Cindy Megumi Kimura

Undergraduate student in Bioprocesses and Biotechnology Engineering at the College of Agronomic Sciences (FCA), UNESP campus Botucatu. FAPESP scholarship recipient (2021-2023) under the process 2021/09136-9, supervised by Professor Dr. Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla, investigating the role of the odorant co-receptor (orco) in the sexual behavior of courtship and mating in Aedes aegypti, using RNA interference techniques to assess behavioral changes and assist in the development of vector control techniques.PROEX scholarship recipient (2021) in the extension project "Cursinho Popular Raízes," where I currently serve as a volunteer teacher and General Coordinator. Council President of the Botucatu branch of the National League of Biotechnology Academics (LiNAbiotec) from 2020-2021. Creator and co-founder of the extension project "Cientistas do Amanhã" (Scientists of Tomorrow). Completed a non-mandatory internship at the startup company CROP Biotecnologia (2021). Member of the "Memória, História e Letramento Científico das Unidades Complementares" Extension Network, serving as the host of the podcast "Rádio IBTEC: onde damos sinal à ciência" (IBTEC Radio: where we signal science). Currently a member of the Genetic Analysis Research Group (PANGENE) at the Institute of Biotechnology (IBTEC), UNESP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)