Dr Mauro Teixeira is a Professor of Immunology at the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. His group is interested in the role of mediators of inflammation, especially chemokines, in driving leukocyte influx and tissue dysfunction during infection. Several infections are modelled in his laboratory, including Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania (Protozoan), Strongyloides venezuelensis, Schistosoma mansoni (Helminth), dengue and influenza (Viruses). At AECOM, the major collaboration with Professor Herbert Tanowitz, investigating the role of fat and the interaction between chemokines and endothelin in experimental T cruzi infection and human Chagas disease.