Ana Carolina Takakura Moreira

Dentist graduated from São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Araraquara campus, in 2002, with a Master's degree (2005) and a PhD (2009) in Pharmacology from the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). During her PhD, she completed a sandwich internship at the University of Virginia (2007) and, more recently, a sabbatical at the Seattle Children's Research Institute (2024).She served as treasurer of the Brazilian Society of Physiology (2015-2016) and the Federation of Experimental Biology Societies (FeSBE) (2017-2021), and as the first secretary of the same Federation (2021-2023). She is currently an Associate Professor (level 3) in the Department of Pharmacology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP). Her research focuses on the regulation of breathing by the central nervous system in mammals, with an emphasis on identifying neuronal networks in rodents using electrophysiological and neuroanatomical approaches. She also investigates alterations in these networks in experimental models of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinsons disease. In addition to her academic career, she is the mother of Luísa (17) and Laura (13). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)