Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cardiovascular Regulation, Fluid-Electrolyte Balance, and Behavior
Studies of central and peripheral cardiovascular regulation, fluid-electrolyte balance, and behavior under different conditions and treatments (i.e., cardiovascular and nutritional disorders, nutritional and pharmacological interventions, stress, and physical exercise).
Biochemical, molecular, and physiological studies, as well as risk markers for chronic and infectious diseases, and injuries
Identification, determination, and evaluation of molecular, biochemical, and physiological mechanisms, as well as biological and environmental risk factors, for communicable and noncommunicable diseases within the multifactorial context of causality in human and experimental models.
Neurobiology of Emotions
This line of research focuses on evaluating the influence of internal and/or external factors on central and autonomic pathways in the context of rest and emotional stress, in both humans and animals.
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Immunopathology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Studies of the biological and immunological aspects of infectious and parasitic diseases, their vectors, and interactions with hosts in different experimental models.
Biology, ecology, and epidemiology of infectious and parasitic diseases and their vectors
Studies of the biological and epidemiological aspects of parasitic and arboviral diseases and their vectors/hosts.
Development and evaluation of drugs and immunobiologicals in infectious and parasitic diseases
Evaluate new chemotherapeutic or immunochemotherapeutic strategies for the treatment of infectious and parasitic diseases using bioactive substances and cytokines, combined with or without classical and modern drugs.
Biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis in infectious and parasitic diseases
Evaluate new strategies for the development of biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of infectious and parasitic diseases using tools such as proteomics and bioinformatics.