Dr. Marcos Paulo Oliveira Almeida currently works at the Department of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, linked to the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil). He received a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, a master’s degree in Applied Cellular and Structural Biology, and a Ph.D. in Applied Immunology and Parasitology from the Federal University of Uberlândia. He was a teaching assistant in the higher education course in the area of morphology, teaching the subjects of cell biology, cytology, histology, and embryology, at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Federal University of Uberlândia. He does research in cell biology, histology, immunology, and mechanisms of infectious diseases. He has expertise in cell culture and molecular techniques, and also in studies of trophoblast biology and Toxoplasma gondii infection.