Birth: October 24, 1974 in Taquari, RS, Brazil
Citizenship: brazilian
Language Fluency: english, portuguese
Address:
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo
P.O. Box 8091
05403-010 São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Telephone +5511 3069.7283
Telefax: +5511 3062.9029
e-mail: schaffer@usp.br
Education:
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Psychology. (1992-1999)
UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Teaching Assistant, Neuroanatomy. (1994)
Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Research Trainee, Neuropsychopharmachology of Memory. (1995-1998)
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Ph.D. student, Sciences: Experimental Physiopathology. (2000-2004)
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Post-doc student, Psychopharmachology. (2004-2007)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Alemanha, Research Assistant, Histology/Morphology. (2007)
Nominations and Membership:
Brasilian Society of Neurosciences and Behavior (SBNeC)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO): Program of European Neuroscience Schools (PENS)
Quotation Index:
1996-2008: 323 quotations (Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), November, 2008)
Scientific Produtivity:
16 Full Papers
2 Book Chapter
13 Published Abstracts
64 Contributions To Scientific Meetings
Current Research Projects:
1-Research line: Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders
1a-Associated project: Effects of chronic inhibition of phospholipase A2 on membrane fluidity and cleavage of amyloid precursor protein in the prefrontal cortex and dorsal hippocampus of rats
2-Research line: Neurobiology of Schizophrenia
2a-Associated project: Analysis of neurogenesis and morphologic parameter after post-natal hypoxia: an animal model for environmental factors of schizophrenia
Selected publications:
