Prof. Ana Paula Ramos, PhD
Ana Paula Ramos got her first degree in Chemistry in 2004, and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 2009. She is currently an associate Professor of Physical-Chemistry, at the USP and a researcher of CNPq). She is the coordinator of the Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces Laboratory, with expertise in surfaces modification and characterization by microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. Her main research interests are the synthesis of biomaterials for bone replacement and regeneration. In special, her current projects focus on the use of biomimetic matrices inspired by the interaction of phospholipids and osteogenic proteins found in matrix vesicles as modifiers of metals used for dental implants.
Lourivaldo dos Santos Pereira, PhD
Bachelor (1997) and Licensed (2001) in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry (IQ) at the University of São Paulo. Master’s degree (2000) and PhD (2005) in Sciences from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB) at the University of São Paulo. Since 2005, he has been employed as a chemist by USP and works at the Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto/USP. Among other functions in the department, he provides technical support in the Laboratory of Surface and Colloid Physical Chemistry under the supervision/coordination of Prof. Ana Paula Ramos.
Maryanne Trafani de Melo, Pos Doc
Maryanne Trafani de Melo is graduated in Chemistry from the FFCLRP/USP (2012). She has experience in Protein Biochemistry (2012-scientific initiation). Master in Science (2015) from the Department of Chemistry at the FFCLRP/USP, at the Center for Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering. PhD in Sciences (2019) from the Department of Chemistry at the FFCLRP/USP at the Center for Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering. Post Doctorate (2022) at the Department of Chemistry at the FFCLRP/USP, Laboratory of Surfaces and Colloids. She is currently a postdoctoral student at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (CNPq scholarship).Working mainly on the following topics: production and characterization of scaffolds, isolation of extracellular vesicles, production of biomaterials by 3D printing and bone regeneration.
Gildacio Chaves Filho
Gildacio Chaves is pharmacist (2018) and doctor in Health Biotechnology (2022) from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). His Ph.D. project focused on studying new biomolecules from marine organism for bone regeneration and antiobesity approaches. Gildacio got his first post-doctoral study in Karolinska Institut (Stockholm, Sweden) with coculturing lung cells to study the effect of particulatte matter-derived biomass burning. He is currently engaged in a post-doctoral study in Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) da Universidade do Estado de São Paulo (USP). His current project focus in the use of coculture system models for biological effect screening of new complexes composed of strontium and flavonoids for bone and cartilage regeneration approaches.
Larwsk Hayann, PhD Student
Larwsk Hayann got his bachelor’s in biomedicine in 2012 where he also started his scientific career studying myelodysplastic syndrome, a pre-leukemia condition. In 2016 he started his Master´s at the University of Porto, Portugal, in biochemistry where he developed his thesis on mathematical modeling involved in pre-biotic chemistry and primitive molecular signaling. His thesis was carried out at the Center of Astrobiology, Spain, Madrid, in association with NASA. Moving back to Brazil, Larwsk started his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2022 and currently, he works with strontium-based nanoparticles applied to biomaterials aiming for bone healing, and his major research interest is to understand how ions (especially strontium) affect at the molecular level mineralizing cell lines (for example, osteoblasts and odontoblasts). Finally, Larwsk was currently enrolled in Napierala Dobrawa´s laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, where he explored molecular signaling pathways activation and matrix vesicle secretion when stimulated with strontium, calcium, and phosphate.
Lucas Fabrício Bahia Nogueira, PhD Student
Lucas Fabrício Bahia Nogueira is graduated in Chemistry (2016) and Master in Science (Chemistry, 2019) from FFCLRP / USP. Due to a cotutelle agreement, he is currently enrolled in the PhD program in Chemistry, which is offered by FFCLRP / USP, and also, in biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy). His Ph.D. project is focused on the development of bioinspired scaffolds based on the chemical composition and organization of soft and hard tissues, aiming application in regenerative medicine and also to help the assessment of the biochemical processes driving the biogenesis of mineralizing vesicles.
João Paulo Martins Machado, PhD Student
He is Bachelor in Chemistry, with qualification in Forensic Chemistry from the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), University of São Paulo (USP), where got his first degree in 2022. Nowadays, he is studying in the postgraduate course, at the FFCLRP – USP, in doctorate’s degree, associated with the Surfaces and Colloids Laboratory (Chemistry Department), guided by Profª. Drª. Ana Paula Ramos. He has studied the relationship between osteogenic matrix vesicles and mineralization propagation onto collagen fibrils. His interests embrace biomimetic models for cellular membranes/vesicles, surface characterization and bone matrix biomineralization.
Petrus do Nascimento Kirsten, PhD Student
Bachelor in Medical Physics (2018-2022) from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) of the University of São Paulo (USP). He is currently a doctoral student at the postgraduate program in Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology at the Department of Physics at FFCLRP-USP guided by Prof. Dr. Ana Paula Ramos. His research works with carrageenan-based biomaterials for bone regeneration. His interest is to synthesize and characterize hydrogels, membranes for guided bone regeneration, and 3D printed scaffolds with improved mechanical and biochemical properties to stimulate the biomineralization of osteogenic cells.
Débora Cristina Kawasaki Codognato, PhD Student
Débora Cristina Kawasaki Codognato graduated in Civil Engineering and worked as a civil engineer. Graduated in Medical Physics (USP) in 2016 where she was a scientific initiation and later a master’s student in the Photobiophysics Laboratory of the Physics Department of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Ribeirão Preto supervised by prof. Dr. Iouri Borissevith in the Physics Applied to Biology and Medicine program in the research line of photochemotherapy focused on the interaction between photosensitizers (PS) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) to form a complex enhancing the preferential accumulation in tumor tissues. Currently, she is a PhD student in the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces supervised by Profª. Drª. Ana Paula Ramos continuing her master’s research applying the complex in Langmuir monolayers.
Isabelle Fernanda, Master's Student
Degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto of University of São Paulo in 2022. In 2019, she did scientific initiation in research on organic synthesis of curcumin. Since 2023, Master’s student in Chemistry at the Graduate Program in Chemistry at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, conducts research related to the preparation and characterization of type II collagen biomaterials with curcuma for bone regeneration in the Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces Laboratory coordinated by Prof. Drª. Ana Paula Ramos.
Anah Laura R. Cisterna, Undergraduate Student
Anah Laura R. Cisterna is undergraduate student (Bachelor’s and Licentiate degree in Chemistry at the University of São Paulo). Her project aims to extract and characterize polymeric nanoparticles containing curcumin and its derivatives for use as bone regenerators. Additionally, she is interning in the Surfaces and Colloids laboratory of Physical Chemistry, under the guidance of Dr. Professor Ana Paula Ramos, where she is involved in the characterization and extraction of type II collagen.
Isabelle Costa Dias, Undergraduate Student
Isabelle Costa Dias is an undergraduate student in Chemistry from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) of the University of São Paulo (USP). She’s currently on an undergraduate research project in biomaterial’s area in the Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces Laboratory, guided by Prof. Dr Ana Paula Ramos, searching the potential of formulations based on carrageenan and type I collagen to bone’s scaffolds elaboration.
Elias Guilherme Basílio, Undergraduate Student
Elias Guilherme Basílio, is an undergraduate student in Chemistry (both bachelor’s and teaching degree) at the University of São Paulo (FFCLRP), currently in the fifth semester. He is conducting research in the physical chemistry laboratory as part of his internship and scientific initiation project, focused on the synthesis of new calcium phosphate minerals substituted with magnesium, particularly magnesium whitlockite, and its characterization, guided by Prof. Dra Ana Paula Ramos.
Rafael Gaspardo Bedin, Undergraduate Student
Rafael Gaspardo Bedin is an undergraduate student (Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at the University of São Paulo in Brazil). He’s currently interning in the Surfaces and Colloids laboratory of Physical Chemistry, under the guidance of Dr. Professor Ana Paula Ramos. His project aims to study the influence of cations in the Lungmuir’s isotherm of DDP and he’s also involved with the synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticle’s.
Vinícius Casagrande Dian, Undergraduate Student
Vinícius Casagrande Dian is an undergraduate student in Chemistry (Bachelor`s degree in biotechnology at the University of São Paulo in Brazil). He is conducting research in the Surfaces and Colloids laboratory of Physical Chemistry as part of his internship and scientific initiation project aiming the effects of C137 ionizing radiation on the bone mineralization guided by Prof. Dra Ana Paula Ramos.