Welcome to Pedro
Vieira's Lab: LIM
Welcome to Pedro
Vieira's Lab: LIM
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Welcome to Pedro
Vieira's Lab: LIM
Who we are
Who we are
LIM is a research laboratory based in the Institute of Biology at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in Campinas-SP, Brazil.
Charles Darwin Street, Block H, First Floor.
Research lines
Research lines
The Laboratory of Immunometabolism investigates how metabolic processes influence immune cell function under both physiological and pathological conditions. Emerging as a frontier in biomedical research, immunometabolism bridges traditionally distinct disciplines—metabolism and immunology—to explore how interactions between metabolic and immune systems contribute to diseases such as obesity-induced diabetes, cancer, autoimmune disorders, parasitic and bacterial infections. The lab aims to identify novel therapeutic targets by elucidating the biochemical pathways that regulate immune responses.
Immunometabolism
Study of how metabolic pathways influence immune cell functions in health and disease.
Immunoregulation
Investigation of the mechanisms that control immune responses, particularly in chronic inflammatory conditions.
Macrophage Immunobiology
Analysis of tissue-resident macrophages and their role in maintaining tissue homeostasis and responding to metabolic changes.
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Our lab is led by Prof. Dr. Pedro Manoel Mendes de Moraes Vieira, a faculty member at the Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (IB/Unicamp) and also Graduate Supervisor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (ICB-USP). With a strong academic background in immunology and metabolism during his doctorate with Prof. Dr. Niels Olsen at ICB-USP — and postdoctoral experience with Prof. Dr. Barbara Kahn at Harvard Medical School — Professor Pedro leads cutting-edge research at the intersection of immune system function and metabolism with a strong network of collaboration all over the world.
In 2019, he was the only latin american researcher nominated for the HelDi Award on diabetes research by Helmhotlz/Germany. In 2020, he secured a significant grant from FAPESP, which enabled the acquisition of various supplies and equipments, as well as the publication of our paper on COVID-19/obesity, and HIF-1α in macrophages, in two months.
Email: pmvieira@unicamp.br
Secretary
Secretary
Celia Bresil holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas). She has been a biologist at UNICAMP since 1997 and has been working with LIM since 2019. Celia is the heart of the lab — nothing runs smoothly without her.
Email: cebresil@unicamp.br
LIM participates in two high rated (CAPES 7) graduate programs
LIM participates in two high rated (CAPES 7) graduate programs
Along with postdoctoral researchers, our team includes Master's and Doctoral students from the Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology (Subarea Immunology) at the Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), as well as from the Graduate Program in Immunology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP). Although the lab is based at UNICAMP, our head, Pedro, is also a visiting professor at USP. In this context, students can choose which university they wish to take courses at, but all experiments are conducted at LIM, UNICAMP. Check the Calls for Applications by clicking the logos below:
Selected publications
Selected publications
Awards
Awards
Best Postdoctoral Work – 47th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, 2024. (Bianca)
Best PhD Work – 47th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, 2024. (Webster)
Nominated by FAPESP as the Winner Project to go to the Energy Metabolism & Mitochondria Workshop, Schliersberg, Germany, 2024. (Lincon)
Nominated for the Thereza Kipnis Award – 47th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, 2024. (Monara)
Honorable Mention – Journal of Leukocyte Award, 46th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, 2022. (Gisele)
Honorable Mention – Thereza Kipnis Award, 45th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, 2021. (Gisele)
Journal of Leukocyte Award, 44th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, 2019. (Jessica)
CNPq Research Productivity Fellowship – Level 1D, Call 09/2020. (Pedro)
Nominated for the HelDi Award, Helmholtz Zentrum München (Germany), 2019. (Pedro)
Elected Affiliate Member, São Paulo State Academy of Sciences (Aciesp), 2019. (Pedro)
Best PhD Work Award, 43rd Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, Ouro Preto, 2018.
Young Talent Award – BD Biosciences & SBI, 43rd Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, Ouro Preto, 2018.
Best PhD Work Award, Conference on Immunometabolic Aspects of Metabolic Syndrome, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), Colorado, USA, 2018.
SBI Researcher Award – BD Biosciences & SBI, 42nd Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, Salvador, 2017.
CNPq Research Productivity Fellowship – Level 2, 2017. (Pedro)
AAI Trainee Award, The American Association of Immunologists, 2015. (Pedro)
Best Work Award, 17th Brazilian Multidisciplinary Congress on Diabetes, São Paulo, 2012. (Pedro)
Best Scientific Work – PhD Category, SBI, 35th Congress of the Brazilian Society for Immunology, Porto Alegre, 2010. (Pedro)
SBI Researcher Award, BD Biosciences and Brazilian Society of Immunology, 35th Congress of the Brazilian Society for Immunology, Porto Alegre, 2010. (Pedro)
Thereza Kipnis Award, 35th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology, Porto Alegre, 2010. (Pedro)
17th Dr. Odilo Antunes de Siqueira Scientific Award, São Paulo Medical Association, São Paulo, 2010. (Pedro)
Emil Sabbaga Award for Best Presentation, 11th Brazilian Congress of Organ Transplantation, Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation (ABTO), Recife, 2009. (Pedro)
Funding and Grants
Funding and Grants
Current
Principal Investigator – Thematic Grant – FAPESP 20/16030-0 (Apr 1, 2022 to Mar 3, 2027)
Principal Investigator – EMU Special Programs – FAPESP 23/17089-6 (Set 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027)
Principal Investigator – EMU Special Programs – FAPESP 22/04576-3 (Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2029)
Principal Investigator – SPRINT/FAPESP – 22/13587-9 (Mar 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2025)
Co-Principal Investigator – Thematic Grant/NWO – FAPESP 19/19435-3 (Fev 1, 2020 to May 31, 2026)
Past
Principal Investigator – CZI (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) – Single Cell and Inflammation (2020 to 2023)
Our lab also receives CNPq and CAPES funding through the Graduate programs.
Special thanks to all the agencies which have supported our works.
Completed Supervisions
Completed Supervisions
Marcelo Rodrigues Berçot – Doctorate (FAPESP) 2025
Lincon Felipe L. Silva – Doctorate (FAPESP) 2025
Natália Saran– Undergraduate Research (FAPESP) 2025
Monara Kaele – Postdoctoral Research (FAPESP) 2024
Gisele Castro – Postdoctoral Research (CNPq) 2024
Larissa Menezes – Postdoctoral Research (FAPESP) 2024
Guilherme Ribeiro da Silva – Undergraduate Research (FAPESP) 2024
João Vitor V. Silva – Undergraduate Research (FAPESP) 2024
Cristiane Favero Aguiar – Postdoctoral Research (FAPESP) 2023
Gustavo Gastão Davanzo – Doctorate (FAPESP) 2023
Webster Leonardo G. da Costa – Master's Degree (CAPES) 2023
Juliana Pinto – Master's Degree (FAPESP) 2023
Lauar Monteiro Brito – Direct Doctorate (FAPESP) 2022
Jéssica A. da Silva Pereira – Doctorate (FAPESP) 2022
Felipe Correa Silva – Master's Degree (FAPESP) 2020
Leonardo Pimentel de Freitas – Master's Degree (FAPESP) 2019
Vitor Jaccomo – Undergraduate Research (FAPESP) 2018
Janaina Matsumoto – Undergraduate Research (FAPESP) 2018
Mirella Andrade – Undergraduate Research (PIBIC/FAPESP) 2018
Pamela Cristina Herber – Undergraduate Research (SAE/UNICAMP) 2017
Laura de Oliveira Ferreira da Silva – Undergraduate Research (SAE/UNICAMP) 2017
Jéssica Andrade – Undergraduate Research (SAE/UNICAMP) 2016
Douglas Menezes de Souza – Undergraduate Research (PIBIC/FAEPEX) 2016
Marcela Kley – Undergraduate Thesis 2016
Ongoing supervisions
Ongoing supervisions
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Dr. Bianca G. Castelucci
Dr. Lincon Felipe L. Silva
Dr. Marcelo Rodrigues Berçot
Dr. Thauany Martins Tavoni
Dr. Rodrigo Dias Requião
(at Max Plank Institute, Germany, with Prof. Peter Murray)
Ph.D. candidates:
Ana Julia E. Martins
Henrique C. Calderon Ferraiuolo
Ms.C. João Barreto Andrade
João Vitor V. Silva
Thais Pirola dos Santos
Ms.C. Webster Leonardo G. da Costa
Willias G. S. Santos
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Master's Degree:
Guilherme Ribeiro da Silva
(at MIT, USA, with Prof. Charlie Evavold)
Paulo Estêvao F. Macedo
(at TCD, Ireland, with Prof. Luke O'Neill)
Undergraduate Students:
Isabela Rebeca F. Sacramento
Enzo Triozzi
Lucas Bertolini Sanchez
Mariana Menossi
Matheus Barbosa
Technitians:
Annia Beatriz S. Oliveira
Bredley Breno A. Maia
Erivan Dos Santos Fermin
Alumni
Alumni
Former PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with notable professional placements.
Dr. Gustavo Davanzo – Research Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Dr. Gisele Castro – Field Application Specialist, Interprise, Brazil.
Dr. Monara Angelim – Research Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Dr. Larissa Menezes – Civil Police Clerk for the Federal District, Brazil (public servant).
Dr. Cristhiane de Favero Aguiar – Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Dr. Jéssica Pereira – Research Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, USA.
Dr. Lauar de Brito Monteiro – Research Fellow, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada.
Ms.C. Ana Codo – PhD student, Cornell University, USA.
Most recent Exchanges
Most recent Exchanges
Our laboratory highly values the exchange of knowledge, which is why we host interns and also send students to leading research labs abroad. We believe that science should have no borders, and that collaboration greatly enhances the experience for everyone involved.
Anyone interested is welcome to contact Professor Pedro to learn more about our laboratory, our daily routine, and the techniques we perform. Interns from winter and summer courses of graduate programs are also welcome. The most recent interns we hosted were:
Paulo Estevão (Winter Course in Immunology, USP) – He became our Master's student
João Barreto Andrade (volunteer internship) – He became our Ph.D. student
Marina Mesquita (Winter Course in Immunology, USP)
Carolina Martins (Winter Course in Immunology, USP)
Amanda Lago, from Fiocruz-BA (collaboration)
Gabriela Duarte, from Fiocruz-BA (collaboration)
Douglas, from USP RP (collaboration)
Edson, from USP SP (collaboration)
All lab members are encouraged to participate in the BEPE (Research Internship Abroad Scholarship), which lasts from 6 months to 1 year, with all expenses covered by the the Research Foundation of São Paulo (FAPESP). Several of our team members have traveled to laboratories around the world to exchange knowledge. The most recent ones were:
Paulo Estevão (during his Master's), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Supervised by Prof. Luke O'Neill.
Rodrigo Dias Requião (during his postdoctoral research), Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany. Supervised by Prof. Peter Murray.
Guilherme Ribeiro (during his Master's), Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard, USA. Supervised by Prof. Charlie Evavold.
Lincon Lima (during his Ph.D.), School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, UCSD, USA. Supervised by Prof. Michael Karin.
Bianca Gazieri Castelucci (during her postdoctoral research) & Gustavo Gastão Davanzo (during his Ph.D.), University of Chicago, USA. Supervised by Prof. Lev Becker.
Lauar Monteiro (during her Ph.D.), Max Plank Society, Freiburg, Germany. Supervised by Prof. Edward Pearce.
Jéssica Pereira (during her Ph.D), Harvard, Boston, USA. Supervised by Prof. Francisco J Quintana.
Felipe Correa da Silva (during his Master's), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Supervised by Prof. Chun-Xia Yi.
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Any further questions may be addressed to pmvieira@unicamp.br
Laboratory of Immunometabolism (LIM)
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