João Vitor Alcantara da Silva

Direct Doctorate in Biotechnoscience at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) (in progress). Bachelor's degree in Biomedicine from the University of Mogi das Cruzes (UMC) (2017-2021). In 2015, participated in the Scientific Pre-Initiation Program at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo (IQ-USP) with the project "Development of Animations of Organic Reaction Mechanisms." Between 2016 and 2017, conducted research titled "Eggshell of *Drosophila melanogaster* as a Possible Source of Stem Cells" at the Human Genetics Laboratory of the Biosciences Institute of the University of São Paulo (IB-USP). Additionally, became a mentee and scholarship holder of the Scientific Initiation Program: Decola Beta (PICCB) and presented the research at major student-level science fairs in Brazil, such as the Brazilian Science and Engineering Fair (FEBRACE) and the International Science and Technology Fair (MOSTRATEC). Worked as a Scientific Initiation scholar funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) on the research "Study of the Effects of Metabolic Pathway Modulation on the Histone Acetylation Pattern of Bovine Oocytes In Vitro" at the Laboratory of Embryonic Metabolism and Epigenetics (LEME) - Federal University of ABC (UFABC). Furthermore, served as Financial Director of the Brazilian Institute of Young Scientists (IBJC) and is a former member of the Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science (ABRIC). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)