Matheus Antônio Filiol Belin

I have a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, where I was first in my class.As an undergrad, I received a Santander Ibero-American scholarship for being a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto (FCNAUP), in Portugal. I also received a Mitacs scholarship for a research internship at First Nations University of Canada, Regina, Canada, where I identified bioactive compounds in Indigenous medicinal plants (my first publication as first author). As an undergrad, during my scientific initiations, I researched the extraction of bioactive compounds (phenolic compounds, flavonoids, carotenoids, biogenic amines, anthocyanins, and evaluation of their respective antioxidant capacities) from foods, beverages, medicinal plants, and industrial by-products in the Biochemical and Chemical Plant Laboratory (LQBV) from the Botucatu Institute of Biosciences (IBB). Recently, I finished my master's degree in Life Sciences, Pathology field, in which we managed to prevent cardiovascular diseases caused by obesity with the by-product of bergamot (I also identified some of its bioactive compounds), originating from the Italian pharmaceutical industry. This work was conducted at the RedOx Laboratory, at the Experimental Research Unit (UNIPEX) of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu (FMB). During my Masters, I also identified possible new biomarkers for cardiovascular disease and hypertension in obesity. Analytical background: - UV-Vis spectrophotometer and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) (extraction, identification, and quantification of bioactive compounds polar and non-polar) (wider); - near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR), Gas Chromatography (GC) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) (less broad); - Inducing obesity, cardiovascular diseases and hypertension, and systemic diseases, such as fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MASLD) and kidney disease, in Wistar rats through a diet rich in sugar and fat, in addition to developing this diet and administering gavage to the animals; - ELISA and Western Blotting, targeting markers of inflammation and oxidative stress.I am also a clinical nutritionist with a postgraduate specialization in Clinical and Sports Nutrition and Laboratory Tests. Additionally, I receive and advise interns in nutrition and dietetics, and we aim to treat and prevent diseases, change body composition, gain muscle mass, reduce body fat, and improve sporting and cognitive performance. I am currently pursuing a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at North Dakota State University (NDSU), working on Alzheimer's treatment. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)