PVM Directory / Marxa L. Figueiredo
Dean’s Fellow for Graduate Programs
Associate Professor, Basic Medical Sciences
Veterinary Administration | Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
625 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-494-5790
mlfiguei@purdue.edu
Dr. Figueiredo is an associate professor in BMS and her research focuses on understanding the interactions between the skeletal and immune systems to develop novel therapies for bone metastatic cancers and arthritis. The laboratory’s therapies build on multifunctional cytokines or small molecules, which can be targeted to bone or inflammatory cells in order to exert regenerative effects. The lab is developing several gene and stem cell delivery systems for cytokine-based gene therapy, with a focus on sonoporation gene delivery and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells as vehicles. Dr. Figueiredo has directed Veterinary Histology courses, coached A&I, and has trained MS, PhD, and DVM students in several summer research programs in laboratory research. The discoveries from Dr. Figueiredo’s lab are funded by multiple internal and external sources including NIH and can potentially benefit companion animals and humans.
2002 - PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison
8/2017–currrent | Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
8/2015–2017 | Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
2/2016–current | Member, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
11/2003–08/2006 | Postdoctoral researcher, Division of Oral Biology and Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
11/2002–11/2003 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Human Oncology, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
08/2006–04/2008 | Assistant Researcher III, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
05/2008–12/2010 | Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
03/2016–current | Member, Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Medicinal Chemistry (MC) program, West Lafayette, IN.
01/2011–07/2015 | Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
