Rodrigo Alberto Alves da Silva

Biomedical scientist from the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM; 2016), where he carried out activities as a monitor in the histology and applied molecular biology disciplines. He participated as a CNPq fellow in a scientific initiation project about immunotherapy against breast cancer by the oncology research institute (IPON / UFTM). CAPES / CNPq fellow of the "Ciências sem Fronteiras" program, where he held a sandwich degree at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse between August of 2014 and December of 2015. In 2014, he performed an academic internship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, in New York / USA, where he participated in a research focusing on the use of bacteria as a vehicle for immunotherapy against pancreatic cancer. Graduated in Master of Science (focus on Cellular and Molecular Biology) at the Medicine School of Ribeirão Preto (FMRP/USP), where he developed a project aiming to evaluate the association among premalignant lesions of the cervix and serine proteases. Also, he worked as a biologist at the clinical pathology laboratory at the Hospital das Clínicas da FMRP (HCRP / USP) and as a laboratory technician at the University Hospital (USP-São Paulo). He is currently performing a second undergrad degree in dentistry at FOUSP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)