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Scientific Writer and Editor with 15+ years of experience in Plant Sciences

Profile Summary

I hold a Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Physiology from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology/the University of Potsdam (Germany) and an MSc in Plant Biodiversity and Environment from the Institute of Botany (Brazil). During my career in academia, I have investigated how plants match carbon incorporation, use, and storage. In particular, I have focused on regulatory pathways involved in sugar sensing and signaling that control plant metabolism, growth, and development (using model, native, and crop species). As a researcher and author, I have published 16 articles and 3 book chapters. I combined my passion for science (within and beyond my speciality) and my proficient writing skills to become a scientific writer and editor (botany, agronomy, and plant biotechnology). In 2021, I founded a company that provides high-quality manuscript editing (language and content) and translation (Portuguese ⇄ English) for plant scientists. I greatly enjoy helping my colleagues to publish their work.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Liquid Chromatography/HPLC
• ★ Plant Physiology
• ★ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Gas Chromatography
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Mutagenesis
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing

Research Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Scientific Editor

in Press Consultoria e Comunicação Científica

January 2021 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Universidade de São Paulo

August 2018 - December 2020

Research Specialist

Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol

August 2012 - August 2017

Education

PhD in Molecular Plant Physiology (Systems Regulation)

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology

April 2008 - November 2011

Master in Plant Biodiversity and Environment (Plant Physiology and Biochemistry)

Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo

March 2005 - January 2007

Bachelor and Didatics in Biological Sciences

Universidade Metodista de São Paulo

February 2001 - December 2004

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2022). Bioinformatic analyses to uncover genes involved in trehalose metabolism in the polyploid sugarcane . Scientific Reports.

(2021). The sugar‐responsive circadian clock regulator bZIP63 modulates plant growth . New Phytologist.

(2021). Shedding Light on the Dynamic Role of the “Target of Rapamycin” Kinase in the Fast-Growing C4 Species Setaria viridis, a Suitable Model for Biomass Crops . Frontiers in Plant Science.

(2021). Senna reticulata: a Viable Option for Bioenergy Production in the Amazonian Region . BioEnergy Research.

(2020). Newly identified miRNAs may contribute to aerenchyma formation in sugarcane roots . Plant Direct.

(2019). Cell wall hydrolases act in concert during aerenchyma development in sugarcane roots . Annals of Botany.

(2019). The magic ‘hammer’ of TOR: the multiple faces of a single pathway in the metabolic regulation of plant growth and development . Journal of Experimental Botany.

(2018). A Flexible Low Cost Hydroponic System for Assessing Plant Responses to Small Molecules in Sterile Conditions . Journal of Visualized Experiments.

(2018). Metabolite Profiles of Sugarcane Culm Reveal the Relationship Among Metabolism and Axillary Bud Outgrowth in Genetically Related Sugarcane Commercial Cultivars . Frontiers in Plant Science.

(2016). Analysis of Sensitive CO2 Pathways and Genes Related to Carbon Uptake and Accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii through Genomic Scale Modeling and Experimental Validation . Frontiers in Plant Science.

(2015). Physiological and transcriptional analyses of developmental stages along sugarcane leaf . BMC Plant Biology.

(2014). Metabolomics applied in bioenergy . Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture.

(2013). Feedback Inhibition of Starch Degradation in Arabidopsis Leaves Mediated by Trehalose 6-Phosphate . Plant Physiology.

(2013). Diurnal Changes of Polysome Loading Track Sucrose Content in the Rosette of Wild-Type Arabidopsis and the Starchless pgm Mutant . Plant Physiology.

(2011). Effects of low temperature on growth and non-structural carbohydrates of the imperial bromeliad Alcantarea imperialis cultured in vitro . Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture.

(2005). Carboidratos na bebida do café preparado sob diferentes processos . Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos.

BOOK CHAPTER

(2018). CHAPTER 6. Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Synthetic Biology . Mass Spectrometry in Chemical Biology.

(2018). The Importance of Experimental Design, Quality Assurance, and Control in Plant Metabolomics Experiments . Plant metabolomics : methods and protocols.

(2017). Challenges in Biomass Production for Biofuels . Plant-Based Genetic Tools for Biofuels Production.