Alexander Birbrair
Professor
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Biography
Dr. Alexander Birbrair started his scientific career from B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, UESC, Ilheus, Brazil. He completed his Ph.D. in Neurosciences Program, particularly in the field of Stem Cell Biology, from Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Dr. Birbrair received his Post-Doctoral Degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA in Stem Cell Biology and joined as a Professor at Department of Pathology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil in 2016. He is a recipient of several notable awards and honours, which includes, Gordon A. Melson Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for 2015 and Editor's choice Award in Journal of Gerontology Biological Sciences Volume 69 Issue 12 December 2014 for the manuscript “Human Slow Troponin T (TNNT1) Pre-mRNA Alternative Splicing is An Indicator of Skeletal Muscle Response to Resistance Exercise in Older Adults.†by Zhang T, Choi SJ, Wang ZM, Birbrair A, Messi ML, Jin J-P, Marsh AP, Nicklas B, and Delbono O. He is an active member of American Heart Association, Western NC Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and International Society for Stem Cell Research with more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for 14 Journals related to pathology and stem cell biology.
Research Interest
Cell therapies, Drug toxicology, Cell characterisation and Nanotechnology.