Gisele Monteiro de Souza
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Biography
Gisele Monteiro de Souza has completed her Ph.D at the age of 27 years from University de São Paulo and postdoctoral studies from the same University. Now, she is professor of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCF/USP) andthe vice-coordinator of the Graduate Course in Biochemical-Pharmaceutical Technology. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and serving as an associate editor of Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. She has received 10 scientific awards, including internationals. The main scientific interest is the study of molecular targets involved in cell response to antitumor drugs and the engineering of proteins used as biopharmaceuticals, such as asparaginase.