PUBLICAÇÕES em 2026

1 Reynaldo Magalhães Melo, Agnelo Rodrigues de Souza, Agenor de Castro Moreira dos Santos Júnior, Tarcila Zuleica Zaparolli Lopes, Jaime Martins Santana, Izabela Dourado Bastos, Flavia Nader Motta, Jaques Miranda Ferreira de Souza, Sébastien Charneau, Marcelo Valle de Sousa, Wagner Fontes, Beatriz Dolabela de Lima, Carlos André Ornelas Ricart. Quantitative proteomics of intracellular and axenic amastigote-like forms of Trypanosoma cruzi under replicative and non-replicative conditions. Journal of Proteomics,Volume 327, 2026, 105629,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2026.105629
2 Vinícius Alexandre Fiaia Costa, Alexandra Maria dos Santos Carvalho, Rafael Consolin Chelucci, Felipe da Silva Mendonça de Melo, Gustavo Santos Sandes Felizardo, Clarissa Alves Carneiro Bernardes, Holli-Joi Martin, Rodolpho de Campos Braga, Sébastien Charneau, Eugene N. Muratov, Adriano Defini Andricopulo, Izabela Marques Dourado Bastos, Bruno Junior Neves; Multiscale-Aware Graph Embedding Approach Uncovers LC-61, a Potent Anti-Leishmania infantum Compound. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 13 April 2026; 66 (7): 3643–3659. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.5c02947
3 Sabrina Silva-Mendonça, Donald Seanego, Christopher Jurisch, Melina Mottin, Flávia Nader Motta, Beatriz S. A. Rodrigues, Gilberto S. M. Junior, Alexandra Maria dos Santos Carvalho, Fábio Muniz de Oliveira, Sunniva Sigurdardóttir, Per Sunnerhagen, Izabela Marques Dourado Bastos, Richard Gessner, Kelly Chibale, Carolina Horta Andrade. Structure- and Ligand-Based Discovery of Novel 3-Chymotrypsin-Like Protease Nonpeptidomimetic Hits. ChemMedChem 2026, 21, e202501083. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202501083
4 César Augusto Prías-Márquez et al. A Novel Ocellatin-P1 Isoform from Leptodactylus labyrinthicus Frog Skin Secretion: Purification, Biological Properties and Three- Dimensional Structure. J. Mol. Sci. 2026, 27(8), 3658; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27083658
5 Thibault Joseph et al. Discovery of an efficacious 2-ethyl-4-phenylthiazole derivative against acute Chagas disease via multiparametric hit-to-lead optimization and in vivo efficacy. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry,Volume 313,2026,118888, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2026.118888.
6 The transcriptional regulator HapX contributes to virulence and regulates the transcriptional response in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in two ways.
Rocha, Olivia Basso; Bailão, Alexandre Melo; Silva, Lana O'Hara Souza; Junior, Marcos Antonio Batista de Carvalho; de Souza, Eduardo Carvalho Luzin; Moreira, Thalison Rodrigues; Saar, Rodrigo; de Oliveira, Milton Adriano Pelli; Graziani, Daniel; Gonçales, Relber Aguiar; Novaes, Evandro; Soares, Célia Maria de Almeida.
Curr Res Microb Sci ; 9: 100513, 2025.
7 Santos, M.S., de Souza, U.J.B., Cardoso, F.D.P. et al. A comprehensive analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in Tocantins State, Brazil, and tracing the spread of the XBB.1.18.1 lineage. Braz J Microbiol 57, 89 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-026-01884-1
8 Araújo Dos Santos DL, Santana de Curcio J, Novaes E, Maria de Almeida Soares C. miRNAs regulate the metabolic adaptation of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis during copper deprivation. Microbes Infect. 2025 Mar-Apr;27(3):105435. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2024.105435 Epub 2024 Nov 9. PMID: 39528107. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457924001771
9 Ocular adnexal sporotrichosis: Case series from a hyperendemic region in southern Brazil. Vanice Rodrigues Poester, Rossana Patricia Basso, Bianca dos Santos Blan, Mariana Rodrigues Trápaga, Lívia Silveira Munhoz, Diulien Canary de Lima, Augusto Neuberger, Karine Ortiz Sanchotene, Monica Campos dos Santos, Eliane Rosa Goedel, and Melissa Orzechowski Xavier.
10 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase inhibitors control Leishmania spp. in human macrophages. Carlos Henrique da Silva Mota , Ana Marília Viana Utim, Wesley Lima de Paula, Geovanna Medeiros de Oliveira, Ana Luísa Macedo das Mercez Torres, Fátima Ribeiro-Dias, Rodrigo Saar Gomes. Exp Parasitol. 2026 Mar;282:109112.
11 Dias, G. R.; De Oliveira, B. F. R.; Sandes, J.; Muricy, G.; Laport, M. S. Gems from the caves: genomic insights into the biosynthetic potential of antimicrobial-producing bacteria associated with tropical cave-dwelling sponges. Environmental Microbiology, v. 28, p. 1, 2026. Freitas-Silva, J.; De Oliveira, B. F. R.; Dias, G. R.; Marques, M. de O. N.; Muricy, G.; Laport, M. S. Genomic and functional characterization of the marine sponge-associated Bacillus stercoris strain 84-5 reveals remarkable biosynthetic, biosurfactant, and enzymatic capabilities. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, v. 27, p. 1–16, 2026.
12 Pinheiro, K. W. S.; Canellas, A. L. B.; Lopes, M. V.; Pinheiro, E. O.;Klautau, M.; Giambiagi-deMarval, M.; Laport, M. S. Marine sponge Aplysina fulva as a reservoir of opportunistic and methicillin-resistant
13 Staphylococcus saprophyticus in Brazil. Current Microbiology, v. 83, p.23, 2026. Yamada, A. Y.; Canellas, A. L. B.; Diniz, M. N.; Ferraro, P. S. P.; De Sena Miranda, D.; Costa, A. B. N.; Santos, M. B. N.; Campos, K. R.; Sacchi, C.
14 T.; Abdon, B. B.; Da Silva Oliveira Alves, G.; De Oliveira Nithack Marques, M.; Muricy, G.; Laport, M. S.; Camargo, C. H. Unveiling the genomic and phenotypic landscape of Acinetobacter species from different environmental sources in Brazil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, v. 119, p. 15, 2026.
15 Freitas-Silva, J.; Dias, G. R.; Laport, M. S. A esperança que vem do mar. Ciência Hoje, ed. 433, jul. 2026. Disponível em: Ciência Hoje – A esperança que vem do mar
16 Freitas-Silva,J.; Dias, G.R., Laport, M.S. Artigo de divulgação científica “A esperança que vem do mar” publicado na seção 'Resultados Imediatos' da edição de julho de 2026 (número 433) da revista Ciência Hoje.
17 Oliveira, M. M.; Canellas, A. L. B.; Alves, G. S. O.; Marques, M. O. N.; Camargo, C. H.; Laport, M. S. Plasmid Genomics of Marine Acinetobacter venetianus from Brazil. In: X-Meeting 2026 – CongressoBrasileiro de Bioinformática, 9 a 12 de junho de 2026, Garibaldi, RS.
18 Camargo, C. H.; Yamada, A. Y.; Canellas, A. L. B.; Oliveira, M. M.; Diniz, N.; Ferraro, P. S. P.; Miranda, D. S.; Abdon, B. B.; Alves, G. S. O.; Marques, M. O. N.; Muricy, G.; Laport, M. S. Environmental occurrenceof Acinetobacter baumannii in a protected marine ecosystem: characterization of arare ST848 isolate. In: World One Health Congress, set, 2026, Lisbon.
19 Divulgação científica “laportlab_ufrj” (Instagram) “Catálogo de Bacteria e Archaea do Brasil (CBAB)”
20 Palestrante no evento Conexões (Luso) Microbianas’26 – Microbiologia a moldar o Futuro - vídeo “5 minutos de fama” no dia do Microrganismos,17/09/2026 https://youtu.be/FdUmCZ5GjFY?si=SU7yICXmFw3iKscS
21 de Paula, W. L., de Oliveira, G. M., Ribeiro-Dias, F., & Gomes, R. S. (2026). Host adenosine deaminase reprograms purinergic immunoregulation in Leishmania braziliensis infection. Cytokine, 203, 157155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2026.157155
22 Mota, C. H. D. S., Utim, A. M. V., de Paula, W. L., de Oliveira, G. M., Torres, A. L. M. D. M., Ribeiro-Dias, F., & Gomes, R. S. (2026). 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase inhibitors control Leishmania spp. in human macrophages. Experimental Parasitology, 282, 109112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2026.109112
23 Discovery of an efficacious 2-ethyl-4-phenylthiazole derivative against acute Chagas disease via multiparametric hit-to-lead optimization and in vivo efficacy .Thibault Joseph William Jacques Dit Lapierre, Daniela de Melo Resende, Felipe da Silva Mendonça de Melo, Alexandra Maria dos Santos Carvalho, Douglas Davison da Silva Oliveira, Simone Michelan-Duarte, Rafael Consolin Chelucci, Paula Derksen Macruz, Lucas Abreu Diniz, Rafaela Salgado Ferreira , Alice Lima Continentino, Gabriela Louise da Silva Moreira, Ítalo de Lucas da Silva Xavier, João Paulo Figueiró Longo, Claudia Magalhães Calvet, Eduardo Jorge Pilau, Leonardo L.G. Ferreira, Adriano D. Andricopulo, Bruno Junior Neves, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta…Celso de Oliveira Rezende Júnior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2026.118888
24 Why next-generation mechanistic models will transform drug discovery: integrating efficacy and safety
Gustavo Santos Sandes Felizardo ,Vinícius Alexandre Fiaia Costa ,Eder Soares de Almeida Santos ,Luiz Carlos da Cunha &Bruno Junior Neves.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17460441.2026.2699304
25 Multimodal Cross-Attentive Graph-Based Framework for Predicting In Vivo Endocrine Disruptors
Eder Soares de Almeida Santos, Gustavo Felizardo Santos Sandes, Artur Christian Garcia da Silva,
Holli-Joi Martin, Eugene N. Muratov, Rodolpho de Campos Braga, Bruno Junior Neves.
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202519897
26 Instance-Wise Contrastive Graph Neural Network Enables the Discovery of Novel Aedes aegypti Larvicidal Compounds Karine Santana Lúcio da Costa, Gustavo Henrique Garcia Caldeira, Vinícius Alexandre Fiaia Costa, Amanda Santana Silva, Carolina da Silva Pereira, Bruna Cassimiro Batista, Luana Bafutto Manchein, Holli-Joi Martin, Jamal Rafique, Rodolpho de Campos Braga, Eugene Muratov, Sumbal Saba, Gisele Augusto Rodrigues de Oliveira,3 Christian Luz, Juscelino Rodrigues, * Bruno Junior Neves. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.28.726277v1.full.pdf
27 PINHEIRO, KENNEDY WANDERSON SENNA ; CANELLAS, ANNA LUIZA BAUER ; LOPES, MATHEUS VIEIRA ; PINHEIRO, ELIANE OLMO ; KLAUTAU, MICHELLE ; Giambiagi-deMarval, Marcia ; LAPORT, Marinella Silva. Marine Sponge Aplysina fulva as a Reservoir of Opportunistic and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus in Brazil. CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY, v. 83, p. 23, 2026.
28 ROSSI, CIRO CÉSAR ; TEIXEIRA, FELIPE CASTRO OLIVEIRA DE BRITO ; SILVA, GIARLÃ CUNHA DA ; PEREIRA, MONALESSA FÁBIA ; Giambiagi-deMarval, Marcia . Staphylococcal phages as agents of evolution and innovation: From gene flow to next-generation therapeutics. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (ONLINE VERSION), v. 49, p. e20250131, 2026
29 AHMAD, FAIZAN ; GARCIA, PEDRO ROCHA ; VIANA, VITOR EMANUEL LANES ; DE ALMADA ESTANISLAU, SANDY ; RASHEED, NOHMAN ; DE REZENDE, RAFAEL REIS ; DE ALMEIDA, EDUARDO LUÍS MENEZES ; ZERBINI, POLIANE ALFENAS ; DIAZ, MARISA ALVES NOGUEIRA ; PEREIRA, MONALESSA FÁBIA ; Giambiagi-deMarval, Marcia ; ROSSI, CIRO CÉSAR . pTJK, a rare Mammaliicoccus lentus phage with broad-host-range, antibiofilm, and synergistic interactions with antimicrobials against resistant Staphylococcaceae. ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY , v. 208, p. 243, 2026.
30 DE CARVALHO, ALLAN ; DA SILVA, GIARLÃ CUNHA ; Giambiagi-deMarval, Marcia ; ROSSI, CIRO CÉSAR . Genome-wide discovery and functional insights into novel sRNAs involved in responses to bioactive compounds in the emerging pathogen. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, v. 137, p. lxag090, 2026
31 MONTEIRO CARVALHO, ISABELLA ; SOARES E SILVA, ERICA CRISTINA ; LACERDA RODRIGUES, GEOVANA ; DUARTE DOS SANTOS, NATÁLLIA ; DA SILVA SOARES, RAIENNE VITÓRIA ; PEREIRA, MONALESSA FÁBIA ; ROSSI, CIRO CÉSAR ; Giambiagi-deMarval, Marcia. Pathogens in the bay: environmental Staphylococcus saprophyticus strains mirror clinical counterparts in virulence, biofilm formation, antimicrobial resistance, pathogenicity, and phage susceptibility. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, v. 119, p. 150, 2026
32 Santos VR, Silva KCS, Borges CL, Moreira TR, Giambiagi-deMarval M, Soares CMA, Parente-Rocha1 JA. PurH protein from Staphylococcus saprophyticus interacts with proteins related to glucosamine production and anaerobic metabolism, modulating biofilm formation. Submetido à revista Microbial Pathogenesis.
33 Júlia O. Carvalho, Ana Paula C. Procópio, Marcos Paulo O. Almeida, Beatriz A. Vasconcelos, Rafael C. Chelucci, Simone Michelan-Duarte, Daniela M. Resende, Lucas S. de Oliveira, Matheus P. de Freitas, Vinícius R. Montes, Eduardo Jorge Pilau, Silvane Maria F. Murta, Leonardo L. G. Ferreira, Adriano D. Andricopulo, Sébastien Charneau, Francisco Antonio Martins,h Bellisa F. Barbosa and Celso de O. Rezende Júnior. Furanocarboxamide Derivative Against Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Synthesis, Bioactivity, ADME Profile and in silico Insights. J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2026, 37-Spe2, e-20260121, 1-18. Doi: 10.21577/0103-5053.20260121.
34 Analysis of the exportome of Plasmodium falciparum in late erythrocytic stages by selective lysis with streptolysin O
1º autor: José Miguel Quintero-Ferrer (PDJ do INCT, UnB)
35 Structural specialization and cell compartment-resolved proteomics in trypanosomatids
1ª autora: Paula Marian Vieira Goulart (doutoranda PPG Patologia Molecular, UnB)
36 Functional Characterization of Dynamin 1 and 2 in Plasmodium falciparum during the merozoite morphogenesis
1os co-autores: Thiago Albuquerque Souza Campos (doutorando PPG Biologia Molecular), Vanessa Bernardino de Almeida (mestranda PPG Patologia Molecular), UnB.
37 A near-complete Ambecovirus genome recovered from Artibeus planirostris expands the genomic diversity of Neotropical betacoronaviruses in the Brazilian Cerrado
1o Autor: Carlos Emilio Molano Paternina (doutor em Patologia Molecular, UnB)
38 POESTER, VANICE RODRIGUES ; BASSO, ROSSANA PATRICIA ; BLAN, BIANCA DOS SANTOS ; TRÁPAGA, MARIANA RODRIGUES ; MUNHOZ, LÍVIA SILVEIRA ; DE LIMA, DIULIEN CANARY ; NEUBERGER, AUGUSTO ; SANCHOTENE, KARINE ORTIZ ; DOS SANTOS, MONICA CAMPOS ; GOEDEL, ELIANE ROSA ; XAVIER, MELISSA ORZECHOWSKI . Ocular adnexal sporotrichosis: Case series from a hyperendemic region in southern Brazil. MEDICAL MYCOLOGY , v. 64, May 2026. https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myag054
39 Victor Felipe Mendanha de Lima, Frederico Marianetti Soriani. Como estudar mídias digitais em tempos de dilúvio informacional? O protocolo metodológico TUCANO aplicado à pesquisa documental em notícias online. Journal of Science Communication América Latina. V.9, 2026. https://doi.org/10.22323/392520260724172353
40 Colombo APV, de Oliveira AM, Kamada N, Kitamoto S. Periodontitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Mechanistic E vidence. J Periodontal Res. 2026 May 19.
doi: 10.1111/jre.70124.
41 Meireles J, Leite S, de Castro Brandt AM, Neto GA, Silva RO, de Oliveira Ferreira E. High genetic similarity between Clostridioides difficile isolates from a woman with community-acquired infection and her dog. Frontiers in Public Health. 2025;13:1755562; doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1755562
42 Azevedo, A., Lupi, O., Gomes, M., Rizz, P.B., Pinheiro, E.P., Borges, A.S., Cerri, F.M., Smits, W.K. and Ferreira, E.D.O., 2026. The first identification of the epidemic Clostridioides difficile PCR ribotype 027 strain in Brazil: a case report of colitis in a patient from a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 373, p.fnag002; doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnag002
43 In Vitro Activity of Organoselenium Compounds Against Trichophyton spp. Beatriz de Souza Cardoso, Mônica Campos dos Santos, Mariana Rodrigues Trápaga, Cecília Bittencourt Severo, Jéssica Estefania Dávila Hidalgo, Gilson Zeni, Cristina Wayne Nogueira, David A. Stevens, Melissa Orzechowski Xavier and Vanice Rodrigues Poester. MDPI, Antibiotics 2026, 15, 1018 https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics15101018
44 Effects of highly leukotoxic Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans associated with ligature-induced periodontitis on oral and gut tissues in male rats. Gabriela Furian Trama Ferraz, Camila Philipe de Araujo Camilo, Ana Luisa Palhares de Miranda, Mariana Alves Soares, Carmelo Sansone, Ricardo Tadeu Lopes, Aline Correa Abrahão, Ana Paula Vieira Colombo, Carina Maciel Silva-Boghossian. J Appl Oral Sci./JAOS. J Appl Oral Sci. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-7765-2025-0731