Roberto Do Nascimento Silva

Dr. Silva is presently at the University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology as Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. His research interests are diverse from the understanding of cellulase production by the industrial fungus Trichoderma reesei using transcriptome, proteomic and functional genomic approaches, in order to improve the production of biofuels and value-added products from plant biomass. Furthermore, he are also interesting in biotechnology of cancer and fungal diseases.