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ORCID : 0000-0001-6073-8929

Dr.

Institutional Management

Dr. Manuela da Silva received her PhD degree in Food Science (Microbiology) at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 2002, part of which was conducted at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA-NCTR) in USA. In 2002 joined Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), institution of science and technology under the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and currently works as General Manager of the Fiocruz Covid-19 Biobank for human biological material and viruses. She is Vice President of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), affiliated to the Brazilian Society of Microbiology (SBM) and to the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC), member of the Executive Committee of the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) and of the Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) sub-committee of the Earth BioGenome Project. She also is member of the Digital Sequence Information Scientific Network. She was member of the Genetic Heritage Management Council (CGen/Ministry of Environment), the ABS National Competent Authority, from 2011 until 2015. At the moment she is the Coordinator of the Academic Sectorial Chamber of the Genetic Heritage Management Council (CGen/MMA), the ABS Competent National Authority. She has experience in Culture Collection and in legislation of access and benefit sharing (ABS).

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