Luis Andrade is Professor of Rheumatology, at the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He received his M.D. degree from Federal University of Minas Gerais and his Ph.D. degree in Rheumatology from Escola Paulista de Medicina, in Brazil. Post-doctoral training in molecular and cellular biology of autoantibodies at the Scripps Research Institute in the USA under supervision of Professor Eng Tan. Luis Andrade is the Chair of IUIS Quality and Assessment Committee (https://iuis.org/committees/qas/members/) since 2017, and Co-coordinator of ICAP (International Consensus on ANA Patterns) since 2014. He is a former Chair and current member of the Autoantibody Standardizing Subcommittee (www.autoab.org) affiliated with the IUIS. He is member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology and the Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He serves in the editorial board of a variety of journals in the area of autoimmunity and rheumatology. His research interests focus on the autoantibodies, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, capillaroscopy, and molecular biology of autoantigens and autoimmune rheumatic diseases. More recently, he concentrates on the fields of autoantibody testing and standardization as well as the interface between autoimmunity and immunodeficiency.