Mariana Castanheira

Mariana Castanheira
Born	Brazil
Alma mater	Federal University of São Paulo
Scientific career
Institutions	Federal University of São Paulo University of Bristol JMI Laboratories

Mariana Castanheira is a Brazilian microbiologist who is the Chief Scientific Officer at JMI Laboratories. Her research considers antimicrobial surveillance and the design. She was elected Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology in 2023.

Early life and education

Castanheira studied pharmacy and biochemistry at the Federal University of São Paulo. She remained there for her PhD, studying molecular epidemiology and the mechanisms that underpin gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. After earning her doctorate, she moved to the University of Bristol, where she studied beta-lactamase. ^[1] She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Federal University of São Paulo in 2005. ^[2]

Research and career

Castanheira worked as a research scientist at QIAGEN for a year before joining JMI Laboratories, a microbiology laboratory in Iowa. She worked on antimicrobial surveillance, ^[3] programs that are critical for understanding the prevalence of bacteria and fungi. ^[4] She was appointed Chief Scientific Officer at JMI Laboratories in 2020. ^[5] In 2023, Castanheira was made Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology. ^[6]

Selected publications

• Rodrigo Elisandro Mendes; Mariana Castanheira; Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari; Ana Cristina Gales (April 2006). "Metalo-beta-lactamases". Jornal brasileiro de patologia e medicina laboratorial. 42 (2): 103–113. doi:10.1590/S1676-24442006000200007. ISSN   1676-2444. Wikidata   Q62795347.
• Shawn R Lockhart; Kizee A Etienne; Snigdha Vallabhaneni; et al. (20 October 2016). "Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses". Clinical Infectious Diseases . 64 (2): 134–140. doi:10.1093/CID/CIW691. ISSN   1058-4838. PMC   5215215 . PMID   27988485. Wikidata   Q34547546.
• Barbara D Alexander; Melissa D Johnson; Christopher D Pfeiffer; et al. (13 March 2013). "Increasing echinocandin resistance in Candida glabrata: clinical failure correlates with presence of FKS mutations and elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations". Clinical Infectious Diseases . 56 (12): 1724–1732. doi:10.1093/CID/CIT136. ISSN   1058-4838. PMC   3658363 . PMID   23487382. Wikidata   Q36856930.

References

1. Castanheira, Mariana; Mendes, Rodrigo E.; Walsh, Timothy R.; Gales, Ana C.; Jones, Ronald N. (June 2004). "Emergence of the Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase GES-1 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain from Brazil: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 48 (6): 2344–2345. doi:10.1128/AAC.48.6.2344-2345.2004. ISSN   0066-4804. PMC   415566 . PMID   15155252.
2. "Mariana Castanheira, Ph.D." ASM.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
3. Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (AAR) track - Mariana Castanheira, June 2022, retrieved 2023-02-19
4. Kouassi, Victor. "Getting the most out of antimicrobial surveillance - by Mariana Castanheira". REVIVE. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
5. "Mariana Castanheira, Ph.D. - JMI - Molecular and Microbiology Lab". JMI Laboratories. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
6. "65 Fellows Elected into the American Academy of Microbiology". ASM.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19.