Melissa Leitão dos Santos Costa

Professora Doutora e Mestra em Ciências e Biotecnologia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), tem interesse no conhecimento interligando física, química e biologia. Atuou principalmente na pesquisa de funcionalização de superfícies de biomateriais voltados para regeneração tecidual óssea, participando do início do CTCel (Centro de Terapia Celular e Bioengenharia Ortopédica do Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia - INTO) em 2007, primeiro laboratório de pesquisa do país especializado em terapia celular e medicina regenerativa, exclusivamente para o tratamento das doenças do aparelho locomotor. Integrou de 2013 até 2022 o grupo de Biomateriais Cerâmicos do Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas no Rio de Janeiro (CBPF/MCTI), desenvolvendo projetos em colaboração com o INMETRO, UFF e UFRJ na área de biomateriais e nanobiomateriais de fosfatos de cálcio voltados para a regeneração do tecido ósseo. Atualmente Professora de Ciências na Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Caraguatatuba/SP. Tem experiência nas áreas de biotecnologia em biomateriais, superfícies, bioengenharia tecidual e terapia celular; assim como, na divulgação e difusão do conhecimento.

She holds a PhD in Science and Biotechnology from the Fluminense Federal University (RJ). Master's degree in Science and Biotechnology from the same university (2015) and a degree in Biological Sciences from Universidade Santa Úrsula RJ (2005). Has interest in scientific knowledge and general study on life interconnecting physics, chemistry and biology. A lover of art as a whole, she seeks to associate his academic interest with artistic projects for an inspiring scientific dissemination. Since his scientific initiation at UFRJ, she works with biomaterials aimed at tissue regeneration. In 2007 she joined the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO) participating in the beginning of the CTCel (Center for Cell Therapy and Orthopedic Bioengineering), the country's first research laboratory specialized in cell therapy and regenerative medicine, exclusively focused on the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system. She taught in several schools across the country giving Science, Chemistry and Biology classes, for school and high school. Since 2013, she has been a member of the LABIOMAT group at the Brazilian Center for Physical Research in Rio de Janeiro (CBPF / MCTI), developing projects in collaboration with INMETRO and UFRJ in the area of biomaterials and bone tissue regeneration with bone phosphate substituents. She has experience in Biomaterials in Biomaterials, Tissue Bioengineering and Cell Therapy, working mainly in the following subjects: bone tissue, hydroxyapatite, ceramic biomaterials, surface functionalization, biomolecules, precursor cells, osteoblasts and cell culture.