Prof. Dr. Joao B. Pesquero

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsCell Biology,Pathology
KeywordsHerz-Kreislauferkrankungen, Diabetes, Entzündungen, Molekularbiologie, Kinine

Current contact address

CountryBrazil
CitySao Paulo
InstitutionUniversidade Federal de Sao Paulo
InstituteDepartamento de Biofísica

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Michael BaderBereich Hypertonieforschung, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Michael BaderCardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2005

Programme(s)

2004Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

João Bosco Pesquero is professor at one of the most prestigious biomedical institutes of Brazil, the Escola Paulista de Medicina in São Paulo and belongs to the leading molecular biologists of his country. A large part of his career he spend in Germany where he started his cutting-edge research on the system including the cloning of receptor genes and the generation of knockout animal models. His work allowed novel insights in the functional role of the kallikrein-kinin system and laid the basis for innovative therapeutic approaches.