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Academic Office Location: UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030

Education

Degree

Institution

Major

B.S.

UFPel

Biological Sciences

M.Sc.

UFPel

Biotechnology

Ph.D.

UFPel

Biotechnology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Postdoctoral	UConn Health	Post-doctoral fellow, Spirochete Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine. P.Is.: Drs. Justin Radolf and Melissa Caimano
Postdoctoral	UFPel	Postdoctoral fellow, Supervisor Dr. Alan McBride.

Training

Institution

Specialty

Postdoctoral

UConn Health

Post-doctoral fellow, Spirochete Research Labs, Dept. of Medicine. P.Is.: Drs. Justin Radolf and Melissa Caimano

Postdoctoral

UFPel

Postdoctoral fellow, Supervisor Dr. Alan McBride.

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Merit award, 15th North Eastern Structure Symposium (NESS), Farmington, CT, USA	North Eastern Structure Symposium (NESS)
3rd Best Work presented, 23rd UFPel Scientific Congress, Pelotas, Brazil.	UFPel Scientific Congress
Merit award, Biological Sciences, 23rd UFPel Scientific Congress, Pelotas, Brazil.	UFPel Scientific Congress

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Merit award, 15th North Eastern Structure Symposium (NESS), Farmington, CT, USA

North Eastern Structure Symposium (NESS)

3rd Best Work presented, 23rd UFPel Scientific Congress, Pelotas, Brazil.

UFPel Scientific Congress

Merit award, Biological Sciences, 23rd UFPel Scientific Congress, Pelotas, Brazil.

UFPel Scientific Congress

PlzA is a bifunctional c-di-GMP biosensor that promotes tick and mammalian host-adaptation of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Groshong, Ashley M; Grassmann, André A; Luthra, Amit; McLain, Melissa A; Provatas, Anthony A; Radolf, Justin D; Caimano, Melissa J PLoS pathogens 2021 Jul;17(7):e1009725
Role of glucosyltransferase R in biofilm interactions between Streptococcus oralis and Candida albicans.
Souza, João Gabriel Silva; Bertolini, Martinna; Thompson, Angela; Mansfield, Jillian M; Grassmann, André Alex; Maas, Kendra; Caimano, Melissa J; Barao, Valentim Adelino Ricardo; Vickerman, M Margaret; Dongari-Bagtzoglou, Anna The ISME journal 2020 Feb;