Mayana Zatz Is Professor of Human and Medical Genetics. Director of the Human Genome Research Center (Hug-cell) and Institute of stem -cells in genetic disorders, at the University of São Paulo ( USP). Her research in human and medical genetics, are focused mainly in stem-cells (as a tool to understand gene functioning and cell therapy) and neuromuscular disorders focusing the following aspects: gene identification, genotype-phenotype correlations , and mechanisms underlying clinical variability. Has published 340 peer-reviewed papers (January 2015), which were cited about 8700 times (H index = 42). Has been actively Involved in ethical aspects related to genome research, genetic testing and scientific political decisions regarding the approval of the embryonic stem -cells bill in Brazil in 2005 |