Natássia A Ribeiro
Unifanor/Wyden, Brazil
Biography
Natássia A Ribeiro has her expertise in biological compounds extracted from seaweed and its biological activities. She has completed her Graduation degree in Biological Sciences and her Master’s and Doctoral degree in Biochemistry at Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Upon graduation, she has worked with anticoagulant, antithrombotic and pro-inflammation activities. In her Masters and Doctoral degrees, she has worked with the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities, always using biomolecules such as polysaccharides of algae. Currently, she is working with the use of algae in food and participates in a project to grow algae in laboratories and its use to generate ethanol and organic acids.