Fernando de Castro Reinach
Birth:
- Born April 3rd, 1956
- Brazilian
Positions:
- General Partner, Votorantim Ventures
- Executive Director, Votorantim Novos Negócios
Degrees Honors and Positions:
- 1978 - BS. - Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto de
Biociencias, Universidade de São Paulo.
- 1980 - MS. - Histologia e Embriologia, Instituto de
Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo.
- 1984 - PhD - Cornell University Medical College, New York,
USA. "Best Thesis - 1984".
- 1984-1986 - Pos-Doctoral Fellow with Dr. A.R. MacLeod,
Ludwig Inst. Cancer Res. Medical Research Council Center,
Cambridge, England.
- 1986-1993 - Professor, Departamento de
Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo.
- 1993-2006 - Full Professor, Departamento de
Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo.
- 1990 -1997 - Biotechnology Research Fellow Rockefeller
Foundation, USA.
- 1997 - 2003 - Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute.
- 1997 - Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- 1999 - Secretary of Science - Federal Government of Brazil
- 1999 - President CTNBio - Comissão Técnica de Biosegurança
- 2002 - Comendador da Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico
Grants:
- 1986-1991 - Research Grants from FAPESP, CNPq, FINEP.
- 1987-1993 - Research Grant from the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, USA.
- 1990-1996 - Biotechnology Career Fellow from the
Rockefeller Foundation
- 1990- 2000 - Research Grant "Projeto Temático"
from FAPESP
- 1991-1997 - Research Grant from PADCT
- 1997- 2003 - Research Grant from Howard Hughes Medical
Institute.
Former Students:
- Ana Claudia Rasera da Silva - PhD 1994
- Ronaldo Bento Quaggio - PhD 1994
- Chuck Farah - PhD 1994
- Bettina Malnic - PhD 1995
- Carlos Henrique Inacio Ramos - PhD 1996
- Martin Whittle - PhD 1998
- Patricia Brandt Monteiro - PhD 1996
- Kumie Fujimori - MS 1991
- Jesus Aparecido Ferro - Pos-Doctoral fellow 1986-1988
- Ricardo Garcia Correa - MS 1997
- Catarina Miyamoto - PhD 1998
- Tharin Blumenshein - PhD 2000
- Daniela Mara de Oliveira - PhD 2000
- Deodoro de Oliveira - PhD 2001
- Fernando Fortes Valencia - PhD 2001
Publications