Marcelo Marques Zerillo

Licenciado em Ciências Biológicas, pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho de Rio Claro (2000), e doutor pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Biotecnologia, da Universidade de São Paulo (2008). Trabalhou como pesquisador (pós-doutorado) de 2008 a 2013 na Colorado State University (Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Department), com bolsa do Departamento de Agricultura dos Estados Unidos (USDA). Foi pesquisador (pós-doutorado) de 2015 a 2016 na Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO-KNAW) (Microbial Ecology Department), com bolsa Capes/NUFFIC. De 2018 a 2022 integrou o grupo GEMACana (projeto temático FAPESP), inicialmente com bolsa de capacitação técnica em bioinformática (TT5) e posteriormente como colaborador. Desde 2022 é Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia (Instituto de Biociências), da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - câmpus Cuiabá. Em sua carreira acadêmica trabalhou com bactérias, fungos e oomicetos isolados de plantas ou solo, descritos como saprófitos, patógenos, endófitos e promotores de crescimento vegetal. Estudou também a composição e estrutura funcional de comunidades microbianas edáficas de canaviais brasileiros. Tem experiência nas áreas de: Microbiologia Ambiental; Genética de Microrganismos; e Bioinformática, com ênfase em: Genética Molecular de Microrganismos; Genômica/Transcriptômica/Proteômica; Análise Comparativa de Genomas Microbianos; e Sequenciamento e Anotação de Genomas Microbianos. Trabalhou com: bactérias (Leifsonia spp., Xylella spp., Xanthomonas spp., Gluconacetobacter spp., Lonsdalea spp. e Granulicella spp.); oomycetos (Pythium spp. e Phytophthoras spp.); e fungos (Geosmithia morbida).

Marcelo has a degree in Biological Sciences obtained at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Rio Claro (2000), and a PhD from the Interunits Graduate Program in Biotechnology at the University of São Paulo (2008). He worked as a researcher fellow (postdoc) from 2008 to 2013 at Colorado State University (Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Department), with a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He was a researcher fellow (postdoc) from 2015 to 2016 at the Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO-KNAW) (Microbial Ecology Department), with a Capes/NUFFIC fellowship. Since 2018, he has been part of the GEMACana group (FAPESP Thematic project), initially with a technical training grant in bioinformatics (TT5) and currently as a collaborator. In parallel, he is studying the genome of sixty species of Xanthomonadaceae, in order to understand the composition of genes associated with the degradation of plant-derived carbohydrates, among others. In his academic career he has worked with bacteria, fungi and oomycetes isolated from plants or soil, described as saprophytes, pathogens, endophytes and plant growth promoters. He also studied the composition and functional structure of edaphic microbial communities in Brazilian sugarcane fields. He has experience in the areas of: Environmental Microbiology; Genetics of Microorganisms; and Bioinformatics, with emphasis on: Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms; Genomics/Transcriptomics/Proteomics; Comparative Analysis of Microbial Genomes; and Sequencing and Annotation of Microbial Genomes. He has worked with: bacteria (Leifsonia spp., Xylella spp., Xanthomonas spp., Gluconacetobacter spp., Lonsdalea spp. and Granulicella spp.); oomycetes (Pythium spp. and Phytophthoras spp.); and fungi (Geosmithia morbida).