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Rodolpho Ornitz Oliveira Souza

Medicine · Indiana University

Publications

28

Citations

321

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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This researcher studies the biology of single-celled parasites that cause human diseases, including Toxoplasma gondii (which causes toxoplasmosis), Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei (which cause Chagas disease and sleeping sickness), and Leishmania. The work focuses on how these parasites use energy and nutrients (their metabolism and bioenergetics) and on the internal structure and dynamics of their cellular compartments such as mitochondria, often with the goal of identifying new drug targets.

Parasite metabolism and energy use (bioenergetics)Mitochondrial biology and organelle contact sitesToxoplasma gondii cell biologyTrypanosoma amino acid and nutrient metabolismIdentification of anti-parasitic drug targets

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the last decade, averaging around three papers per year, with a slight peak around 2020-2023.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 3 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 5 publications5222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×7
  • PLoS Pathogens×5
  • Journal of Cell Science×2
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry×1
  • Biochemical Journal×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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