Professor

Marcelo Bispo de Jesus

Marcelo Bispo de Jesus is Group Leader of Nano-cell Interactions Lab. at the University of Campinas, Brazil. He received his Ph.D. in cell biology from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Dr de Jesus was granted with the Young Investigators Awards FAPESP, before taking up a position at the University of Campinas. In his current position, Dr de Jesus leads a multidisciplinary team working in the field of gene delivery and nanotoxicology.

Ph.D. student

Thaís de Moraes Lacerda

She holds a degree in Biomedicine from the Universidade São Francisco and a Master’s degree from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She is currently a Ph.D. student at the Nano-Cell Interactions Lab. at the State University of Campinas. Has experience in biochemistry and cell biology with a focus on nanoparticle-cell interactions and mainly works on the following topics: signaling pathways, TGF, cytotoxicity, flow cytometry, and image analysis.

Ph.D. student

Fernanda Garcia Fossa

She holds a bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), where she carried out undergraduate research in the area of interaction nanoparticles and cells. She is currently a Masters student in the Nanoparticle and Cell Interactions laboratory (NanoCell) at the University of Campinas. Has experience in Biochemistry and Cell Biology with emphasis on Nanoparticle-Cell Interactions, acting on the following subjects: signaling pathways, TGF-β, confocal microscopy and image analysis.

Ph.D. student

Tuanny Leite Almeida

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy-Biochemistry from the University of Sao Paulo in 2015 and a master’s degree in Functional and Molecular Biology from Unicamp in 2020. She has experience in the cosmetics industry, in the advanced research area dedicated to the innovation Board assigned by Natura. She also worked on the Cellular Assays platform at SGC-UNICAMP, an international consortium that accelerates new drug discovery. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. at Institute of Biology (Unicamp) in the Molecular and Morphofunctional Biology program with a focus on biochemistry. Conducts a research project to determine the phenotypic profiles of human cells exposed to nanoplastics and pollutants through image analysis and machine learning.

Undergrad student

Silvia Maria Ferreira Dos Santos

Master student

Mariana Rodrigues da Silva

Mariana has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and a internship in alternative methods using animals at the National Biosciences Laboratory (LNBio) of the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM). She is a master’s student at the Nanoparticles and Cell Interactions Laboratory (NanoCell) at UNICAMP and has experience in cell culture and cytotoxic analysis.

Master student

Bruno Losi Menna

Ph.D. student

Luana Pereira Cardoso