Mauro Jorge Cabral-Castro has a PhD in Science (Microbiology) with an emphasis on Applied Immunology from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a professor of the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; a professor of the Postgraduate Program in Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; and a collaborating professor at the Multi-User Laboratory to Support Research in Nephrology and Medical Sciences (LAMAP) at Universidade Federal Fluminense.