Francois Silva

PhD student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Federal University of São João Del Rei. MSc in Biotechnology at the Federal University of São João Del Rei (2020). BSc in Biochemistry at the Federal University of São João Del Rei (2018). Received a scholarship from the Tutorial Education Program (PET Biochemistry), where developed teaching, research and extension activities. Internship period at EMBRAPA, Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agroenergy Unit - DF, worked in the area of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, with emphasis on plant breeding. Currently, developing the construction of a heterologous expression system in filamentous fungi for the production of proteins with biotechnological interest, as well as the use of bioinformatics tools for the characterization and functional prediction of hypothetical proteins.