Tadra Sfeir, Michelle - Postdoctoral Associates

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Tadra Sfeir, Michelle

 

202 Life Science Center

1201 Rollins Road

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

Email: tadrasfeirm@missouri.edu

Lab : (573) 884 4799

 

 

Education:

2002-2005 – B.S – Biological Sciences

Federal University of Parana, Brazil

2006-2008 – M.SC – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Federal University of Parana, Brazil

March 2008- November 2011 – Ph.D  – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Thesis topic: Functional characterization of Herbaspirillum seropedicae genes regulated by flavonoid naringenin

 

Research focus:

Plant-bacteria nitrogen fixation interaction.

 

Professional Experience:

December 2011 – May 2017 Postdoctoral Research

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Current research focus:

Associations between soybean with nitrogen fixing bacteria.

 

Publications:

  1. PIE, MARCIO R.; STR?HER, PATR?CIA R.; AGOSTINIS, ANDR? O.; BELMONTE-LOPES, RICARDO; Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z.; OSTRENSKY, ANTONIO Development of a real-time PCR assay for the detection of the golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei, Mytilidae) in environmental samples. ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS. , v.89, p.1041 – 1045, 2017.
  2. LEAO, ANIELE C. RIBAS; WEISS, VINICIUS ALMIR; VICENTE, VANIA APARECIDA; COSTA, FLAVIA; BOMBASSARO, AMANDA; RAITTZ, ROBERTO TADEU; Steffens, Maria Berenice R.; PEDROSA, FABIO OLIVEIRA; GOMES, RENATA R.; BAURA, VALTER; Faoro, Helisson; SFEIR, MICHELLE ZIBETTI TADRA; Balsanelli, Eduardo; MORENO, LEANDRO F.; NAJAFZADEH, M. JAVAD; DE HOOG, SYBREN; SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI Genome Sequence of Type Strain Fonsecaea multimorphosa CBS 980.96 T , a Causal Agent of Feline Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis. Genome Announcements. , v.5, p.e01666-16 – , 2017.
  3. DE SOUZA GODOI, POLIANA ALVES; PIECHNIK, CLAUDIO ADRIANO; DE OLIVEIRA, ANA CAROLINE; SFEIR, MICHELLE ZIBETTI; DE SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI; ROGEZ, HERVÉ; THOMAZ SOCCOL, VANETE qPCR for the detection of foodborne Trypanosoma cruzi. PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. , v.16, p.1383 – , 2017.
  4. ALVES, LUIS P. S.; TEIXEIRA, CÍCERO S.; TIRAPELLE, EVANDRO F.; DONATTI, LUCÉLIA; TADRA-SFEIR, M. Z.; STEFFENS, MARIA B. R.; de Souza, Emanuel M.; DE OLIVEIRA PEDROSA, FABIO; Chubatsu, Leda S.; MÜLLER-SANTOS Marcelo Backup Expression of the PhaP2 Phasin Compensates for phaP1 Deletion in Herbaspirillum seropedicae, Maintaining Fitness and PHB Accumulation. Frontiers in Microbiology (Online). , v.7, p.739 – , 2016.
  5. BOMBASSARO, AMANDA; DE HOOG, SYBREN; Weiss, Vinicius A.; Souza, Emanuel M.; LEÃO, ANIELE C. R.; COSTA, FLÁVIA F.; BAURA, VALTER; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELE Z.; Balsanelli, Eduardo; MORENO, LEANDRO F.; Raittz, Roberto T.; Steffens, Maria Berenice R.; Pedrosa, Fabio O.; SUN, JIUFENG; XI, LIYAN; BOCCA, ANAMÉLIA L.; FELIPE, MARIA S.; TEIXEIRA, MARCUS; SANTOS, GERMANA D.; TELLES FILHO, FLÁVIO Q.; AZEVEDO, CONCEIÇÃO M. P. S.; GOMES, RENATA R.; VICENTE, VÂNIA A. Draft Genome Sequence of Fonsecaea monophora Strain CBS 269.37, an Agent of Human Chromoblastomycosis. Genome Announcements. , v.4, p.e00731-16 – , 2016.
  6. COSTA, FLÁVIA F.; DE HOOG, SYBREN; Raittz, Roberto T.; Weiss, Vinicius A.; LEÃO, ANIELE C. R.; BOMBASSARO, AMANDA; SUN, JIUFENG; MORENO, LEANDRO F.; Souza, Emanuel M.; Pedrosa, Fabio O.; Steffens, Maria Berenice R.; BAURA, VALTER; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELE Z.; Balsanelli, Eduardo; NAJAFZADEH, M. JAVAD; GOMES, RENATA R.; FELIPE, MARIA S.; TEIXEIRA, MARCUS; SANTOS, GERMANA D.; XI, LIYAN; ALVES DE CASTRO, MAURO ANTÔNIO; VICENTE, VÂNIA A. Draft Genome Sequence of Fonsecaea nubica Strain CBS 269.64, Causative Agent of Human Chromoblastomycosis. Genome Announcements. , v.4, p.e00735-16 – , 2016.
  7. MESA, D.; LOURENCO, M.; BUENO, A.; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELLE Z; SANTIN, E.
    Influence of covering reused broiler litter with plastic sheet on litter characteristics and bacteriology and the subsequent immunity and microbiology of chickens housed on the litter. Revista Brasileira de Ciencia Avicola / Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science. , v.10, p.1-19 – , 2016.
  8. SPERB, EDILENA REIS; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELLE ZIBETTI; SPEROTTO, RAUL ANTÔNIO; FERNANDES, GABRIELA DE CARVALHO; PEDROSA, FÁBIO DE OLIVEIRA; DE SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI; PASSAGLIA, LUCIANE MARIA PEREIRA Iron deficiency resistance mechanisms enlightened by gene expression analysis in Paenibacillus riograndensis SBR5. Research in Microbiology (Paris). , v.167, p.501 – 509, 2016.
  9. BONATO, PALOMA; BATISTA, MARCELO B.; CAMILIOS-NETO, DOUMIT; PANKIEVICZ, VÂNIA C. S.; TADRA-SFEIR, M. Z.; MONTEIRO, Rose Adele; Pedrosa, Fabio O.; Souza, Emanuel M.; Chubatsu, Leda S.; WASSEM, Roseli; RIGO, Liu Un RNA-seq analyses reveal insights into the function of respiratory nitrate reductase of the diazotroph Herbaspirillum seropedicae. Environmental Microbiology (Print). , v.18, p.000 – , 2016.
  10. PANKIEVICZ, V. C. S.; CAMILIOS-NETO, D.; BONATO, P.; BALSANELLI, E.; TADRA-SFEIR, M. Z.; FAORO, H.; CHUBATSU, L. S.; DONATTI, L.; WAJNBERG, G.; PASSETTI, F.; MONTEIRO, R. A.; PEDROSA, F. O.; SOUZA, E. M. RNA-seq transcriptional profiling of Herbaspirillum seropedicae colonizing wheat (Triticum aestivum) roots. Plant Molecular Biology. , v.1, p.1 – 15, 2016.
  11. Faoro, Helisson; RENE MENEGAZZO, RODRIGO; BATTISTONI, FEDERICO; GYANESHWAR, PRASAD; DO AMARAL, FERNANDA P.; TAULÉ, CECILIA; RAUSCH, SYDNEE; GONÇALVES GALVÃO, PATRICIA; DE LOS SANTOS, CECILIA; MITRA, SHUBHAJIT; HEIJO, GABRIELA; SHEU, SHIH-YI; CHEN, WEN-MING; MAREQUE, CINTIA; TADRA-SFEIR, M. Z.; IVO BALDANI, J.; MALUK, MARTA; PAULA GUIMARÃES, ANA; STACEY, GARY; SOUZA, E. M.; Pedrosa, Fabio O.; Cruz, Leonardo Magalhães; JAMES, EUAN K. The oil-contaminated soil diazotroph Azoarcus olearius DQS-4 T is genetically and phenotypically similar to the model grass endophyte Azoarcus sp. BH72. Environmental Microbiology Reports. , v.on lin, p.1 – 16, 2016.
  12. GUIZELINI, DIEVAL; SAIZAKI, PAULA M.; COIMBRA, NILSON A. R.; Weiss, Vinicius A.; Faoro, Helisson; SFEIR, MICHELLE Z. T.; Baura, Valter A.; Monteiro, Rose A.; Chubatsu, Leda S.; Souza, Emanuel M.; Cruz, Leonardo M.; Pedrosa, Fabio O.; Raittz, Roberto T.; MARCHAUKOSKI, JERONIZA N.; STEFFENS, MARIA B. R. Complete Genome Sequence of Herbaspirillum hiltneri N3 (DSM 17495), Isolated from Surface-Sterilized Wheat Roots. Genome Announcements. , v.3, p.e01288-15 – , 2015.
  13. DE SOUZA, ROCHELI; SANT’ANNA, FERNANDO HAYASHI; AMBROSINI, ADRIANA; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELE; Faoro, Helisson; PEDROSA, FABIO OLIVEIRA; SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI; PASSAGLIA, LUCIANE M. P. Genome of Pseudomonas sp. FeS53a, a Putative Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Associated with Rice Grown in Iron-Stressed Soils. Genome Announcements. , v.3, p.e00248-15 – , 2015.
  14. DE SOUZA, ROCHELI; SANT’ANNA, FERNANDO HAYASHI; AMBROSINI, ADRIANA; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELE; Faoro, Helisson; PEDROSA, FABIO OLIVEIRA; SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI; PASSAGLIA, LUCIANE M. P. Genome of Rhizobium sp. UR51a, Isolated from Rice Cropped in Southern Brazilian Fields. Genome Announcements. , v.3, p.e00249-15 – , 2015.
  15. AMBROSINI, ADRIANA; SANT’ANNA, FERNANDO HAYASHI; DE SOUZA, ROCHELI; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELE; Faoro, Helisson; ALVARENGA, SAMUEL M.; PEDROSA, FABIO OLIVEIRA; SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI; PASSAGLIA, LUCIANE M. P. Genome Sequence of Bacillus mycoides B38V, a Growth-Promoting Bacterium of Sunflower. Genome Announcements. , v.3, p.e00245-15 – , 2015.
  16. Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z.; Faoro, Helisson; CAMILIOS-NETO, DOUMIT; BRUSAMARELLO-SANTOS, LIZIANE; Balsanelli, Eduardo; WEISS, VINICIUS; Baura, Valter A.; Wassem, Roseli; Cruz, Leonardo M.; DE OLIVEIRA PEDROSA, FÁBIO; Souza, Emanuel M.; Monteiro, Rose A.
    Genome wide transcriptional profiling of Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 grown in the presence of naringenin. Frontiers in Microbiology (Online). , v.6, p.www.frontiersin – , 2015.
  17. BALSANELLI, Eduardo; TADRA-SFEIR, M. Z.; FAORO, Helisson; PANKIEVICZ, VÂNIA C.S.; de Baura, Valter A.; Pedrosa, Fábio O.; de Souza, Emanuel M.; DIXON, RAY; Monteiro, Rose A.
    Molecular adaptations of Herbaspirillum seropedicae during colonization of the maize rhizosphere. Environmental Microbiology (Print). , v.1, p.n/a – n/a, 2015.
  18. PEREIRA, JAMILE QUEIROZ; AMBROSINI, ADRIANA; SANT’ANNA, FERNANDO HAYASHI; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELE; Faoro, Helisson; PEDROSA, FÁBIO OLIVEIRA; SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI; BRANDELLI, ADRIANO; PASSAGLIA, LUCIANE M. P. Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequence of the Keratinolytic Bacterium Lysobacter sp. A03, Isolated from the Antarctic Environment. Genome Announcements. , v.3, p.e00246-15 – , 2015.
  19. CAMILIOS-NETO, DOUMIT; BONATO, PALOMA; Wassem, Roseli; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELLE Z; BRUSAMARELLO-SANTOS, LIZIANE CC; VALDAMERI, GLAUCIO; DONATTI, LUCÉLIA; Faoro, Helisson; WEISS, VINICIUS A; CHUBATSU, LEDA S; PEDROSA, FÁBIO O; SOUZA, EMANUEL M Dual RNA-seq transcriptional analysis of wheat roots colonized by Azospirillum brasilense reveals up-regulation of nutrient acquisition and cell cycle genes. BMC Genomics. , v.15, p.378 – , 2014.
  20. SMIDERLE, FHERNANDA R.; ALQUINI, GIOVANA; Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z.; IACOMINI, MARCELLO; WICHERS, HARRY J.; VAN GRIENSVEN, LEO J.L.D. Agaricus bisporus and Agaricus brasiliensis (1→6)-β-d-glucans show immunostimulatory activity on human THP-1 derived macrophages. Carbohydrate Polymers. , v.94, p.91 – 99, 2013.
  21. DE SOUZA, V.; PIRO, V. C.; Faoro, H.; Tadra-Sfeir, M. Z.; CHICORA, V. K.; GUIZELINI, D.; WEISS, V.; VIALLE, R. A.; Monteiro, R. A.; Steffens, M. B. R.; MARCHAUKOSKI, J. N.; Pedrosa, F. O.; Cruz, L. M.; Chubatsu, L. S.; Raittz, R. T. Draft Genome Sequence of Herbaspirillum huttiense subsp. putei IAM 15032, a Strain Isolated from Well Water. Genome Announcements. , v.1, p.e00252-12 – e00252-12, 2013.
  22. TIRAPELLE, EVANDRO F.; Müller-Santos, Marcelo; TADRA-SFEIR, M. Z.; KADOWAKI, MARCO A. S.; STEFFENS, MARIA B. R.; Monteiro, Rose A.; Souza, Emanuel M.; SOUZA, E. M.; Pedrosa, Fabio O.; Chubatsu, Leda S. Identification of Proteins Associated with Polyhydroxybutyrate Granules from Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 – Old Partners, New Players. Plos One. , v.8, p.e75066 – , 2013.
  23. CORDEIRO, FABIO APARECIDO; TADRA-SFEIR, MICHELLE ZIBETTI; HUERGO, LUCIANO FERNANDES; DE OLIVEIRA PEDROSA, FÁBIO; Monteiro, Rose Adele; DE SOUZA, EMANUEL MALTEMPI. Proteomic Analysis of Herbaspirillum seropedicae Cultivated in the Presence of Sugar Cane Extract. Journal of Proteome Research (Online). , v.12, p.1142 – 1150, 2013.
  24. BATISTA, MARCELO B.; SFEIR, MICHELLE Z. T.; Faoro, Helisson; Wassem, Roseli; Steffens, Maria B. R.; Pedrosa, Fábio O.; Souza, Emanuel M.; DIXON, RAY; Monteiro, Rose A. The Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 Fnr orthologs controls the cytochrome composition of the electron transport chain. Scientific Reports. , v.3, p.2544 – , 2013.
  25. Camboim, Expedito K. A.; Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z.; de Souza, Emanuel M.; Pedrosa, Fabio de O.; Andrade, Paulo P.; McSweeney, Chris S.; Riet-Correa, Franklin; Melo, Marcia A. Defluorination of Sodium Fluoroacetate by Bacteria from Soil and Plants in Brazil. The Scientific World Journal. , v.2012, p.1 – 5, 2012.
  26. Weiss, V. A.; Faoro, H.; Tadra-Sfeir, M. Z.; Raittz, R. T.; de Souza, E. M.; Monteiro, R. A.; Cardoso, R. L. A.; Wassem, R.; Chubatsu, L. S.; Huergo, L. F.; Muller-Santos, M.; Steffens, M. B. R.; Rigo, L. U.; Pedrosa, F. d. O.; Cruz, L. M. Draft Genome Sequence of Herbaspirillum lusitanum P6-12, an Endophyte Isolated from Root Nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris. Journal of Bacteriology (Print). , v.194, p.4136 – 4137, 2012.
  27. Monteiro, Rose A.; Balsanelli, Eduardo; Tuleski, Thalita; Faoro, Helison; Cruz, Leonardo M.; Wassem, Roseli; Baura, Valter A.; Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z.; Weiss, Vinícius; DaRocha, Wanderson D.; Muller-Santos, Marcelo; Chubatsu, Leda S.; Huergo, Luciano F.; Pedrosa, Fábio O.; Souza, Emanuel M. Genomic comparison of the endophyte Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 and the phytopathogen Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans M1 by Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization and partial genome sequencing. FEMS Microbiology, Ecology (Print). , v.xx, p.n/a – n/a, 2012.
  28. Monteiro, Rose Adele; Balsanelli, Eduardo; Wassem, Roseli; Marin, Anelis M.; Brusamarello-Santos, Liziane C. C.; Schmidt, Maria Augusta; Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z.; Pankievicz, V̢nia C. S.; Cruz, Leonardo M.; Chubatsu, Leda S.; Pedrosa, Fabio O.; Souza, Emanuel M. Herbaspirillum-plant interactions: microscopical, histological and molecular aspects. Plant and Soil (Print). , v.x, p.x Р, 2012.
  29. Camboim, Expedito K. A.; Almeida, Arthur P.; Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z.; Junior, Felício G.; Andrade, Paulo P.; McSweeney, Chris S.; Melo, Marcia A.; Riet-Correa, Franklin Isolation and Identification of Sodium Fluoroacetate Degrading Bacteria from Caprine Rumen in Brazil. The Scientific World Journal. , v.2012, p.1 – 6, 2012.
  30. Pedrosa, Fábio O.; Monteiro, Rose Adele; Wassem, Roseli; Cruz, Leonardo M.; Ayub, Ricardo A.; Colauto, Nelson B.; Fernandez, Maria Aparecida; Fungaro, Maria Helena P.; Grisard, Edmundo C.; Hungria, Mariangela; Madeira, Humberto M. F.; Nodari, Rubens O.; Osaku, Clarice A.; Petzl-Erler, Maria Luiza; Terenzi, Hernán; Vieira, Luiz G. E.; Steffens, Maria Berenice R.; Weiss, Vinicius A.; Pereira, Luiz F. P.; Almeida, Marina I. M.; Alves, Lysangela R.; Marin, Anelis; Araujo, Luiza Maria; Balsanelli, Eduardo; Baura, Valter A.; Chubatsu, Leda S.; Faoro, Helisson; Favetti, Augusto; Friedermann, Geraldo; Glienke, Chirlei; Karp, Susan; Kava-Cordeiro, Vanessa; Raittz, Roberto T.; Ramos, Humberto J. O.; Ribeiro, Enilze Maria S. F.; Rigo, Liu Un; Rocha, Saul N.; Schwab, Stefan; Silva, Anilda G.; Souza, Eliel M.; Tadra-Sfeir, M. Z. Genome of Herbaspirillum seropedicae Strain SmR1, a Specialized Diazotrophic Endophyte of Tropical Grasses. PLOS Genetics (Online). , v.7, p.e1002064 – , 2011.
  31. TADRA-SFEIR, M. Z.; Souza, E. M.; Faoro, H.; Muller-Santos, M.; Baura, V. A.; Tuleski, T. R.; Rigo, L. U.; Yates, M. G.; Wassem, R.; Pedrosa, F. O.; Monteiro, R. A. Naringenin Regulates Expression of Genes Involved in Cell Wall Synthesis in Herbaspirillum seropedicae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Print). , v.77, p.2180 – 2183, 2011.