PERSONAL
Status: Single
Nationality: Portuguese
Birth Date: 19 - 05 – 1979
Location of Birth: Fafe / Portugal
Identity card Nº 11528499 de 18/01/2007 Lisbon

EDUCATION
2007 – 2008; Post-Doc student - IPATIMUP and Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
2002 – 2007; University of Porto – Faculty of Medicine
PhD in Human Biology, thesis: “Genesis of systemic infections by Aspergillus fumigatus”
1997 – 2001; University of Porto – Faculty of Science
B. Sc. Biology (scientific field) – final classification 16 (of 20) values.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008; Researcher at IPATIMUP, University of Porto
2003 – 2006; Invited teacher/supervision of graduation students
Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine of Porto – Theorical/practical classes of Environmental Microbiology (1-2 classes per year).

PUBLISHED WORK (full-papers)
Araujo R, Pina-Vaz C, Rodrigues AG, Amorim A, Gusmão L.
Simple and highly discriminatory microsatellite based multiplex PCR for Aspergillus fumigatus strain typing.
Clin Microbiol Infect 2008 (in press).

Araujo R, Coutinho I, Espinel-Ingroff A.
Rapid method for testing the susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus to amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole by assessment of oxygen consumption.
J Antimicrob Chemother 62: 1277-80, 2008.

Araujo R, Carneiro A, Costa-Oliveira S, Pina-Vaz C, Rodrigues AG, Guimaraes JE.
Fungal infections after haematology unit renovation: evidence of clinical, environmental and economical impact.
Eur J Haematol 80: 436-43, 2008.

Araujo R, Cabral JP, Rodrigues AG.
Air filtration systems and restrictive access conditions improve indoor air quality in clinical units: Penicillium as a general indicator of hospital indoor fungal levels.
Am J Infect Control 36: 129-34, 2008.

Costa-Oliveira S, Araujo R, Dias A, Pina-Vaz C, Rodrigues AG.
Propofol promotes resistance to antifungals by reducing drug input into the fungal cell.
BMC Microbiol 17;8:9, 2008.

Araujo R, Rodrigues AG, Pina-Vaz C.
Susceptibility of clinical versus environmental strains of pathogenic Aspergillus.
Int J Antimicrob Agents 29: 108-11, 2007.

Rodrigues AG, Araujo R.
Comparison of Andersen and Honey Jar methods for monitoring hospital wards.
Indoor Built Environ 16: 71-6, 2007.

Araujo R, Rodrigues AG, Pina-Vaz C.
Susceptibility patterns among pathogenic species of Aspergillus to physical and chemical treatments.
Med Mycol 44: 439-443, 2006.

Rodrigues AG, Araujo R, Pina-Vaz C.
Interaction of local anesthetics with other antifungals against pathogenic Aspergillus.
Int J Antimicrob Agents 27: 339-43, 2006.

Rodrigues AG, Araujo R, Pina-Vaz C.
Human albumin promotes germination, hyphal growth and antifungal resistance by Aspergillus fumigatus.
Med Mycol 43: 711-7, 2005.

Araujo R, Rodrigues AG, Pina-Vaz C.
A fast, practical and reproducible procedure for the standardization of the cell density of an Aspergillus suspension.
J Med Microbiol 53: 783-6, 2004.

Araujo R, Rodrigues AG.
Variability of germinative potential among pathogenic species of Aspergillus.
J Clin Microbiol 42: 4335-7, 2004.

Publication of 22 abstracts

PROJECTS
“O papel do ar ambiente e da água de consumo hospitalar como vectores de transmissão nosocomial de fungos do género Aspergillus”, n.º 60901, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2003.
“Estudo multidisciplinar sobre infecções fúngicas invasivas em pacientes imunossuprimidos: susceptibilidade do hospedeiro ao fungo versus resistência do fungo a fármacos”, n.º POCTI/SAU-ESP/61080/2004, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

SOCIETY MEMBER
European Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Portuguese Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Portuguese Society of Microbiology