Sergio Paulo Bydlowski

MD by the Faculty of Faculdade de Ciencia Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Master and PhD in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology) by the Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP). Postdoc at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and Karolinska Institute. Lecturer in Clinical Therapeutics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.He is currently Associate Professor 3 of Hematology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. Member of the National Academy of Medicine. President of the Brazilian Association for Cell Therapy. First-Treasurer of the National Academy of Medicine Board. Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (CAPES 7). Director of the Genetics and Molecular Hematology Laboratory, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. Head of the Medical Research Laboratory 31 (LIM31) Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo Among the positions previously occupied, it highlights the Office of Research and Head of Research and Molecular Biology Division, at the Blood Center Pro Sangue de São Paulo Foundation; the Presidency of the Brazilian Society of Clinical Investigation, in two terms; the coordination of the CNPq Advisory Committee in Medicine.He has published over 130 scientific papers, almost all in indexed journals and 100 book chapters, in Brazil and abroad. He has four patents, two of them in the United States. Reviewer and member of the editorial board of several journals.Belongs to several research networks, as European Network for Research Oxysterol, Brazilian Network for Cell Therapy and Brazilian Network of Pharmacogenetics. Member of several scientific societies in Brazil and abroad. Holder of numerous awards and distinctions. He has supervised 30 master's students and 22 doctoral and several undergraduate and post-doctoral students.It has experience in the areas of hematology, genetics, biochemistry, pathophysiology and clinical research. Currently focuses on themes such as cell proliferation and differentiation, gene and cell therapy, cancer, lipid metabolism and cholesterol homeostasis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)