Mauricio Durigan

Doutor em Genética e Biologia Molecular pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2015). Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2007). Possui experiência em Diagnóstico Molecular e Epidemiologia de Doenças Parasitárias. Atualmente, trabalha no U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) com desenvolvimento de métodos para detectar C. cayetanensis e validação de métodos regulatórios para ferramentas de epidemiologia molecular. As especialidades incluem Genética e Biologia Molecular, Sequenciamento de Nova Geração, , Parasitologia Molecular, Epidemiologia de Doenças Parasitárias e Microbiologia Ambiental.

I have over 10 years of experience in Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology of Parasitc Diseases. Currently, I am a Visiting Scientist at U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and I have been working with the development of streamlined methods to detect C. cayetanensis and validation of regulatory methods for molecular epidemiology tools. My major project aims the validation of a sensitive method to detect C. Cayetanensis in environmental sources like water matrices. This is a very challenging study that represents major food safety and regulatory issues that should be addressed by the agency. My specialties include Genetics and Molecular Biology, Next-Generation Sequencing, Foodborne Parasitology, Molecular Parasitology, Epidemiology of Parasitic diseases, and Environmental Microbiology.