Dr. Glaucia Souza is a Full Professor at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo and Coordinator of the FAPESP Bioenergy Research Program BIOEN. Her laboratory focuses on sugarcane biotechnology, genomics, bioinformatics and sustainability. Dr. Souza began her career as a molecular biologist. Her PhD focused on the cellular transition from growth to development. She did her postdoctoral training in molecular genetics at the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation and the Baylor College of Medicine in the USA. She is currently developing a genomics platform for sugarcane breeding to select plants for future climates resilience and working on a systems biology approach to identify metabolites that may be of interest to produce biobased chemicals and improve yields. .On the sustainability front, she produces critical analyzes of the production and use of bioenergy and co-coordinates the International Energy Agency Task Force on Decarbonization of Transportation. She participates in a number of international initiatives to disseminate knowledge and advise policy, including the International Energy Agency Task Force on Bioenergy Sustainability in the context of the Bioeconomy, the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) and the Biofuture Platform Technical Advisory Group. She is a member of the Board of the Scientific Committee of Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), the World Bioenergy Association (WBA), the Society for Bioenergy (SBE) and a member of the Editorial Board of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Global Change Biology Bioenergy and Associate Editor of Green Carbon. She is also a member of the Bioeconomy Committee of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP-CONIC-COMSAUDE) and of the Agro Mentorship of SAE. She has been an Eisenhower Fellow since 2009 and an Official of the Order of Rio Branco. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
| Articles published in Pesquisa FAPESP Magazine about the researcher: |
| La caña de azúcar mapeada |
| Sugarcane mapped |
| Entre azúcares y genes |
| Between sugars and genes |
| More itemsLess items |
| News published in Agência FAPESP Newsletter about the researcher |
| More itemsLess items |
| TITULO |
| Articles published in other media outlets ( ): |
| More itemsLess items |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) |
We intend to contribute by analysing physiology, regulatory elements, transcriptome and metabolome of commercial varieties and in crosses with ancestral species in field and greenhouse experiments. The most comprehensive study of sugarcane regulatory networks will be done with the use of Chip-Seq and RNAseq techniques. It will be possible to identify possible regulatory and promoter regio…
This workshop aims to revisit the conclusions of the SCOPE Bioenergy & Sustainability report (http://bioenfapesp.org/scopebioenergy), now focusing the discussions on Latin America and Africa. The workshop schedule follows a very specific dynamic, which was designed by SCOPE (the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment), called "Rapid Assessment Process" (RAP). In a RAP worksho…
Sugarcane is a hybrid of Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum, with minor contributions from other species in Saccharum and other genera. Understanding the molecular basis of cell wall metabolism in sugarcane may allow for rational changes in fiber quality and content when designing new energy crops. This work describes a comparative expression profiling of sugarcane ancestral g…
(Only some records are available in English at this moment)
Across the world, civilization has progressed through the development of economies that depend on growth of, among other things, energy and food availability. Local and regional development depend on continuous economic prosperity, quality of life and increasing longevity. Sustainable solutions are welcomed that contribute to economic and social advancements of a country or region. This c…
(Only some records are available in English at this moment)
The interest in bioenergy crops, such as those belonging to the Saccharinae subtribe, has increased due to improvements in technologies related to the production of cellulosic bioethanol. In this scenario, sugarcane stands out as the world's leading biomass crop with vast potential to mitigate climate change without affecting food security. Hybrids obtained through the cross-breeding of c…
Sugarcane is an economically important crop in Brazil. In order to meet the demand for sugar and ethanol, Brazil must expand the sugarcane planted area. However, suitable tillage areas are limited, resulting in the need of usage of adverse environments thereby subjecting the crop to severe abiotic conditions. Consequently, it is essential to develop plants with increased tolerance to thes…
Sugarcane is a C4 grass used for food and bioenergy production. Despite its importance, biotechnology for sugarcane is less advanced compared to other important crops, mainly due to the complexity of its genome. The production of transgenic plants is a promising option to improve tolerance to stresses, higher yield, or to generate varieties better suited for bioenergy purposes. However, s…
| 19 / 14 | Completed research grants |
| 46 / 19 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 4 / 3 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 69 / 36 | All research grants and scholarships |
| Associated processes | |
CV Lattes
ORCID