Marcio Rodrigues is a senior investigator in the Carlos Chagas Institute (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz; Brazil). His laboratory is mainly interested in the mechanisms by which fungal cells export biologically active molecules to the extracellular space. In this context, the laboratory has been investigating the role of extracellular vesicles in fungal physiology and pathogenesis for the last decade, mainly using the Cryptococcus model of secretion. The group is especially interested in how lipids and glycans participate in secretory processes that are essential for fungi, aiming to connect basic cell biology mechanisms with the identification of cellular pathways that could be targeted by novel antifungal agents.

• Candida morphology and pathogenesis.-  Fungal biofilms.- Immunoactive fungal vesicles.- Candida parapsilosis pathogenesis.- Fungal circadian clocks and pathogenesis.-  Cryptococcal pathogenesis.- Nucleic acid export in fungi.- Immunity to fungal infections.- Fungal systems biology.

Marcio Rodrigues is a senior investigator in the Carlos Chagas Institute (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz; Brazil). His laboratory is mainly interested in the mechanisms by which fungal cells export biologically active molecules to the extracellular space. In this context, the laboratory has been investigating the role of extracellular vesicles in fungal physiology and pathogenesis for the last decade, mainly using the Cryptococcus model of secretion. The group is especially interested in how lipids and glycans participate in secretory processes that are essential for fungi, aiming to connect basic cell biology mechanisms with the identification of cellular pathways that could be targeted by novel antifungal agents.

• Candida morphology and pathogenesis.-  Fungal biofilms.- Immunoactive fungal vesicles.- Candida parapsilosis pathogenesis.- Fungal circadian clocks and pathogenesis.-  Cryptococcal pathogenesis.- Nucleic acid export in fungi.- Immunity to fungal infections.- Fungal systems biology.

Marcio Rodrigues is a senior investigator in the Carlos Chagas Institute (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz; Brazil). His laboratory is mainly interested in the mechanisms by which fungal cells export biologically active molecules to the extracellular space. In this context, the laboratory has been investigating the role of extracellular vesicles in fungal physiology and pathogenesis for the last decade, mainly using the Cryptococcus model of secretion. The group is especially interested in how lipids and glycans participate in secretory processes that are essential for fungi, aiming to connect basic cell biology mechanisms with the identification of cellular pathways that could be targeted by novel antifungal agents.

• Candida morphology and pathogenesis.-  Fungal biofilms.- Immunoactive fungal vesicles.- Candida parapsilosis pathogenesis.- Fungal circadian clocks and pathogenesis.-  Cryptococcal pathogenesis.- Nucleic acid export in fungi.- Immunity to fungal infections.- Fungal systems biology.