Prof. Igor Cesarino (Principal Investigator)
B.Sc. in Biology (2003-2007) from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil). M.Sc. (2007-2009) and PhD (2009-2012) in Plant Biology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil). Post-doctoral fellow at VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (Belgium, 2012-2014).
Professor at the Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo (Brazil), working on Lignin Metabolism and Engineering of Secondary Cell Walls. Teaching activities on plant physiology, plant molecular biology and plant biotechnology for undergraduate and graduate students.
Phone: +55 11 3091 7550
Email: icesarino@usp.br
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Publons
CV Lattes
Marcella Siqueira Simões (PhD student)
B.Sc. in Biology (2011-2014) from the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP, Brazil). M.Sc. (2015-2017) in Plant Biology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil). PhD student (2018-today) in Plant Biology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Functional characterization of laccases potentially involved in lignification in Setaria viridis [(L.) P.Beauv.].
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: marcella.simoes@usp.br
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Giovanni Victório Cerruti (PhD student)
B.Sc. in Biotechnology (2011-2016) from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL, Brazil). M.Sc. (2016-2019) in Plant Biology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil). PhD student (2019-today) in Plant Biology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Functional characterization of transcription factors involved in secondary cell wall deposition in Setaria viridis [(L.) P.Beauv.].
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: gvcerruti@usp.br
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Leydson Gabriel Alves de Lima (PhD student)
B.Sc. in Biology (2017-2021) from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Going deep into the phenylpropanoid metabolism in C4 grasses using Setaria viridis as model species
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: leydsongabrielalvess@usp.br
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Arthur de Barros Rates (PhD student)
M.Sc. in Plant Biology (2020-2022) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil).
Project: Functional characterization of SvUGTs potentially involved in tricin glycosylation in Setaria viridis
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: arthur.rates@ib.usp.br
Gabriel Garon Carvalho (PhD student)
B.Sc. in Biology (2012-2019) from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil). M.Sc. (2020-2023) in Plant Biology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Functional characterization of ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE2B (ALDH2B) sunfamily in the model grass Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.: implication in the metabolism of aromatic compounds.
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: gabriel.garon.carvalho@usp.br
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Bianca Meeihua Sung (M.Sc. Student)
B.Sc. in Biology (2012-2020) from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil). M.Sc. (2021-today) in Biotechnology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Characterization of ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE2C (ALDH2C) sunfamily in the model grass Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: bianca.sung@usp.br
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Arthur Netto Escudeiro (B.Sc. Student)
B.Sc. in Biotechnology (2020-today) from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Identification of REF1 functional orthologue(s) in Setaria viridis [(L.) P.Beauv.].
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: arthurescudeiro07@usp.br
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Lucas Xavier Cunha (B.Sc. Student)
B.Sc. in Biology (2019-today) from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Genome-wide identification of WRKY transcription factors potentially involved in lignification in Setaria viridis [(L.) P.Beauv.].
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: lcunha.xavier@usp.br
Gabriel Fontanella Pileggi (B.Sc. Student)
B.Sc. in Biology (2021-today) from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil).
Project: Selection of sugarcane transgenic lines overproducing the biopolymer precursor 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC)
Phone: +55 11 3091 8062
Email: gabrielfpileggi@usp.br
Past members
Postdoctoral fellows
Sávio de Siqueira Ferreira (2017 – 2019)
Predoctoral fellows (including PhD, M. Sc. and B. Sc.)
André Vicioli de Almeida Pina (2016 – 2017)
Larissa Rocha de Carvalho (2021 – 2022)
Raphael Mendes de Almeida Svartman (2018 – 2023)