Bruno Carniatto Marques Garcia

EDUCATION

College / University

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil

Highest Degree

Doctor of Medicine

Major Subjects

Medicine

Carniatto

Country

Brazil

Lab Experience

Cell culture, immunohistochemistry, densitometry, genotyping, qPCR, Western-blot, mtDNA purification and analysis, mice handling, basis of mice stereotaxic surgery

Projects / Research

  • 2015: Sleep disorder in a mouse model of Parkinson, University of California Los Angeles
  • 2015: Neuroprotective effects of urate on POLG mice, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
  • 2016 – 2017: Neuro-ophthalmological findings in Spinocerebellar ataxias, Universidade Federal do Paranát)

Scholarships / Awards

2019 – 2020: Stipend by International Max Planck Research School
2014 – 2015 Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (Ciência sem Fronteiras), funded by CAPES

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My main goal is to improve translational outcomes in neurological research. Currently I am interested in studying how dysfunctional neural microcircuits contribute to the development and progression of neurological diseases, particularly neurodegenerative ones.