Lyvia Lintzmaier Petiz

Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Federal University of Paraná. Graduated in Physical Education from the Federal University of Pelotas (2011), with a Master's degree in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Paraná (2013), and a PhD in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2017). She was a PVE-CNPq Fellow at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and a STINT/CAPES Fellow at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, working with in vitro electrophysiological recordings (patch-clamp technique). Main lines of work: mitochondrial bioenergetics, purinergic signaling, circuits in the hippocampus and signaling pathways in neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on Alzheimer's Disease. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)