João Vitor Alcântara da Costa

Biomedical from the University of Vale do Paraíba - Univap (2021) with qualifications in Molecular Biology and Teaching and Research, having been awarded as the best student in the Biomedicine course (2021) and also as the best student in the Faculty of Health Sciences (2021). FAPESP Scholarship 2020/2021 at the Cancer Molecular Biology Laboratory, at the Research and Development Institute (IPD). He developed research with an emphasis on the Biomolecular area, evaluating the role of the cell proliferation regulatory genes PHB, BAD and PAXIP1 in cervical lymph node metastasis of microcarcinomas and papillary thyroid carcinomas. Carried out Scientific Initiation at the Institute of Science and Technology (ICT) of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) (2018), carried out scientific initiation monitoring for PIBIC High School student: Nathalia de Souza Guimarães (2021) and assisted in teaching search mechanisms in a scientific database, performing the microtomy technique, Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) staining, mounting slides, microscopy and histopathological grading. He was approved in a public competition to act as Technical Responsible for the Municipal Laboratory of Santo Antônio do Pinhal (2022), and approved in the public competition as Biomedical Clinical Analyst by the Municipality of Jacareí (2023), being responsible for carrying out laboratory tests, as well as controlling internal and external quality, purchase of inputs and relationships with suppliers, and multidisciplinary public health actions. He is currently studying for a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering through the CAPES scholarship program, with a project being developed at the Histology and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, at the Research and Development Institute (IPD). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)