Dr. Flavio Fonseca
Microbiology Department/Biological Sciences Institute, at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil AND Center for Vaccine Technology (Centro de Tecnologia em Vacinas - at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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View All Publications18 August 2015 in Plant and Soil
Journal Article
FSFernando A. O. Silveira
Fernando A. O. SilveiraDNDaniel Negreiros
Daniel Negreiros
NBNewton Barbosa
Newton BarbosaEBElise Buisson
Elise BuissonFlavio FonsecaHLHans Lambers
Hans Lambers +15
7 March 2007 in Biodiversity and Conservation
Journal Article
CJClaudia M. Jacobi
Claudia M. JacobiFlavio FonsecaRVRegina C. Vincent
Regina C. Vincent
JSJoão Renato Stehmann
João Renato Stehmann1 July 2017 in Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Journal Article
Luciana Hiromi Yoshino KaminoRJRogério Tobias Junior
Rogério Tobias Junior
ICIara Christina de Campos
Iara Christina de Campos
Flavio FonsecaGSGuilherme Silvino
Guilherme Silvino
CPCarlos Eduardo Ferreira Pinto
Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Pinto
+4
21 April 2016
Book Chapter
COConceição
ConceiçãoAAAbel A.
Abel A.
Alessandro RapiniFlavio FonsecaJBJuliana C. Brito
Juliana C. Brito
CJClaudia M. Jacobi
Claudia M. Jacobi
+2
23 March 2016 in Future Virology
Journal Article
AVAlice Versiani
Alice VersianiLALídia M Andrade
Lídia M Andrade
EMEstefânia Mn Martins
Estefânia Mn Martins
SSSérgio Scalzo
Sérgio Scalzo
JGJony M Geraldo
Jony M Geraldo
Flavio Fonseca +5
Although used in medical applications for centuries, the development of nanotechnology has shed new light in the plethora of possible medical and biological applications using gold-based nanostructures. Gold nanostructures are stable and relatively inert in biological systems, leading to low reatogenicity, biocompatibility and general lack of toxicity. Allied to that, gold nanoparticles present optical and electronic properties that have been exploited in a range of biomedical applications. In this review we discuss biologically relevant properties of gold nanoparticles and how they are used in some biomedicine fields, especially those involving biosensing of biological analytes – including viruses and antibodies against them, cancer therapies, and antigen delivery, including viral antigens – as part of nonclassic vaccine strategies.
1 September 2013 in Rodriguésia
Journal Article
Flavio FonsecaCJClaudia Maria Jacobi
Claudia Maria Jacobi
A vegetação nas cangas (afloramentos ferruginosos) abriga dezenas de espécies raras, várias novidades taxonômicas e elevada diversidade alfa e beta. Utilizando um banco de dados constituído por 1.080 táxons de angiospermas, a vegetação associada às cangas no Quadrilátero Ferrífero foi caracterizada a partir dos elementos florísticos, das formas de crescimento e das fisionomias mais frequentes. Analisou-se a distribuição geográfica e os domínios fitogeográficos de 980 espécies. Ainda, com o objetivo de verificar se há distinção entre a vegetação das cangas em relação às de cinco áreas inseridas em sistemas rupestres de Minas Gerais e Bahia, analisou-se a similaridade a partir do número de espécies de 920 gêneros de angiospermas. Em comparação aos sistemas quartzíticos, principalmente os inseridos na Cadeia do Espinhaço, pode-se distinguir a vegetação das cangas pela maior influência de elementos florísticos do domínio Atlântico, maior frequência de sinúsias formadas por árvores e arbustos, riqueza elevada de espécies de gêneros como Solanum e Cattleya e pouca representatividade fisionômica de alguns gêneros típicos dos campos rupestres. Essa distinção parece correlacionar-se com a localização geográfica do Quadrilátero e com as características geomorfológicas e mineralógicas das cangas.
About Me
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1993), obtained a Master's in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1996), and obtained a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Microbiology, emphasis on Virology) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2000). He holds two postdoctoral degrees, one at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, MD, USA (2001–2003), and the second at the René Rachou Research Center (CPqRR), Belo Horizonte, MG (2004–2005). He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology at ICB, the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Microbiology at UFMG (7 CAPES concept) (2017–2018 biennium). Vice-President of the Brazilian Society of Virology (SBV - 2018 to 2020 management). He has experience in microbiology, with an emphasis on virology and vaccinology. Through research, teaching, and extension, he has been working mainly on the following topics: (i) molecular biology of viruses, mainly within the poxvirus group; (ii) molecular viral epidemiology, particularly of poxviruses; (iii) development of experimental immunogens and non-classical vaccination strategies against various pathogens using recombinant viral vectors (MVA), recombinant proteins, and nanomaterials.