Tasson da Costa Rodrigues

Student from Interunits Biotecnology Program at USP with a PhD project of expression and purification of pneumococci proteins for development of a vaccine based on lipossomic nanoparticles for pulmonary immunization against pneumococcal pneumonia. Gradueted in Pharmacy at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (2015) and has Master degree in Biotecnology at São Paulo University (2018) with the project based on pulmonary immunization of mice with biodegradables nanoparticles adsorbed with a penumococcal protein. Received a scholarship from FAPESP for the PhD, but during the master degree period received a scholarship from CAPES, in both periods has developed activities at Butantan Institute. Received a undergraduation scholarship (FAPESP) to develop a similar project also at Instituto Butantan. In the graduation period was also responsible for monitoring molecular biology classes. Has knowledge in immulonogic and molecular baiology techniques such as flow cytometry , ELISA, Luminex, PCR, cloning and gene expression in E. coli, agarose and acrylamida electrophoresis, western blot. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)