Name: Alexandre Salgado Basso DVM, PhD
Affiliation: Adjunct Professor
Department of Neuroimmunology
Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Alexandre S. Basso received his D.V.M degree (1996) from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. After earning his M.Sc. (1999) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees in Experimental and Comparative Pathology from the University of Sao Paulo, he joined the Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Harvard Medical School for a postdoctoral training in neuroimmunology (2005-2008). He is currently a Principal Investigator and Associate Professor at the Immunology Division, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Paulista Medical School, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The research in his laboratory is focused on neuroimmunology and neuroimmunomodulation, with a specific interest in the modulation of the immune response by the sympathetic nervous system.