Biography & Research:
MD and PhD in biochemistry, full professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, in the post-graduation programs of biochemistry and neuroscience. Fellow researcher from National Council for Development of Science and Technology (CNPq, Brazil) and honorary member of Cuban Society of Neuroimmunology. Works on basic and applied neurochemistry focusing in: activity, expression and secretion of S100B, a calcium-binding protein; markers of glial activation in neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s disease; protein phosphorylation in the central nervous system.