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Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo Franco

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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCF)  (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCF), Department of Food and Experimental Nutrition, where she does teaching (undergraduate and graduate), research and extension in food microbiology. She graduated in Pharmacy and Biochemistry, and has a MSc in Microbiology and Immunology and a PhD in Food Sciences. Her research projects are related to security, safety and quality of foods. She was Provost for Graduate Studies at University of São Paulo and coordinator of the graduate program in Food Science at USP. Currently she is the Director of the Food Research Center (FoRC), one of the Research, Innovation and Diffusion Centers (RIDC), supported by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Member (2000-2015) and consultant (2015-) of the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF). Member of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene (ICFMH) and the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI-Brasil). Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Food Microbiology. She was president of the Brazilian Society of Microbiology in two terms and Chief Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Microbiology for fifteen years. She served as member of the Engineering Panel (Food Science and Technology) in FAPESP and of the Food Science and Technology Panel in CNPq. She authored a number of papers in scientific journals of her research field, in addition to books and book chapters. She is the main author of the textbook Microbiologia dos Alimentos (Food Microbiology), 2nd edition, 2023, Editora Atheneu, SP, Brazi, co-authored with Landgraf, M. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

Articles published in Pesquisa FAPESP Magazine about the researcher:
Insuficiencia alimentaria 
Insufficient food 
Una mirada ampliada desde la ciencia para acabar con el hambre en Brasil 
Science takes a broader look at how to end hunger in Brazil 
A paradox on the table 
La paradoja está servida 
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NANOPARTÍCULAS COM ANTOCIANINAS E SEU PROCESSO DE PREPARAÇÃO BR1020210028483 - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). THIECLA KATIANE OSVALDT ROSALES, JOÃO PAULO FABI - February 2021, 16

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