Hernandez Moura Silva

Hernandez Moura Silva

Assistant Professor of Biology; Core Member, Ragon Institute; HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

Hernandez Moura Silva seeks to understand how the immune system supports tissue physiology to unveil new approaches to treat human diseases.

857-268-7164

Phone

600 Main Street, Rm 256

Office

hmoura@mit.edu

Email

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

Location

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Education

  • PhD, 2011, University of São Paulo Heart Institute
  • MSc, Molecular Biology, 2008, University of Brasilia
  • BS, 2005, Biology, University of Brasilia

Research Summary

By utilizing an innovative and intersectional approach, our lab main goal is to reveal fundamental immune-related pathways that modulate organ and tissue physiology. Our work will help to develop new strategies to tune these molecular pathways in health and disease, leading to the development of much-needed therapeutic approaches for human diseases.

Awards

  • CAPES Thesis Award - Brazil, 2012

Key Publications

  1. c-MAF dependent perivascular macrophages regulate diet induced metabolic syndrome. Silva, H.M., Kitoko, J.Z., Queiroz, C.P., Kroehling, L., Matheis, F., Yang, K.L., Ren-Fielding, C., Littman, D.R., Bozza, M.T., Mucida, D., and Lafaille, J.J. 2021. bioRxiv.
    doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.07.430147

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