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Gustavo C. Cerqueira

Gustavo C. Cerqueira

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
15947
World Ranking
16465
National Ranking
6815

Overview

Gustavo C. Cerqueira is affiliated with the Broad Institute in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields of study include Epidemiology, Parasitology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects such as:

  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Gustavo C. Cerqueira has published several recent papers, including:

  • Correction for Aviat et al., "Expanding the Genetic Toolbox for Leptospira Species by Generation of Fluorescent Bacteria", 2023, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • IMPACTO DO DIAGNÓSTICO MOLECULAR NA DETECÇÃO ÁGIL DA MENINGITE VIRAL, 2025, Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação
  • O BIOMÉDICO NA PERÍCIA CRIMINAL: CONTRIBUIÇÕES DA APLICAÇÃO DE TÉCNICAS DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR, 2025, Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Florence Aviat
  • Leyla Slamti
  • Kristel Lourdault
  • Mathieu Picardeau
  • Andressa Camila Bernardo Cardoso

Gustavo C. Cerqueira's work has been published notably in venues such as:

  • Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Daniella C. Bartholomeu;Daniel Nilsson

  • Modelling conservation in the Amazon basin

    Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho;Daniel Curtis Nepstad;Daniel Curtis Nepstad;Lisa M. Curran;Gustavo Coutinho Cerqueira

  • The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

    Matthew Berriman;Brian J. Haas;Brian J. Haas;Philip T. LoVerde;R. Alan Wilson

  • Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa.

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Gaëlle Blandin;Matthew Berriman

  • dinamica—a stochastic cellular automata model designed to simulate the landscape dynamics in an Amazonian colonization frontier

    Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho;Gustavo Coutinho Cerqueira;Cássio Lopes Pennachin

  • Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald P. de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

  • Simulating the response of land-cover changes to road paving and governance along a major Amazon highway: the Santarém–Cuiabá corridor

    Britaldo Soares-Filho;Ane Alencar;Daniel Nepstad;Gustavo Cerqueira

  • Stochastic cellular automata modeling of urban land use dynamics: empirical development and estimation

    Cláudia Maria de Almeida;Michael Batty;Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro;Gilberto Câmara

  • Genomic epidemiology of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreaks in Europe, 2011

    Yonatan H. Grad;Marc Lipsitch;Marc Lipsitch;Michael Feldgarden;Harindra M. Arachchi

  • Genetic loci associated with delayed clearance of Plasmodium falciparum following artemisinin treatment in Southeast Asia

    Shannon Takala-Harrison;Taane G Clark;Christopher G Jacob;Michael P Cummings

  • A century of Leptospira strain typing

    Gustavo M. Cerqueira;Mathieu Picardeau

  • Comparative Genomics of Enterococci: Variation in Enterococcus faecalis, Clade Structure in E. faecium, and Defining Characteristics of E. gallinarum and E. casseliflavus

    Kelli L. Palmer;Paul Godfrey;Allison D. Griggs;Veronica N. Kos

  • The Aspergillus Genome Database: multispecies curation and incorporation of RNA-Seq data to improve structural gene annotations

    Gustavo C. Cerqueira;Martha B. Arnaud;Diane O. Inglis;Marek S. Skrzypek

  • Comprehensive annotation of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes and gene clusters of Aspergillus nidulans, A. fumigatus, A. niger and A. oryzae

    Diane O Inglis;Jonathan Binkley;Marek S Skrzypek;Martha B Arnaud

  • The Genomic Diversification of the Whole Acinetobacter Genus: Origins, Mechanisms, and Consequences

    Marie Touchon;Jean Cury;Jean Cury;Eun-Jeong Yoon;Lenka Krizova

  • Insights into Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenicity.

    Gustavo M. Cerqueira;Anton Y. Peleg;Anton Y. Peleg;Anton Y. Peleg

  • The Success of Acinetobacter Species; Genetic, Metabolic and Virulence Attributes

    Anton Y. Peleg;Anton Y. Peleg;Anton Y. Peleg;Anna de Breij;Mark D. Adams;Gustavo M. Cerqueira

  • Carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: laboratory challenges, mechanistic insights and therapeutic strategies

    Iain Abbott;Gustavo Cerqueira;Saruar Bhuiyan;Anton Yariv Peleg

  • Genomics of Loa loa , a Wolbachia -free filarial parasite of humans

    Christopher A Desjardins;Gustavo C Cerqueira;Jonathan M Goldberg;Julie C Dunning Hotopp

  • Additional file 8: of Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer R. Wortman
Jennifer R. Wortman Broad Institute
Claudio Scazzocchio
Claudio Scazzocchio Imperial College London
Gavin Sherlock
Gavin Sherlock Stanford University
Vera Meyer
Vera Meyer Technical University of Berlin
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Odir Antônio Dellagostin
Odir Antônio Dellagostin Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Arthur F. J. Ram
Arthur F. J. Ram Leiden University
Gustavo H. Goldman
Gustavo H. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo
Berl R. Oakley
Berl R. Oakley University of Kansas

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