Thiago Maia

Postdoctoral Researcher at Universidade Federal de Viçosa
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Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, BR
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  • Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
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Credentials

  • Molecular Plant Pathologist
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Experience

  • Universidade Federal de Viçosa
    • Brazil
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      • Jan 2015 - Present

      Breeding for Resistance to Soybean Rust Function of Rust Effectors in Disease Breeding for Resistance to Soybean Rust Function of Rust Effectors in Disease

  • The University of Georgia
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Postdoctoral Research Associate
      • Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

      Breeding for Disease Resistance in Peanut Breeding for Disease Resistance in Peanut

  • University of Delaware
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

      Molecular Plant Pathology Molecular Plant Pathology

  • Universidade Federal de Viçosa
    • Brazil
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PhD in Molecular Plant Pathology
      • Mar 2009 - Feb 2013

      I was awarded my PhD in 2013 under supervision of Prof. Sergio Brommonschenkel. I described candidate effector proteins secreted by the rust fungus Hemileia vastatrix. The specific objectives of my theses were: (i) to identify genes of H. vastatrix that encode proteins secreted during the germination of urediniospores as well as during the biotrophic interaction with the coffee plant, (ii) to express the effector gene candidates from H. vastatrix in the yeast secretion trap system in order to obtain biological confirmation of the secretion prediction made by bioinformatics tools, (iii) to analyze the genomic structure of a select group of effector gene candidates, (iv) to perform expression analysis of the identified candidates during different stages of infection; and (v) to establish a protocol for transient expression of H. vastatrix secreted proteins in coffee leaves based on the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae into the coffee plants which was carrying different combinations of resistance genes. Show less

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  • Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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