5. Discentes
ALICE LIMA ROSA MENDES, Ph.D Student – PPG-Pharmacy/UFSC 
Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
http://lattes.cnpq.br/0937593399537592
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1960-9647
Ph.D student at Graduate Program of Pharmacy/Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Master in Nanoscience and Nanotecnology by University of Brasilia (UnB). Undergraduate course in Pharmacy (UniFacid, Teresina-Pi). The scientific interest for the Ph.D project is “Effect and mechanism of action of 1,25(OH)2 Vitamin D3 in insulin resistance in adipocytes (3T3-L1) and on induced-obesity in mouse” that is focused to the development of strategies to the diagnostic as well as to the coordinated development of drugs to the diabetes therapy emphasizing the clinical electrophysiology platform as a tool to reach the objectives.
BRUNA ANTUNES ZANIBONI, Scientific Inititation Student
Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
http://lattes.cnpq.br/2053365327725248
Undergraduate student in the pharmacy course at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and scholarship of scientific initiation – PIBIC/CNPq, since 2022. Studies the effects of xenobiotics, such as pesticides, on male infertility and studies chemical interactions between environmental toxicants and protein molecular targets through molecular docking. Participate in an extension project that provides information about poisoning by ergogenic resources.
Drielle Moreira Steffen, Master’s student
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento (PPGBCD)
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – Campus Florianópolis
driellesteffen@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1807-9910
https://lattes.cnpq.br/9032562076881553
Biologist (holding both a bachelor’s and a teaching degree) with a decade of experience in fauna rescue and monitoring at environmental consultancy firms. Presently, she is a student in the Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, where I am investigating the effects of pesticides on the male genital system of rodents by using several techniques to assess reproductive toxicity, including electrophysiological evaluation.
Gleice Reinert – FAPESC scholarship
http://lattes.cnpq.br/4580006624569830
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1468-6173
gleice_reinert@hotmail.com
Graduated in Nutrition (bachelor’s degree) from Superior Institute and Lutheran Educational Center of Santa Catarina – Bom Jesus/IELUSC. Certificate Program in Intensive Care at São José Municipal Hospital in Joinville, Santa Catarina (Brazil). Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Biochemistry at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, Brazil) and FAPESC scholarship holder. Works in the Signal Transduction line of research, carrying out studies with phthalates in Sertoli TM4 cells.
KAROLINY ARAUJO
Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
E-mail: karolinyarauja@gmail.com
http://lattes.cnpq.br/6605906499516361
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8283-5221
Teaching degree in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Currently, I am a master student (CAPES) in the Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology (UFSC), where I study the reproductive effects of exposure to herbicides and insecticides in male zebrafish (Danio rerio) by using many techniques to assess the reproductive toxicity, including electrophysiological assessment.
Dra. Paola Miranda Sulis, Post-doc student, FAPESC scholarship
Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – Florianópolis/SC
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2027-2471
http://lattes.cnpq.br/2226582534670190
Post-doc student in the postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, UFSC/Brazil (2024), as part of the project entitled “Diagnostic and targeting strategy plataform for the development of drugs using precision electrophysiology to targed new insulin secretagogues. PhD in Biochemistry from the postgraduate program in biochemistry – UFSC/Brazil (2021), working in the line of research with an emphasis on molecular mechanisms of insulin secretion, insulin signal transduction pathways and the new targets for the treatment of diabetes and associated comorbidities. Master in Physiological Sciences from the multicenter program in physiological sciences UFSC (2016), working in the area of endocrine physiology related to metabolic parameters involved in glycemic homeostasis. Graduated in Nursing from Centro Universitário Metodista/Brazil (2009).
Basic Health Unit, being responsible for receiving, organizing and dispensing standardized basic medicines.
Rafaella Rivello Dal Pont
http://lattes.cnpq.br/1312273721677120
Undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and a PIBIC/CNPq scientific initiation scholarship holder since 2023. Researching electroporation in membranes using the patch-clamp technique and the electrophysiological effects of applying electric fields to biological cells. She was a finalist in the CBEB2024 scientific initiation award from the Brazilian Society of Biomedical Engineering (SBEB). Participates in an extension project aimed at integrating underprivileged and Indigenous communities into university courses.