Tiago Rodrigues , PhD

Tiago Rodrigues received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the School of Medicine of Universidade de São Paulo in Riberão Preto (FMRP/USP) in 2003. He worked as researcher and Biochemistry professor at Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (2003-2009) and now he is Associate Professor in Universidade Federal do ABC. Dr. Rodrigues is ordinary member of the main Brazilian scientific societies (SBBq, SBBC, SBPC, and FESBE) and also member of the editorial advisory board of the Biochemical Pharmacology, an Elsevier reputed journal. His research is focused on the investigation of the molecular mechanisms of cell death in tumor cells, studying the participation of mitochondria and Bcl-2 family proteins in cell death.