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Scientific and medical writer in life and health science| Company Escrever Ciência | Expert in publication success

Profile Summary

Academic experience for 30 years at public and private universities as a supervisor for Master's and Ph.D. students and as a lecturer both in Brazil and the United States. I am the owner of a company for 5 years called ESCREVER CIÊNCIA, helping physicians and scientists to publish in international journals.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Medical Writing
• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Healthcare Consulting

Work Experience

Director

Escrever Ciência

January 2015 - Present

Graduate Supervisor

University of Sao Paulo

January 2000 - January 2020

Research Associate Professor

Mackenzie University

January 2005 - December 2012

Visiting Professor

University of North Florida

January 2003 - May 2003

Education

Post-doctoral Fellow

University of São Paulo

January 1995 - Present

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Oxford, UK

January 1992 - December 1995

Teaching Assistantship

University of Florida

January 1991 - December 1991

Masters of Science

University of Florida

January 1988 - December 1991

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Vitorino, H.A., Ortega, P., Alta, R.Y.P., Zanotto, F.P., Espósito, B.P.(2018). Magnetite nanoparticles coated with oleic acid: accumulation in hepatopancreatic cells of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus . Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25. (35). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 35672-35681.

Vitorino, H.A., Ortega, P., Pastrana Alta, R.Y., Zanotto, F.P., Espósito, B.P.(2018). Evaluation of iron loading in four types of hepatopancreatic cells of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus using ferrocene derivatives and iron supplements . Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25. (16). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 15962-15970.

Ortega, P., Custódio, M.R., Zanotto, F.P.(2017). Characterization of cadmium transport in hepatopancreatic cells of a mangrove crab Ucides cordatus: The role of calcium . Aquatic Toxicology. 188. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 92-99.

Ortega, P., Vitorino, H.A., Moreira, R.G., Pinheiro, M.A.A., Almeida, A.A., Custódio, M.R., Zanotto, F.P.(2017). Physiological differences in the crab Ucides cordatus from two populations inhabiting mangroves with different levels of cadmium contamination . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 36. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 361-371.

Bersanetti, P.A., Nogueira, R.F., Marcondes, M.F., Paiva, P.B., Juliano, M.A., Juliano, L., Carmona, A.K., Zanotto, F.P.(2015). Characterization of angiotensin I-converting enzyme from anterior gills of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 74. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 304-309.

Vitorino, H.A., Mantovanelli, L., Zanotto, F.P., Espósito, B.P.(2015). Iron metallodrugs: Stability, redox activity and toxicity against Artemia salina . PLoS ONE. 10. (4).

Ortega, P., Custódio, M.R., Zanotto, F.P.(2014). Characterization of cadmium plasma membrane transport in gills of a mangrove crab Ucides cordatus . Aquatic Toxicology. 157. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 21-29.

Ortega, P., Santos, R.A., Lacouth, P., Rozas, E.E., Custódio, M.R., Zanotto, F.P.(2014). Cytochemical characterization of gill and hepatopancreatic cells of the crab Ucides cordatus (Crustacea, Brachyura) validated by cell metal transport,Caracterização citoquímica de células de brânquias e hepatopâncreas de Ucides cordatus (Crustacea, Brachyura) validado por transporte celular de metais . Iheringia - Serie Zoologia. 104. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 347-354.

Leite, V.P., Zanotto, F.P.(2013). Calcium transport in gill cells of Ucides cordatus, a mangrove crab living in variable salinity environments . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 166. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 370-374.

Sá, M.G., Zanotto, F.P.(2013). Characterization of copper transport in gill cells of a mangrove crab Ucides cordatus . Aquatic Toxicology. 144-145. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 275-283.

Pinheiro, M.A.A., Silva, P.P.G.E., Duarte, L.F.D.A., Almeida, A.A., Zanotto, F.P.(2012). Accumulation of six metals in the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Crustacea: Ucididae) and its food source, the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle (Angiosperma: Rhizophoraceae) . Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 81. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 114-121.

Ortega, P., E Sá, M.G., Custódio, M.R., Zanotto, F.P.(2011). Separation and viability of gill and hepatopancreatic cells of a mangrove crab Ucides cordatus . In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal. 47. (5-6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 346-349.

Obi, I., Wells, A.L., Ortega, P., Patel, D., Farah, L., Zanotto, F.P., Ahearn, G.A.(2011). ³H-L-leucine transport by the promiscuous crustacean dipeptide-like cotransporter . Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 315 A. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 465-475.

Zanotto, F.P., Baptista, B.B.(2011). ATP pulse and calcium homeostasis in cells from hepatopancreas of Dilocarcinus pagei, a freshwater crab . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 158. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 432-437.

Granado e Sá, M., Baptista, B.B., Farah, L.S., Leite, V.P., Zanotto, F.P.(2010). Calcium transport and homeostasis in gill cells of a freshwater crab Dilocarcinus pagei . Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology. 180. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 313-321.

Sá, M.G., Ahearn, G.A., Zanotto, F.P.(2009). ⁶⁵ Zn ²⁺ transport by isolated gill epithelial cells of the American lobster, Homarus americanus . Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 179. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 605-615.

Zanotto, F.P., Pinheiro, F., Sá, M.G.(2009). The importance of dietary calcium consumption in two species of semi-terrestrial grapsoid crabs,A importância do consumo de cálcio na dieta de duas espécies de caranguejos grapsóides semi-terrestres . Iheringia - Serie Zoologia. 99. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 295-300.

Sá, M.G., Valenti, W.C., Zanotto, F.P.(2008). Dietary copper absorption and excretion in three semi-terrestrial grapsoid crabs with different levels of terrestrial adaptation . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology. 148. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 112-116.

Zanotto, F.P., Wheatly, M.G.(2006). Ion regulation in invertebrates: Molecular and integrative aspects . Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 79. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 357-362.

McNamara, J.C., Zanotto, F.P., Onken, H.(2005). Adaptation to hypoosmotic challenge in brachyuran crabs: A microanatomical and electrophysiological characterization of the intestinal epithelia . Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology. 303. (10). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 880-893.

Zanotto, F.P., Bicudo, J.E.P.W.(2005). Dietary protein and carbohydrate affect feeding behavior and metabolic regulation in hummingbirds (Melanotrochilus fuscus) . Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 78. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 281-294.

Zanotto, F.P., Wheatly, M.G., Reiber, C.L., Gannon, A.T., Jalles-Filho, E.(2004). Allometric relationship of postmolt net ion uptake, ventilation, and circulation in the freshwater crayfish Procambarus clarkii: Intraspecific scaling . Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 77. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 275-284.

Wheatly, M.G., Zanotto, F.P., Hubbard, M.G.(2002). Calcium homeostasis in crustaceans: Subcellular Ca dynamics . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 132. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 163-178.

Zanotto, F.P., Wheatly, M.G.(2002). Calcium balance in crustaceans: Nutritional aspects of physiological regulation . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 133. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 645-660.

Gouveia, S.M., Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D., Zanotto, F.P.(2000). Patterns of respiration in Locusta migratoria nymphs when feeding . Physiological Entomology. 25. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 88-93.

Zanotto, F.P., Gouveia, S.M., Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D., Calder, P.C.(1997). Nutritional homeostasis in locusts: Is there a mechanism for increased energy expenditure during carbohydrate overfeeding? . Journal of Experimental Biology. 200. (18). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2437-2448.

Zanotto, F.P., Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S.J.(1996). Haemolymph amino acid and sugar levels in locusts fed nutritionally unbalanced diets . Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 166. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 223-229.

Zanotto, F.P., Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S.J.(1994). Selective egestion of lysine by locusts fed nutritionally unbalanced foods . Journal of Insect Physiology. 40. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 259-265.

ZANOTTO, F.P., SIMPSON, S.J., RAUBENHEIMER, D.(1993). The regulation of growth by locusts through post‐ingestive compensation for variation in the levels of dietary protein and carbohydrate . Physiological Entomology. 18. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 425-434.

John Campbell McNamara, Flavia P. Zanotto, Horst Onken, 2005, 'Adaptation to hypoosmotic challenge in brachyuran crabs: a microanatomical and electrophysiological characterization of the intestinal epithelia', <i>Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology</i>, vol. 303A, no. 10, pp. 880-893 .

Marcelo Antonio Amaro Pinheiro, Pablo Pena Gandara e Silva, Luis Felipe de Almeida Duarte, Alaor Aparecido Almeida, Flavia Pinheiro Zanotto, 2012, 'Accumulation of six metals in the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Crustacea: Ucididae) and its food source, the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle (Angiosperma: Rhizophoraceae)', <i>Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety</i>, vol. 81 .

FLAVIA P. ZANOTTO, J.E.P.W. BICUDO, 2005, 'Dietary protein and carbohydrate affect feeding behavior and metabolic regulation in hummingbirds (Melanotrochilus fuscus)', <i>Revista chilena de historia natural</i>, vol. 78, no. 2 .

Scott M. Gouveia, S.T.ephen J. Simpson, David Raubenheimer, Flavia P. Zanotto, 2000, 'Patterns of respiration in Locusta migratoria nymphs when feeding', <i>Physiological Entomology</i>, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 88-93 .

Flavia Pinheiro Zanotto, Michele G. Wheatly, 2006, 'Ion Regulation in Invertebrates: Molecular and Integrative Aspects', <i>Physiological and Biochemical Zoology</i>, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 357-362 .

Priscila Ortega, Marina G. Sá, Márcio R. Custódio, Flávia P. Zanotto, 2011, 'Separation and viability of gill and hepatopancreatic cells of a mangrove crab Ucides cordatus', <i>In Vitro Cellular &amp; Developmental Biology - Animal</i>, vol. 47, no. 5-6, pp. 346-349 .

F.P. Zanotto, F. Pinheiro, L.A. Brito, M.G. Wheatly, 2004, 'Some considerations on calcium homeostasis in semi-terrestrial crabs', <i>International Congress Series</i>, vol. 1275 .

Flavia P. Zanotto, Felipe Pinheiro, Marina G. e Sá, 2009, 'The importance of dietary calcium consumption in two species of semi-terrestrial grapsoid crabs', <i>Iheringia. Série Zoologia</i>, vol. 99, no. 3 .

BOOK CHAPTER

Ortega, P., Zanotto, F.P.(2012). Cellular cadmium transport in gills and hepatopancreas of Ucides Cordatus, a mangrove crab . Crabs: Anatomy, Habitat and Ecological Significance. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 107-122.

BOOK

Zanotto, F.P., Pinheiro, F., Brito, L.A., Wheatly, M.G.(2004). Some considerations on calcium homeostasis in semi-terrestrial crabs . International Congress Series. 1275. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 89-95.