1) Name, title, institute, contact details (phone, fax, email)

Claude Pirmez, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher ( CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6942485630484861)
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales
Pav. Cardoso Fontes, sala14
IOC – FIOCRUZ
Av. Brasil 4365
CEP 21045-900, Rio de de Janeiro, RJ
Brasil
Tel: +55 21 2562-1039
Email: pirmez@fiocruz.br
Skype: claudepirmez

2) Titles of ongoing research projects (including information on funding agency and collaborators)

Induction of NALP3 inflammassome in dermal resident cells by L. (V) braziliensis - FAPERJ - Marcia Pereira de Oliveira Duarte

Analysis of UTR RNAend in virulent strains of L. (V.) braziliensis - PAPES/CNPq - Luiza de Olveira Ramos Pereira

Resistant parasite genes and environmental arsenium: role in therapy failure of cutaneous and mucosal Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis lesions - submitted

3) 5 main publications over the past years (including book chapters, reviews)

1. Pereira LOR, Maretti-Mira AC, Rodrigues KMP, Lima, RB, Oliveira-Neto MP, Cupolillo E, Pirmez C, Oliveira MP. Severity of tegumentary leishmaniasis is not exclusively associated with Leishmania RNA virus 1 infection in Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz108: 665 - 667, 2013.
2. Maretti-Mira AC, Bittner J, Oliveira-Neto MP, Liu M, Kang D, Li H, Pirmez C, Craft, N. Transcriptome patterns from primary cutaneous Leishmania braziliensis infections associate with eventual development of mucosal disease in humans. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases6: p.e1816, 2012.
3. Rodrigues KMP, Oliveira, MP, Maretti-Mira AC, Oliveira-Neto MP, Mattos MS, Silva L, Soares DA, Dolci ELL, Perico RAPN, Pirmez C. Influence of the Notch system in the therapeutic response of American tegumentary leishmaniasis. British Journal of Dermatology164: 1228 - 1234, 2011.
4. Maretti-Mira AC, Rodrigues KMP, Oliveira-Neto MP, Pirmez C, Craft N. MMP-9 activity is induced by Leishmania braziliensis infection and correlates with mucosal leishmaniasis. Acta Tropica119: 160 - 164, 2011.
5. Fraga TL, Brustoloni YM, Lima RB, Dorval MEC, Oshiro ET, Oliveira J, Oliveira ALL, Pirmez C. Polymerase chain reaction of peripheral blood as a tool for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in children. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz105: 310 - 313, 2010.
6. Maretti-Mira AC, Oliveira-Neto MP, Da-Cruz AM, Oliveira MP, Craft N, Pirmez C. Therapeutic failure in American cutaneous leishmaniasis is associated with gelatinase activity and cytokine expression. Clinical and Experimental Immunology 163:207-14, 2010.