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| 7 / 7 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 63 / 25 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 2 / 2 | Completed scholarships abroad |
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Mayana Zatz is Professor of Human and Medical Genetics. Director of the Human Genome Research Center (Hug-cell) and Nacional Program (INCT): aging and genetics: genomics and metagenomics, at the University of São Paulo ( USP). Graduaded in Biology, USP (1968), Ph.D. in Human and Medical Genetics at USP (1974), and post-doc in medical genetics (1975-1977) at University of California, USA. She is Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences for the developing world (TWAS). Was founder and president of the Brazilian Muscular Dystrophy Association (ABDIM) from 1981-2013. Her research in human and medical genetics, are focused mainly in stem-cells (as a tool to understand gene functioning and cell therapy) , aging and neuromuscular disorders focusing the following aspects: gene identification, genotype-phenotype correlations , and mechanisms underlying clinical variability. More recently she is investigating the use of zika virus aigainst brain cancer. She has published 378 peer-reviewed papers (April, 2022), which were cited ~ 13156 times (average 33 per paper). H index = 56 (Publon); H=73 (Google Scholar, 21562 citations ), Scopus: H=60, 16022 citations . She has been the mentor of undergraduate and graduate students who presented 51 thesis. Was awarded several international prizes such as: L 'Oreal 's / UNESCO for Women in Science-as the best Latin American researcher in 2001 - TWAS for Research in Medical Sciences in 2004, Mexican Prize of Science and Technology in 2008 and Gaetano Conte in 2011. She was columnist of the weekly magazine VEJA having written more than 250 articles for lay people. She is the author of two books Gen ÉTICA and O LEGADO DOS GENES From 2010 to 2012 she was part of the board of revisors (BORE) of scientific journal Science. She has been actively Involved in ethical aspects related to genome research, genetic testing and scientific political decisions regarding the approval of the embryonic stem -cells bill in 2005 and 2008. Currently she is also investigating the genetic variability associated to COVID-19 clinical variability. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Research grants
- EMU granted in FAPESP process 13/ 08028-1 - Mayana Zatz: BD FACSymphony" Flow Cytometer, AP.EMU
- Multi-user equipment approved in grant 13/08028-1: single cell analysis chromiun, AP.EMU
- Multi-user Equipament approved in grant 14/50931-3: Maestro Edge - Axion Biosystems, AP.EMU
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- Genetics of complex disorders: from epidemiology to stem-cells models of reproductive ageing, AV.EXT
- Stem cells in human genetic diseases - CETGEN, AP.TEM
- Carla Rosenberg | Leiden University Medical Center - Holanda, AV.EXT
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Scholarships in Brazil
- Analysis of etoposide on in vitro cardiac differentiation, BP.IC
- Analysis of Topoisomerase 2 inhibitors on in vitro hepatic differentiation, BP.IC
- Study of the oncolytic effect of Zika Virus on cells in the central nervous system tumor micro-environment, BP.DD
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- Improvement of Zika virus oncolytic properties aiming central nervous system tumors treatment, BP.PD
- Search for "protective" modifying variants/mechanisms in asymptomatic or very mildly affected individuals with pathogenic mutation in SPAST gene, BP.PD
- Development of tissue bioengineering techniques for the functional reconstruction of ex vivo iPSC cell livers, BP.PD
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