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Scientific interests:
I have a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) (2015-2019) with an emphasis on Physiology and Human Reproduction. During my undergraduate studies in 2017, I went to the University of Coimbra in Portugal, where I stayed for a semester, taking Biomedical Pharmacy classes and getting to know the university’s labs. I also spent three years in a research group focusing on autism spectrum disorder. There, I learned a lot about animal model behavioral tests and immunofluorescence techniques. In my last semester at the lab, I got involved in a project about GABAergic interneurons and excitatory/inhibitory imbalance in an autism animal model. By this time, I discovered my fascination with the brain inhibitory components and neuronal migration during neurodevelopment. At the end of 2018, I met Dr. Eduardo Zimmer, and his excitement about science and Alzheimer’s disease was crucial for me to take the next step in my scientific pathway. At the beginning of 2020, I started pursuing my Master’s in Biochemistry at the Zimmer Lab. Now, I am a third-year PhD student in Biochemistry in the lab, and I could not be happier! Almost four years have passed since I entered Zimmer Lab, and so much has happened (including a pandemic). I’m so grateful for being on board and working with extraordinary people!
Non-Science Biography:
I was born in Porto Alegre and have lived here almost my entire life. I have a dog called Rafa, the cutest in the world! Beyond being at the lab and reading scientific papers, in my free time, I love hanging out with my friends, spending time with my family, going swimming and sunbathing, doing the Gasômetro-Iberê route by bike, and watching soccer games on TV, especially the ones from Internacional. I also love doing sports, and I have already done a few: ballet when I was a child, figure skating, and handball in high school. Currently, my new passion is acrobatic tissue, which is very challenging but amazing as well. I’m a huge fan of science, of course, and because of that, my favorite kind of series on Netflix are the scientific ones. I like watching recipe videos on YouTube, especially the vegan ones, and since the end of 2018, I’ve been living a more vegetarian lifestyle.
Selected Awards | Honors
2025 The AAIC Neuroscience Next ‘One to Watch’ Award, Alzheimer’s Association.
2024 Capacitação de Curta Duração, CAPES PrInt, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US
2024 Student Poster Competition Award, Alzheimer’s Association
2024 Young Research Award, World Congress on Brain, Behavior, and Emotions
2024 FENS Forum Travel Fellowship, Vienna, Austria
2024 Nonlinear longitudinal modeling in R, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 AAIC Neuroscience Next Porto Alegre Hub Early-career Lead
2024 Tau Global Conference Travel Fellowship, Alzheimer’s Association, Washington D.C.
2024 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Travel Fellowship, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2023 ISTAART Ambassador 2023-2024 Cohort
2023 Brazilian Meeting of Alzheimer’s Disease Researchers Travel Fellowship, Recife, Brazil
2023 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Travel Fellowship, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023 ISN Meeting Travel Fellowship, Porto, Portugal
2023 Advanced School Course Travel Fellowship, Porto, Portugal
2022 Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases Course Travel Fellowship, London, UK
2022 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Travel Fellowship, San Diego, California
2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Travel Fellowship, Virtual
2020 ALBA-FKNE-YIBRO grant to attend FENS Virtual Forum
2019 UFRGS Young Research Award Nomination
2019 Destaque da sessão “Morfologia” no XXXI Salão de Iniciação Científica, UFRGS.
2017 Analysis of cerebellar microRNA expression in an animal model of autism induced by prenatal exposure to valproic acid classificado entre os 50 melhores trabalhos, World Congress on Brain, Behavior and Emotions.
2017 Destaque da sessão “Morfologia” no XXXI Salão de Iniciação Científica, UFRGS.
2017 Bolsa Campus Internacional, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
2016 Destaque da sessão “Neurociências e Comportamento” no XXVIII Salão de Iniciação Científica, UFRGS.