Alumni Alumni

The Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology (PPGGBM) has played a key role in advancing the training of professionals in the fields of genetics and molecular biology, standing out as the first program to offer master's and doctoral courses in the Northeast region of Brazil, with 328 master's graduates and 152 doctoral graduates as of February 2025.

 

For detailed information about PPGGBM alumni from 2016 to 2024, including advisors, course level, year of completion, current affiliation, and place of work, click here.

 

The map below illustrates the geographical distribution of alumni and their respective affiliated institutions.

 

 

To learn about the destinations, roles, and the 49 affiliated institutions of PPGGBM alumni, consult the INTERACTIVE MAP by clicking on the location markers.

 

The table below presents the scientific articles and patents associated with theses and dissertations completed in the PPGGBM during the 2021-2024 period.

 

Papers and patents associated with theses and dissertations completed in PPGGBM (2021-2024)

Name of Graduate

Type

M/D

Advisor's Name

IF

Qualis 2020

AREA/ Research Line

Year

Title

Doctors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALANNE RAYSSA DA SILVA MELO

D

ANTONIO CARLOS DE FREITAS

2,8

A3

BIO MOL/ Mol Bio & Bioinfo

2022

THIRD-GENERATION VACCINES: FEATURES OF NUCLEIC ACID VACCINES AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFICIENCY

ALINE PRISCILA FELIX

D

RITA DE CÁSSIA MOURA

2,6

A4

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio & Bioinfo

2024

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFICATION AND CONTRACTION OF SATELLITE DNAS IN THE DISTINCT LINEAGES OF THE BEETLE Euchroma gigantea

BENIGNO CRISTOFER FLORES ESPINOZA

D

ANTONIO CARLOS DE FREITAS

5,2

A3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio & Bioinfo

2024

PICHIA PASTORIS-DERIVED ¿-GLUCAN CAPSULES AS A DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR DNA VACCINES

BIANCA DE FRANCA SÃO MARCOS

D

ANTONIO CARLOS DE FREITAS

5,1

A3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio & Bioinfo

2024

HPV DETECTION IN BREAST TUMORS AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

DENISE DE QUEIROGA NASCIMENTO

D

PAULA SANDRIN GARCIA

3,3

B2

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Gen & Evol

2022

EXPRESSION OF THE MIR-9-5P, MIR-125B-5P AND ITS TARGET GENE AND IN CHILDHOOD-ONSET SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (CSLE)

ELTON PEDRO NUNES PENA

D

TERCILIO CALSA JÚNIOR

1,6

A3

MOL BIO / Mol Bio & Bioinfo

2022

DISTINCT CARBAPENEMS SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILES IN ISOGENIC ISOLATES OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE PRESENTING OMPK36 DISRUPTION AND EXPRESSION OF DOWN-REGULATED BLAKPC-2

ISAURA ISABELLE FONSECA GOMES DA SILVA

D

PAULA SANDRIN GARCIA

4,5

A3

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2021

IS THERE AN INFLAMMATION ROLE FOR MYD88 IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?

 

 

 

2,5

A2

GENETICS/ Human Genetics Humana

2021

MYD88, IRAK3 AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATHOGENESIS: ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN CD14 + MONOCYTES AND THE INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE LEVELS

 

 

 

1,7

A3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Gen Mol & Evol

2024

MIRNAS AND NFKB1 AND TRAF6 TARGET GENES: THE INITIAL FUNCTIONAL STUDY IN CD14+ MONOCYTES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS

JESSICA VITORIA GADELHA DE FREITAS BATISTA

D

MARCOS ANDRE CAVALCANTI BEZERRA

3,0

A3

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2021

ASSOCIATION OF KLOTHO POLYMORPHISMS WITH CLINICAL COMPLICATIONS OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

 

 

 

3,0

A3

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2021

INFLUENCE OF UGT1A1 PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM, ¿-THALASSEMIA AND ¿S HAPLOTYPE IN BILIRUBIN LEVELS AND CHOLELITHIASIS IN A LARGE SICKLE CELL ANEMIA COHORT

JOSE LEANDRO DE ANDRADE SANTOS

D

RAFAEL LIMA GUIMARAES

2,9

A3

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2021

DIFFERENCES IN PYROPTOSIS OF RECENT THYMIC EMIGRANTS CD4+-T LYMPHOCYTES IN ART-TREATED HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS ARE INFLUENCED BY SEX

JOSE RAFAEL DA SILVA ARAUJO

D

ANA CHRISTINA BRASILEIRO VIDAL

2,1

A3

MOL BIO/ Gen & Biod

2021

ANTIOXIDANT AND IN VITRO CYTOGENOTOXIC PROPERTIES OF Amburana cearensis (ALLEMÃO) A.C.SM. LEAF EXTRACT

JULIANA VIEIRA DE BARROS ARCOVERDE

D

NEIDE SANTOS

1,7

A3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Bio Mol & Bioinfo

2024

EXPRESSION PROFILE OF INFLAMMASOME GENES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME

MARIA EDUARDA BEZERRA DE ALBUQUERQUE BORBOREMA

D

JAQUELINE DE AZEVEDO SILVA

2,4

A6

MOL BIO / Bio Mol & Bioinfo

2021

DOWN REGULATION OF VDR GENE EXPRESSION IN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS? PATIENTS: CAUSE OR CONSEQUENCE?

 

 

 

1,7

A3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Bio Mol & Bioinfo

2023

VITAMIN D AND ESTROGEN STEROID HORMONES AND THEIR IMMUNOGENETIC ROLES IN INFECTIOUS RESPIRATORY (TB AND COVID-19) DISEASES

 

 

 

2,8

A4

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Bio Mol & Bioinfo

2024

STEROID IMMUNE RESPONSIVE GENE REGULATION IN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN VITRO

 

 

 

2,6

A3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Bio Mol & Bioinfo

2024

PATHOGEN RECOGNITION PATHWAY GENE VARIANTS AND INFLAMMASOME SENSORS GENE EXPRESSION IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS UNDER TREATMENT

MARIA LUIZA ROCHA DA ROSA BORGES

D

NEIDE SANTOS

1,8

B3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Gen  & Evol

2023

CLINICAL AND CYTOGENETIC PROFILE OF FANCONI ANEMIA DIAGNOSED AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF MITOMYCIN C CYTOGENETIC TEST IN THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL

 

 

 

S/IF

B1

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Gen & Evol

2022

HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME IN A FANCONI ANEMIA PATIENT WITH VACTERL ASSOCIATION

RAHISA HELENA DA SILVA

D

EDERSON AKIO KIDO

4,0

A4

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio  & Bioinfo

2024

DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASE FAMILY IN PHYSIC NUT (JATROPHA CURCAS L.): STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND RESPONSE TO SALINITY

RAYSA SAMANTA MORAES LARANJEIRA

D

NEIDE SANTOS

4,1

A3

GENETICS/ Human Genetics 

2022

UPREGULATION OF FOXP3 MAY ACT ON IMMUNOLOGICAL MISBALANCE IN TURNER SYNDROME

 

 

 

3,1

B1

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Gen & Evol

2024

INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF INFLAMMASOME COMPLEX GENES ON TURNER SYNDROME

RENATA SANTANA DA SILVA

D

OSVALDO POMPILIO DE MELO NETO

3,8

A1

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio  & Bioinfo

2024

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI EIF4E6/EIF4G5 COMPLEX REVEALS DETAILS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN UNUSUAL EIF4F SUBUNITS

WENDELL PALOMA MARIA DOS SANTOS

D

LINDOMAR JOSE PENA

4,3

A1

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2021

WIDESPREAD CONTAMINATION OF SARS-COV -2 ON HIGHLY TOUCHED SURFACES IN BRAZIL DURING THE SECOND WAVE OF THE COVID -19 PANDEMIC

 

 

 

2,9

A1

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2023

COMPARISON OF DNA EXTRACTION METHODS FOR COVID-19 HOST GENETICS STUDIES

 

 

 

Patente (INPI, BR1020240182480)

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2024

MÉTODO DE EXTRAÇÃO DE DNA DE SUABES NASOFARÍNGEOS DE INDIVÍDUOS INFECTADORS PELO SARS-COV-2 E OUTROS PATÓGENOS RESPIRATÓRIOS

WERBSON LIMA GUARANA

D

PAULA SANDRIN GARCIA

2,8

A3

GENETICS/ Human Genetics

2022

CAN POLYMORPHISMS IN NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME COMPLEX BE ASSOCIATED WITH POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS SEVERITY?

 

 

 

4,9

A2

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Gen & Evol

2024

FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE GENE ASSOCIATED WITH LOSS OF BONE MASS DENSITY AND ALENDRONATE TREATMENT FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OSTEOPOROSIS

Masters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANA CLAUDIA MENDONCA DOS ANJOS

M

MARCOS ANDRE CAVALCANTI BEZERRA

2,6

B3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Gen & Evol

2023

POLYMORPHISMS AND GENE EXPRESSION OF METALLOPROTEINASES AND THEIR INHIBITORS ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL ISCHEMIC STROKE IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

DAYANE DA SILVA SANTOS

M

MARCOS ANTONIO DE MORAIS JUNIOR

2,1

A3

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio  & Bioinfo

2024

LIQUORILACTOBACILLUS: A CONTEXT OF THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND METABOLIC ADAPTATION OF A BACTERIAL GENUS FROM FERMENTATION LIQUID ENVIRONMENTS

MADSON ALLAN DE LUNA ARAGAO

M

ANA MARIA BENKO ISEPPON

7,7

A1

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio  & Bioinfo

2024

OMICS-DRIVEN BIOINFORMATICS FOR PLANT LECTINS DISCOVERY AND FUNCTIONAL ANNOTATION - A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW

MARIA DA CONCEICAO VIANA INVENCAO

M

ANTONIO CARLOS DE FREITAS

4,1

A3

BIO MOL / Mol Bio  & Bioinfo

2021

DEVELOPMENT OF SYNTHETIC ANTIGEN VACCINES FOR COVID-19

MARIA LUIZA SALUSTIANO BANDEIRA

M

ANTONIO ROBERTO LUCENA DE ARAUJO

12,9

A1

GENETICS, MOL BIO & BIOINFO/ Mol Bio  & Bioinfo

2024

PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF ¿NP73/TAP73 EXPRESSION RATIO IN CORE-BINDING FACTOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

 

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