Manuela da Silva

Curriculum Vitae

Português

Personal details. Portuguese-Dutch, female.

Qualifications. BSc: Biology, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brazil, 1991. MSc: Food Science, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, 1996. PhD: Food Science, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, 2002.

Professional experience

  • Since August 2002, Federal Government Specialist, Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, INCQS/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Identification and preservation of fungi from environmental and clinical samples; research on fungal degradation of pollutants, fungal diversity, fungal deterioration and their elimination by gamma radiation.

  • March 2006 to present, collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) on the implementation and organization of the Centro Brasileiro de Material Biológico, the first Brazilian centre for depositing biological material for patent purposes.

  • August to December 2000 and May to August 2001, visiting researcher at the National Center for Toxicological Research (Food and Drug Administration, FDA/NCTR, USA) carrying out research on fungal degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon supervised by Dr Carl Cerniglia.

  • September 1993 to May 1994, at the Fundação Tropical de Pesquisas e Tecnologia André Tosello (FTPTAT, Campinas, SP, Brazil), Implementing a database Fungi of Brazil described by Batista and co-workers.

    Projects. September 2005 to date, Isolation of fungi from marine environment, taxonomic characterization and evaluation of their biotechnological potential (Coleção Brasileira de Microrganismos de Ambiente e Indústria, CBMAI, UNICAMP, Campinas State University, SP, Brazil). March 2004 to date, Study of degradation of industrial dyes by fungi isolated from sediment (Microbiology Department, INCQS, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, RJ, Brazil). January 2004 to December 2005, Fungi that deteriorate paper material and their elimination by gamma radiation (Microbiology Department, INCQS, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, RJ, Brazil).

    Languages. Portuguese (fluent reading, writing and conversation), English (fluent reading, writing and conversation), French (fluent reading and conversation), Spanish (moderate reading and conversation).

    • Dra M. da Silva

    Dra M. da Silva,
    Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ,
    National Institute for Health Quality Control – INCQS,
    Microbiology Department, Fungi Section,
    Av. Brasil 4365,
    Manguinhos - Rio de Janeiro,
    21045900, RJ – Brazil
    Telephone: +55 (21) 3865 5186

    Institute website: www.incqs.fiocruz.br

    Experience abroad. March 1992 to August 1993, development of a preliminary checklist of Brazilian fungi, Fungi from Brazil Described by Batista and Co-workers (former International Mycological Institute, Egham, Surrey, UK, now CABI, funded by CNPq, supervisors: Dr D.W. Minter, Dr B.C. Sutton). February to August 1993, investigation of possible applications of fatty acids profiles in the taxonomy of fungi from Mucorales order, using the MIDI system with gas-liquid chromatography (former International Mycological Institute, Egham, Surrey, UK, now CABI, funded by CNPq, supervisors: Dr P. Bridge, Dr P.M. Kirk and Dr G. Saddler)

    Publications

    In Scientific Journals

    Oliveira-Neto, M.; da Silva, M.; Monteiro, P.C.; Lazera, M.; Paes, R.A.; Novellino, A.B.; Cuzzi, T. (2006). Cutaneous mucormycosis in a young, immunocompetent girl. Medical Mycology (in press).

    da Silva, M.; Moraes, A.M.L.; Nishikawa, M.M.; Gatti, M.J.A.; Alencar, M.A.V.; Brandão, L.E.; Nobrega, A. (2006). Inactivation of fungi from deteriorated paper materials by radiation. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 57: 163-167.

    Bergsten, L.R.; Machado, M.E.S.; Gatti, M.J.A.; Nishikawa, M.M.; Baptista, D.F.; da Silva, M. (2005). Estudo de fungos isolados de sedimento contaminado por compostos tóxicos. Revisa 1: 185-191.

    Verkley, G.J.M.; da Silva, M.; Wicklow, D.T.; Crous, P.W. (2004). Paraconiothyrium, a new genus to accommodate the mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans, anamorphs of Paraphaeosphaeria, and four new species. Studies in Mycology 50: 323-335.

    da Silva, M.; Cerniglia, C.E.; Moody, J.; Canhos, V.P.; Esposito, E. (2004). Metabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons by the filamentous fungus Cyclothyrium sp. Chemosphere 57: 943-952.

    da Silva, M.; Cerniglia, C.E.; Pothuluri, J.V.; Canhos, V.P. & Esposito, E. (2003). Screening filamentous fungi isolated from estuarine sediments for the ability to oxidize polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 19: 399-405.

    da Silva, M.; Umbuzeiro, G.A; Pfenning, L.H.; Canhos, V.P. & Esposito, E. (2003). Filamentous fungi isolated from estuarine sediments contaminated with industrial discharges. Soil and Sediment Contamination 12: 345-356.

    da Silva, M.; Manfio, G.P.; Canhos, V.P. (1998). Characterization of selected strains of Mucorales using fatty acid profiles. Revista de Microbiologia 29: 276-281.

    Esposito, E.; da Silva, M. (1998). Systematics and Environmental Application of the genus Trichoderma. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 24: 89-98.

    Book and Book Chapters

    da Silva, M.; Esposito, E. (2004). O papel dos fungos na recuperação ambiental. In Elisa Esposito & João Lúcio de Azevedo [eds], Fungos: uma Introdução a Biologia, Bioquímica e Biotecnologia pp. 337-378. Caxias do Sul, Editora da Universidade de Caxias do Sul.

    da Silva, M.; Minter, D.W. (1995). Fungi from Brazil Recorded by Batista and Co-Workers. Mycological Papers 169: 585 pp. UK, Wallingford, CAB International.

    Patent

    da Silva, M.; Canhos, V.P., Esposito, E.; Verkley, G.J.M. (2005). Composition and method for decontamination of contaminated areas by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Patent Deposit at INPI (National Institute on Industrial Property): 10/March/2005 – PI0500997-9.

    Prize

    Support for Research 99 for the project "Filamentous fungi isolated from sediments contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with bioremediation potential". Sponsor: Bunka Funds for Research, Sumitomo Bank, Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture, São Paulo (SP), Brazil. Date: October 1999.

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