| Grant number: | 09/15581-3 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Technical Training Program - Technical Training |
| Effective date (Start): | November 01, 2009 |
| Effective date (End): | September 30, 2010 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Protozoology of Parasites |
| Principal Investigator: | Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa |
| Grantee: | Tamilie Carvalho |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 09/08728-8 - Evaluation of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) protective mechanisms on experimental cerebral malaria and on parasite's cytoadhesion, AP.R |
Abstract 1 - Change of mice and cage washing 3 times a week - Purpose: vivarium cleaning maintenance and of great importance for results reliability; 2 - Preparation of slides containing a drop of blood (blood swabs) from animals tail for daily experiments, whenever infected animals are identified. Purpose: these slides will be stained with Giemsa and used for parasitaemia assessment; 3- Glassware washing and materials sterilization whenever necessary - Purpose: to prepare materials for cell and parasite culture; 4- Parasite (murine and human) freeze-thaw whenever necessary - Purpose: maintenance and organization of Plasmodium spp strain stocks; an essential activity in experimental infection experiments; 5 - Preparation of culture slides containing endothelial cells whenever necessary - Purpose: to aid in tests of static parasite cytoadhesion and in flow condition. | |
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