jun;7(6):e1002078. Epub 2011 Jun 16. PMID: 21698225 - Jupiter et al. DNA watermarking of infectious agents: progress and prospects.
PLoS Pathog. 2010. Jun 17;6(6):e1000950. PMID: 20585560 - Qin et al. RNAi screen of endoplasmic reticulum-associated host factors reveals a role for IRE1a in supporting Brucella replication.
PLoS Pathog. 2008. Jul 25;4(7):e1000110 PMID: 1865462
Lab Members
- Aashka Dasgupta, Student Technician
- Olivia Elwood, Student Assistant
- Hsing Fann, Research Associate
- Fengguang Guo, Associate Research Scientist
- Shubha Holla, Student Technician
- Anil Kumar, Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Julia Plocica, Student Research Assistant
- Sarisa Na Pombejra, Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Qingming Qin, Associate Research Scientist
- Rushant Sabnis, Collaboratory Graduate Assistant - Researcher
- Kelsey Wells, Graduate Assistant - Research
- Dongmei Zhang, Postdoctoral Research Associate