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Sandra Mayer

Sandra V. Mayer

Graduate Assistant, Pathology Education

University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0610

Office: (409) 266-6587
samayer@utmb.edu

Professional Education


Degree Institution Field of Study Graduation Year
D.V.M. Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Virology 1997-2002
M.S. Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Virology 2003-2005
Ph.D. University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Experimental Pathology 2010-Present

Honors


2010 AAI travel award, 14th International Congress of Immunology, Kobe, Japan.

Professional Affiliations


2009-2010 The American Association of Immunologists

Research Interests


My research interest is to study dengue pathogenesis in a humanized mouse model.

Selected Publications


  1. WINKELMANN, E.R.; SILVA, L.F.; MAYER, S.V.; MAZZUTTI, K.C.; FLORES, E.F.; WEIBLEN, R. Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against a bovine herpesvirus type 1 strain defective in the gene coding for the glycoprotein C. Ciência Rural, v.37, 2007.
  2. QUADROS, V.Q.; MAYER, S.V.; VOGEL, F.S.F.; WEIBLEN, R.; BRUM, M.C.S.; ARENHART, S.; FLORES, E.F. A search for RNA insertions and NS3 gene duplication in the genome of cytopathic isolates of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV).  Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v.37, p.935-944, 2006.
  3. MAYER, S.V.; QUADROS, V.Q.; VOGEL, F.S.F.; WINKELMANN, E.R.; ARENHART, S.; FLORES, E.F.; WEIBLEN, R. Dexamethasone-induced reactivation of bovine herpesvirus type 5 latent infection in experimentally infected rabbits results in a wider distribution of latent viral DNA in the brain. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v.39, p.335-343, 2006.
  4. VOGEL, F.S.F., LIMA, M., FLORES, E.F., WEIBLEN, R., WINKELMANN, E.R., MAYER, S.V., MAZZUTTI, K.C., ARENHART, S Viral replication and shedding during acute infection and after dexamethasone induced reactivation of latency in calves inoculated with bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1) and 5 (BHV-5). Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, RS, v.34, n.5, p.1619-1621, 2004.
  5. VOGEL, F.S.F., CARON, L., FLORES. E.F., WEIBLEN, R., WINKELMANN, E.R., MAYER, S.V., BASTOS, R.G. Distribution of bovine herpesvirus type 5 (BHV-5) DNA in the central nervous system of latently, experimentally infected calves. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, v.41, n.10, p.4512-4520, 2003.
  6. VOGEL, F.S.F.; FLORES, E.F.; WEIBLEN, R.; MAYER, S.V.; QUADROS, V.L.; OLDONI, I. Magnitude duration and specificity of the serological response in cattle vaccinated against bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, v.32, n.1, p.83-89, 2002.

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