Erick silva

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Biochemistry, Cambridge University, 2020

B.Sc. Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, & Health, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, ,2015

SUMMARY

Erick is interested in the regulation of pre-mRNA alternative splicing. In his PhD, he focused on the identification of regulators of the smooth muscle specific alternative splicing. In his postdoc, he will continue to investigate alternative splicing regulation yet via chromatin structure imposed by histone modifications deployed by antisense oligonucleotides. Out of the lab, he enjoy running, baking and reading.

PUBLICATIONS

Barnhart, M. D., Yang, Y., Nakagaki-Silva, E. E., Hammond, T. H., Pizzinga, M., Gooding, C., Stott, K., & Smith, C. W. J. (2022). Phosphorylation of the smooth muscle master splicing regulator RBPMS regulates its splicing activity. Nucleic Acids Research, 50(20), 11895–11915. 

Nakagaki-Silva, E. E., Gooding, C., Llorian, M., Jacob, A. G., Richards, F., Buckroyd, A., Sinha, S., & Smith, C. W. J. (2019). Identification of RBPMS as a mammalian smooth muscle master splicing regulator via proximity of its gene with super-enhancers. eLife, 8, e46327. 

Giarola-Silva, S., Coelho-Dos-Reis, J. G. A., Mourão, M. M., Campi-Azevedo, A. C., Nakagaki Silva, E. E., Luiza-Silva, M., Martins, M. A., Silveira-Cassette, A. C. O., Batista, M. A., Peruhype-Magalhães, V., Antonelli, L. R. D. V., Leite Ribeiro, J. G., Elói-Santos, S. M., Machado, A. V., Teixeira-Carvalho, A., Martins-Filho, O. A., & Araújo, M. S. S. (2017). Distinct patterns of cellular immune response elicited by influenza non-adjuvanted and AS03-adjuvanted monovalent H1N1(pdm09) vaccine. Antiviral Research, 144, 70–82.