Alexandre Cassago

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Specialist for biological samples at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory / Stanford University, Menlo Park, California - US. Expertise:- Developing and implementing efficient strategies for sample preparation and data acquisition;- Training, assisting and overseeing team members / external users in Negative Stain / Cryo-EM sample preparations and TEM microscopes operation for biological samples;- Support research projects;- Experience with different samples: Protein Complexes / Viruses; Nucleic Acids - Protein Interaction; Cell Organelles; Cubosomes / Liposomes / Nanoemulsion; Cellulose Nanocrystals and Fibers. Bachelor in Biological Science - Molecular Biology and Master of Science in Genetics and Evolution at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Paulo - Brazil. PhD in Biomolecular Physics at University of São Paulo, Physics Institute at São Carlos, São Paulo - Brazil. Post-PhD in Biochemistry and Protein Purification at the National Laboratory of Biosciences (LNBio) and Transmission Electron Microscopy by Negative Stain / Cryo-EM of Biological Macromolecules at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (LNNano) both at National Center for Materials and Energy Research (CNPEM), Campinas - Brazil. Electron Microscopy Specialist over 9 year at National Center for Materials and Energy Research (CNPEM), Campinas - Brazil. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)