Thais Vieira de Souza

Federal University of ABC, Center of Natural and Human Sciences, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Dr. Thais Vieira de Souza obtained her PhD in Biotechnoscience at the Federal University of ABC (Brazil) in 2021. Her project was entitled ‘Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan/Hyaluronic Acid-Based Thermogel for Bioink Production and 3D Bioprinting Applied to Cartilaginous Tissue Engineering’. She had a visiting period at the Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine - MERLN (Netherlands, 2019). She has obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology from the Federal University of Amazonas (Brazil, 2013) and Master in Biotechnoscience from the Federal University of ABC (Brazil, 2017). She was an intern at the Medical University of Lodz (Poland, 2011), where she collaborated in the Genetic Research Project for Metabolic Syndromes. She was awarded with an Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) scholarship and had a chance to visit the Thompson Rivers University (2013) where she worked with Environmental Microbiology (Canada, 2013). She was also an intern at West Pomeranian University of Technology (Poland, 2014), researching the effects of adding inulin to the piglet diet.

Arnaldo Rodrigues dos Santos Jr.

Federal University of ABC, Center of Natural and Human Sciences, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Dr. Arnaldo Rodrigues dos Santos Jr. graduated in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1993), holds a Masters in Cell Biology from the State University of Campinas (1996) and a PhD in Cellular and Structural Biology also from the State University of Campinas (2001). He is currently Associate Professor at the Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC. He has experience in the field of Morphology, with an emphasis on Cytology and Cell Biology and acts mainly in the study of in vitro cell differentiation induced by growth substrates. Its main line of investigation is the study of interactions between cells in culture with biomaterials, aiming at tissue engineering procedures. He works on the following topics: cell culture, cell growth and differentiation, biomaterials, bioresorbable polymers and metal alloys. In 2016, he started working at the UFABC Innovation Agency (Inova UFABC), where he coordinated the Unit's Technology Transfer Division (DTT). He is currently the Director of the Innovation Agency.

Luciana Pastena Giorno

Federal University of ABC, Center of Natural and Human Sciences, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Luciana Pastena Giorno is currently a PhD student and a Brazilian Researcher at the Centro Brasileiro de Referência em Inovações Tecnológicas para Esportes Paralímpicos (CINTESP.Br). She holds an MSc in Biotechnoscience from the Universidade Federal do ABC (2020), and is a Resident in Transplantation and Organ Harvesting from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (2014). She did undergraduation in physiotherapy, and during 2016-2019 she worked at Hospital do Coração. She contributed as co-orientation of a graduate student in her scientific initiation researching muscle injuries and participated in the committee’s organizing at the 1st Workshop International Lolita San Miguel in Brazil (2012). Her current research interests are in the areas of tissue engineering, with a focus on bioresorbable polymeric materials for the repair of tissue and muscle injuries.