She was graduated in Nutrition from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). She did a Specialization in Nutrition Area at Santa Casa de Misericórdia in Rio de Janeiro and a Residency in Nutrition at Pedro Ernesto University Hospital (Rio de Janeiro). She holds a Ph.D. in Science from the University of São Paulo (USP). She was a postdoctoral fellowship in the clinical research laboratory in insulin resistance at the School of Medical Sciences of UNICAMP from 2002 to 2006 and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)/Harvard Medical School in Boston from 2006 to 2009. She is currently Professor of Nutrition at the School of Applied Sciences (FCA) of UNICAMP at the Campus of Limeira, São Paulo, where she coordinates the Laboratory of Molecular Research in Obesity (LabIMO). Her research focus in the identification and understanding of the physiological, pathophysiological, and molecular mechanisms that control food intake. In this line, she has international publications that have identified signaling proteins in the hypothalamus and reward system that participate in the control of food intake, contributing to the genesis of obesity. She has international publications demonstrating the importance of the gut microbiota in the regulation of body weight and food intake. Also, she has ongoing research projects that investigate possible pathophysiological and molecular mechanisms involved in the management of food intake in the face of environmental challenges, such as consumption of very palatable diets (cafeteria diet) and exposure to air pollution. Senior Post-Doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in the group of Prof. Jens Brüning from 2021-2022 developing techniques related to neuroscience. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Obesity has been exponentially increasing in the last decades, making urgent to understand the underlying mechanisms contributing to its development, maintenance and associated comorbidities. The maintenance of energetic homeostasis is under the control of endocrine hormones and neural signals. The hormones, insulin and leptin, are the most investigated in central energy regulation, as we…
Exposure to air pollution has been highlighted as an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the world. Several pollutants, such as particulate matter weighing d 2.5 ¼m (MP2.5), as well as one of its chemical compounds, 1,2-naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ), obtained by burning diesel, have been associated with the genesis of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). …
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Obesity and its comorbidities, such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, have increased exponentially, making it urgent to understand the mechanisms involved in the development of these diseases. The maintenance of energy homeostasis is performed by hormones such as leptin and insulin in addition to neural signs. Our group recently demonstrated that Clk2 (Cdc-like kinase 2) is expressed in hypoth…
Long-term exposure to air pollution may have unfavorable effects on health. Particulate matter (PM) diameter less than or equal to 2.5 µm (PM2.5) is associated with the induction of chronic inflammation. Obesity may be a consequence of the imbalance between food consumption and energy expenditure. JAK2 / STAT3 pathway in hypothalamic nuclei is an important hallmark of leptin signaling and…
Exposure to air pollution has been highlighted as an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the world. Several pollutants, such as particulate matter with diameter d 2.5 ¼m (MP2.5), as well as one of its chemical compounds, 1,2-naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ), obtained by burning diesel, have been associated with the genesis of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T…
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The capacity to adjust food intake in response to changing energy requirements is essential for survival and the hypothalamus plays an important role in the regulation of whole-body energy balance by integrating nutrient and hormone signals from peripheral inputs. Insulin and leptin are hormones that though their intracellular signaling control food intake and energy expenditure stimulati…
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