Program Advisors

Meet the advisors of the Postgraduate Program in Functional and Molecular Biology.

Research area: Neuroimmunology of Sepsis
E-mail:  asteiner@usp.br

Research area: Cardiorespiratory Neural Control
E-mail: takakura@icb.usp.br

Research area: Neurodegenerative processes and therapeutic approaches
E-mail: andrea@icb.usp.br

Research area: Neuromolecular Mechanisms in Cardiorespiratory Control
E-mail: barbaraf@icb.usp.br

Research area: Regulation of insulin action with aging and other hormones
E-mail: croc@icb.usp.br

Research area: Steroid hormones and signaling in the central nervous system
E-mail: cdmunhoz@usp.br

Research area: Molecular mechanisms associated with aging and neurodegenerative diseases
E-mail: criscavone@usp.br

Research area: Generation of Respiratory Rhythm and Pattern/Sensory Control of Breathing
E-mail: davimoraes@icb.usp.br

Research area: Physiological Genomics of Neurodevelopment
E-mail: drovaris@usp.br

Research area: Vascular biology in metabolic and vascular diseases
E-mail: eliakamine@usp.br

Research area: Evaluation of the effects of hormetic stimuli during cell development and aging, focusing on neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity.
E-mail: kawamotoe@gmail.com

Research area: Transport mechanisms associated with the control of cellular secretion; Teaching of Physiology and Biophysics
E-mail: fkader@icb.usp.br

Research area: Physiology of the intestinal barrier
E-mail: goulart@icb.usp.br

Research area: Cancer Biology and Antineoplastic Drugs
E-mail: jamachadoneto@usp.br

Research area: Melatonin and the control of energy metabolism
E-mail: cipolla@icb.usp.br

Research area: Hypothalamic circuits that regulate metabolism and endocrine axes
E-mail: jdonato@icb.usp.br

Research area: Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of renal pathophysiology
E-mail: karina.thieme@usp.br

Research area: Pharmacology of Marine Natural Products
E-mail: costalotufo@usp.br

Research area: Neuro-hormonal control of circulation in hypertension and exercise.
E-mail: lisete@icb.usp.br

Research area: Redox Signaling
E-mail: llopes@usp.br

Research area: Nanopharmaceuticals and delivery systems
E-mail: lublopes@usp.br

Research area: Vascular Physiology
E-mail: lrossoni@icb.usp.br

Research area: Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection
E-mail: britto@icb.usp.br

Research area: Biochemical Pharmacology of Free Radicals, Inflammation and Pain
E-mail: muscara@usp.br

Research area: Neurophysiology
E-mail: baldo@usp.br

Research area: Biology and pathophysiology of acute and chronic renal failure
E-mail: souza@icb.usp.br

Research area: Molecular basis of thyroid hormone action: Therapeutic potential and perspectives.
E-mail: mtnunes@icb.usp.br

Research area: Functional Neuroanatomy
E-mail: metzger@icb.usp.br

Research area: Mechanisms involved in the impact of aerobic exercise on cancer.
E-mail: pcbrum@usp.br

Research area: Synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex
E-mail: robertode@usp.br

Research area: Neurobiology of Addiction to Drugs of Abuse
E-mail: camarini@icb.usp.br

Research area: Behavioral and Molecular Neuroscience (emphasis on emotional behaviors)
E-mail: schiaveg@usp.br

Research area: Inflammation and pain
E-mail: scosta@icb.usp.br

Research area: Study of the effect of nanomedicines on microcirculation in different diseases.
E-mail: stephen.rodrigues@usp.br

Research area: Neural Mechanisms of Respiratory Control
E-mail:  tmoreira@icb.usp.brr

Research area: Pharmacology and Vascular Biomechanics
E-mail: tjcosta@usp.br

Research area: Neural control of circulation
E-mail: antunes@icb.usp.br

Research area: Molecular Control of Metabolism and Inflammation
E-mail: william.festuccia@usp.br