@article{5efd9938f34a4025930a82028e4181ac,
title = "Virulence profile: Joshua D nosanchuk",
author = "Nosanchuk, {Joshua D.}",
note = "Funding Information: As I noted, Arturo pushed me to write grants, which were absolutely necessary to allow me to continue in the laboratory. Without independent funding at Einstein, I would have returned purely to clinical work. In my fellowship, I successfully competed for a Medical Mycology Fellowship sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Pfizer. With this 2 year award, I was able to put $7 each week into my bank account after paying for childcare, which was my only responsibility other than my research. My wife, a cardiologist, picked up the remainder of our expenses. However, this support from the IDSA was crucial. The effective progression of my fungal melanin research along with my strong mentorship support at Einstein allowed me to receive a KO8, a mentored physician-scientist award from the NIH. This also transitioned me from fellowship to an Instructor appointment at Einstein. However, my “lab” at this point remained within Arturo{\textquoteright}s space, though I had my own equipment and a technician as well as undergraduate and graduate students. Also during this time, I received another award from the IDSA for immunology research on Histoplasma capsulatum and was a co-investigator on an RO1 with Arturo that derived from my K08, research which we fortunately continue to be funded for through 2020. It was not until 2004, when I succeeded in competing for my independent RO1 on H. capsu-latum, that I moved to my own space. Funding Information: Also, I have had a simply wonderful and rich history of collaboration with Brazilian scientists, supported both through an NIH Fogarty award as well as with grants from the Brazilian government. My collaborations with Brazilian scientists initiated in Arturo{\textquoteright}s laboratory where Carlos Taborda, now a Professor in Sao Paolo, Brazil, came for a post-doctoral fellowship. Carlos and I have continued to work closely together and we have published 13 papers over the years. Though my first collaborator in Brazil was Rosely Zancop{\'e}-Oliveira from Rio de Janeiro, with whom I leveraged my knowledge of immunology and pathogenesis to work on serological diagnostics, and we have co-authored 14 papers. My first graduate student, Allan Guimar{\~a}es, came from Rosely{\textquoteright}s laboratory, and Allan is now an independent investigator in Niteroi, which is a sister city to Rio. Allan and I continue to collaborate on projects pertaining to antibody and virulence factors, and we have 22 papers together. Since 2007, I have worked very closely with two other Professors from Rio, Marcio Rodrigues and Leonardo Nimrichter, and, between these scientists, I have co-authored 15 papers. For the past 3 years, I have spent »1 month annually in Brazil working in the respective labs of these bright and very fun investigators as well as giving lectures and workshops, supported through a grant awarded by the government of Brazil. I have also hosted many visiting students from their labs, and Leonardo was previously funded through Fullbright to spend an extended period with me at Einstein. At the beginning of this year, I received an NIH supplement through a joint NIH-Brazilian program in collaboration with Arturo and Anamelia Bocca and her colleagues in Brasilia, Brazil for studying fungal vesicles. Hence, I think it is very clear how important collaborations are to me, both within Einstein and globally!",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1080/21505594.2015.1058656",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "6",
pages = "526--531",
journal = "Virulence",
issn = "2150-5594",
publisher = "Landes Bioscience",
number = "5",
}
