Helena Debiazi Zomer

Graduada em Medicina Veterinária em 2011 pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC). Em 2013, concluiu o mestrado pelo programa de Anatomia dos Animais Domésticos e Silvestres da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Em 2018 concluiu o doutorado em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Foi postdoc por 3 anos no Department of Comparative Biosciences da University of Illinois e atualmente é Research Assistant Professor no Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Estados Unidos. Tem experiência na área de biologia celular e molecular, ciências da reprodução, células-tronco e regeneração tecidual.

The main focus of my research has been on regenerative medicine approaches to improve skin wound healing and regeneration. My training as both veterinary doctor and molecular, developmental, and cell biologist gives me a singular set of skills and a unique research perspective. As a veterinarian scientist, I follow the One Heath concept the multidisciplinary collaborative efforts to attain optimal health for people, animals, and our environmentso my research program aims to benefit both human and animal health. My expertise includes cell and molecular biology techniques such as cell cultures, immunohistochemistry, western blotting, qPCR, flow cytometry and cell sorting, various animal models (mouse, rat, rabbits) and histopathology. In addition, I have experience with transgenic mouse models (conditional knockouts and lineage tracing).