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Anderson Ferreira da Cunha

Assistant Professor Genetics and Evolution Department · UFSCAR

https://researchid.co/anderf2611
@ufscar.br
4Scopus Publications

Biography

Between 2010 and 2014, he served as Vice-Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology and later was Head of the Department of Genetics and Evolution from 2014 to 2017. He is currently the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Biotechnology at UFSCar. He is a Level 2 Researcher at CNPq, and his main research interests include: gene expression related to erythrocyte diseases in humans; the identification of thermotolerant and ethanol-resistant yeasts for application in alcoholic fermentation; and the isolation and adaptation of yeasts for the production of fermented beverages such as beer and wine. Additionally, he has dedicated himself to studies of genomic and transcriptomic analyses in termites, focusing on control targets, genes related to development, and the search for proteins of biotechnological interest. Recently, he has been conducting research in the area of soil microbiome, aiming to identify microorganisms that can be used as markers of soil health, as well as elem

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of Campinas (1997) and a PhD in Functional and Molecular Biology from the same institution (2004). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), where he coordinates the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Applied Genetics, working in the Department of Genetics and Evolution

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Selection and improvement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by direct and mass mating for integrated first and second generation (1G + 2G) ethanol production
    Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2023
  2. Improvement of Brazilian bioethanol production – Challenges and perspectives on the identification and genetic modification of new strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts isolated during ethanol process
    Fungal Biology, 2018
  3. Identification of target genes using gene expression profile of granulocytes from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors
    Leukemia and Lymphoma, 2014
  4. Gene expression profiles of erythroid precursors characterise several mechanisms of the action of hydroxycarbamide in sickle cell anaemia
    British Journal of Haematology, 2007

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