Andre Goncalves
Senior Post Doctoral Research Associate In Computational Biology
MAIN INTERESTING
Andre Goncalves has been working on systems biology/immunology to understand better infectious diseases, such as Yellow Fever, CHIKV, ZIKA, RSV, and Pneumonia. Andre has acquired wet and dry lab alongside master's and PhD education. His main interest is to apply up-dated omics tools, machine learning and integrative analysis to answer biological questions.
Recent publications
The effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine on nasopharyngeal colonisation following human infection challenge with serotype 3 and serotype 6B (PREVENTING PNEUMO 2): a double-masked, randomised, controlled, phase 4 trial.
Journal article
Liatsikos K. et al, (2026), Lancet Microbe, 7
Inflammation of the nasal mucosa is associated with susceptibility to experimental pneumococcal challenge in older adults.
Journal article
Urban BC. et al, (2024), Mucosal Immunol, 17, 973 - 989
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding.
Journal article
Mitsi E. et al, (2024), Cell Host Microbe, 32, 1608 - 1620.e4